Have you ever seen a movie in parts because it is often on television, but have yet to see it from beginning to end? That is how I experienced Gone with the Wind.
I had seen most, if not all, of it in bits and pieces and I thought I knew what the movie was about.
I knew the characters, the plot, the setting, and the outcome, but it wasn't until I watched the entire movie that I understood Scarlett O'Hara's struggle and experienced her courage and tenacity.
That pretty much explains what happe.