• Mercer house is a house in Savannah Georgia that been empty for 10 years
  
• People hosting the party and attending are wealthy
  
• This book is old, $190 is considered alot of money
  
• Those people used alcohol to mend their feelings
  
• Chapter is in 3rd person
  

4Questions

• Why does the author take 4 pages to describe the house?
  
• What are the nationalities of the hosts of the party?
  
• What happened to the couple who ignored their daughter?
  
• Who's the narrator?
  

3Vocab

• Nouveau riche: New Rich
  
• Liberal: Not limited to or by established, traditional, orthodox, or authoritarian attitudes, views, or dogmas; free from bigotry.
• Penance: An act of self-mortification or devotion performed voluntarily to show sorrow for a sin or other wrongdoing.

2Literary Devices

• Metaphor: "...testimony of his son, and released from jail a broken and very angry man".
  
• Dramatic Irony: " I had heard Jim William's name mentioned often during the six months"
  

1Summarizing Sentence

• This chapter is about the history of the "Mercer House" in Savannah GA, and the importance to it's community.