Midnight In Garden Of Good Essay, Research Paper

In the novel, Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, John Berendt tries to

show the reader how Savannah has never changed. He looks at different people and

events and characterizes them specifically of Savannah, Georgia. In other words,

he believes that Savannah is a place of its own, where strange things can happen

right out in the open. An event such as a midnight voodoo session with the local

witch doctor Minerva, can take place in Savannah as just an everyday event. If

you were to tell that story to a non-Savannian , they would have a hard time

believing this random story. Berendt?s main purpose of writing this novel was

to illustrate and show the reader the exact way that life in Savannah really is,

crazy and zany. The way that Savannah is characterized, is one that can be

described forever. John Berendt?s character portray?s the life of a man that

is omniscient to the scene. Usually he is seen and not heard, but usually can

come up with an opinion of his own.