“What I enjoy most…is living like an aristocrat without the burden of having to be one. Blue bloods are so inbred and weak. All those generations of importance and grandeur to live up to.No wonder they lack ambition. I don’t envy them. It’s only the trappings of aristocracy that I find worthwhile-the fine furniture, the paintings, the silver- the very things they have to sell when the money runs out.”
Aristocrats delight in material possessions and substantial power, but they bear a great responsibility of being answerable to the subjects. Aristocrats are deemed superior to the non-Aristocrats due to the power which they wield. However, their insistence on preserving their bloodlines is detrimental to diversity, for it promotes inbreeding. Affluent people such as William can afford the lifestyle which befits the Aristocrats.
“Savannahians drove fast. They also liked to carry their cocktails with them when they drove. According to the National Institute of Alcoholism and Alcohol Abuse, more than 8 percent of Savannah’s adults were “ known alcoholics,” which may have accounted for the disturbing tendency to run up over the curb and collide with trees. The trunks of all but one of the twenty-seven oaks that lined the edge of Forsyth Park on Whitaker Street, for instance, had deep scars at fender level. One tree had been hit so many times it had a sizable hollow scooped out of its trunk.”
Alcoholism is a direct cause of the rampant accidents in Savannah. Intoxication emboldens the drivers to drive speedily and frantically. Sadly, alcoholism elicits a ripple effect of destroying trees which should be persevered. Berendt’s observation surmises that the incidence of alcohol-related carnage is high in Savannah is great due to the predominant culture of alcoholism.
“Someone once wrote that musicians are touched on the shoulder by God…and I think that it’s true. You can make other people happy with music, but I know you can make yourself happy too. Because of my music, I have never known loneliness and never been depressed.”
Associating musicians with God depicts the spiritual nature of music. Engaging in music, either by singing or listening is tantamount to Sublimation which can be useful in alleviating feelings of lonesomeness and depression. Music is unquestionably therapeutic and pacifying.
