FREE ESSAY ON MIDNIGHT IN THE GARDEN OF GOOD AND EVIL BY JOHN BERENDT

MIDNIGHT IN THE GARDEN OF GOOD AND EVIL BY JOHN BERENDT

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. His
opinions are usually based on fact and not that of his own, so therefore
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