Thursday, December 11, 2008
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil 54321-7
5Comments
  • Joe Odom moved to savannah
  • 8% of Savannah's adults were "known alcoholics"
  • MC wants a Rolls-Royce
  • Chablis" original name was Frank, she went out with a Caucasian and she was African-American.
  • Chablis' family didnt approve of her boyfriend [at her dad's funeral].
4Questions
  • Why did Savannahians carry their cocktails when they drove?
  • Why did MC say that his car in Savannah would have fins?
  • Why didn't it appeal to MC to buy a car before?
  • What does Chablis' mom think of her boyfriend, does she have any comment on their relationship?
3Vocabulary
  • Descend: to pass from a higher place or level to a lower one
  • Excursion: a going out or forth
  • Sensuously: Of, relating to, or derived from the senses.
2Literary Devices
  • Simile: "It did not have fins, but its hood was so long it looked like the foredeck of an ocean liner".(Berendt 95).
  • Metaphor: "Child, dont lie to me. Your face is turnin 'rayyid"(Berendt,98).
1Summarizing Sentence
  • This chapter is about MC's encounter with Chablis and his car.