Gone with the Wind is a famous novel which was written by Margaret Mitchell, first published in 1936, and adapted to film with the same name in 1939. Both film and novel received positive appraises from adorers all over the world. It is the story of progress of a girl named Scarlett O’Hara from the spoiled daughter of a well-to-do plantation owner to a commercially successful businesswoman who fought for her family's sake during the Civil War and the days of Reconstruction. The name of the novel “Gone with the Wind” was one of the most curious things that readers always wrestle with while reading or watching it. Consequently, what has really gone with the wind? To understand what things have gone with the wind, at first, we need to mention the setting of the novel. The story takes place in Georgia, mostly in Atlanta, during the Civil War of the 1860s. However, important sections also take place in Tara, the plantation home of the O’Hara family. The story begins with the Civil War and expands seven or eight years after the war, a period during which the "old south" with its elegance, wealth and aristocratic traditions is subjected to a federally plan called "Radical Reconstruction." Atlanta is first burned and then reestablished by Yankees who prosper while southerners who stick hopelessly to the old traditions in proud poverty. The setting of any novel normally affects the entire story, and so does “Gone with the Wind.” During and following the war, there is a shortage of everything, even necessities such as food, water, clothes, and shelter. People have the instinct to survive so they need to do as many things as possible to help themselves. Characters in the story need to adjust to live in the county of destruction. Their lifestyle, tradition, and code of honor need to be replaced by the survival effort. After analyzing effects that setting have, we are going to our first and only question: “What has gone with the