5Comments
- This book is mixed with second and third person
- Author is patriotic about Savannah Georgia
- People in the towns near the cemetary are very superstitious
- People of that town imbibed alot of alcohol
- Towns he described were important during times of colonization and slavery
4Questions
- Why does Berendt speak of people he knew and info so vaguely?
- Why does Berendt love Savannah so much?
- Was the cemetery described like the catacombs in Paris?
- How's it possible that people are comfortable walking through a cemetery like it's a park?
3Vocabulary
- Impervious: not allowing entrance or passage
- Mausoleum: an external free-standing building constructed as a monument enclosing the interment space or burial chamber of a deceased person or persons.
- Commerorate: to call to remembrance
2Literary Devices
- Metaphor: Im going to take you to visit the dead (pg 31)
- Foreshadow: "...host threw his crystal glass against the trunk of.... tradition has it that if you listen closely you can still hear the shattering of crystal glasses..."
1Summary Sentence
- This chapter is about the description of the "garden" (cemetery) and the history of the town.