Sifnificance of Alcohol

Alcohol symbolizes the Americans’ desires for escape, whether it be from family obligation or fear of their new home. Blythe Carrington is an alcoholic with an unhappy marriage and hatred of her migratory South American life. “Whatever ‘they’ were saying about whether and how much booze was good for you, she could assure Mrs. Mackey that a person could drink herself into oblivion in the tropics and wake up feeling like a million bucks” (107).