Reimagining the Past: A Comparative Analysis of Slavery, Identity, and Trauma in Toni Morrison’s A Mercy and Margaret Mitchell’s Gone with the Wind through the Lens of Artificial Intelligence

Abstract: This study uses artificial intelligence to compare Toni Morrison’s A Mercy and Margaret Mitchell’s Gone with the Wind. Both books show slavery and identity, but in different ways. The research uses tools like natural language processing, machine learning, and sentiment analysis to look at the main themes, types of characters, and emotions in each book. The study finds both similarities and differences in how the authors show slavery, identity, and trauma. It shows how complex it is to represent history in literature and how AI can help us better understand these texts. The results show that AI can offer new ideas about classic books and help us learn more about the time and culture when they were written.