Daniel Burnham

protagonist/antagonist/ Write down important information and characteristics about each one. The three main characters are Daniel Burnham, H.H. Holmes (Herman Webster Mudgett), and Frank Geyer. The first protagonist is Daniel Burnham, an architect who, along with his partner John Root, is tasked to construct the 1893 World's Fair. Throughout the construction of the World's Fair, Burnham has to overcome many incidents that prevent him from completing the fair. The second protagonist is Detective Frank Geyer

This lesson provides an overview of Erik Larson 's 2003 book “The Devil in the White City”, including a summary, an analysis of the book 's structure, and a discussion of the real-life individuals and events at the heart of the story. !!!Who 's the Devil, and Where is the White City? When Leonardo DiCaprio and Martin Scorsese team up to make a big-budget movie based on your book, you know you 've arrived. This doesn 't happen to most nonfiction authors, but it 's happening to Erik Larson, best known

telling two different stories, with connecting plot lines. Coherently, the stories work together to help the reader see challenges as they arise. In The Devil in the White City , Erik Larson used the tactic of perspective change, mainly through Daniel Burnham and H. H. Holmes who are metaphors for the good and evil in Chicago at the time, with a sporadic shift of focus to less significant characters who play a significant part in the lives, achievements, and downfalls of the two main characters to

that spans the years surrounding the building of the 1893 Chicago World's Fair) that recreates the lives of two real men, Daniel Burnham, the architect who builds the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair and H. H. Holmes, the serial killer who exploits the fair to find his victims. Larson uses intense imagery, juxtaposition, and allusion to create pure and immoral tones between Daniel Burnham and H. H. Holmes. In the novel Larson uses intenses imagery to thoroughly illustrate the coexistence of good and evil.

At the Chicago World’s Fair, when the head architect, Daniel Hudson Burnham, attracted thousands of people to Chicago, hundreds of people went missing and nobody noticed. However, through historical records, letters, and documents, we know that Burnham’s intentions were good. In Erik Larson’s The Devil in the White City, Holmes and Burnham were polar opposites brought together by the Chicago World's Fair. Holmes represented evil while Burnham represented good. However, they did have two things in

magic, and madness at the Fair that changed the World. - The Devil in the White City tells the thrilling stories of Daniel Burnham, the architect responsible for constructing the 1893 Worlds Fair, and H.H Holmes a serial killer disguised as a doctor. Burnham and his partner John Root set out to construct fascinating buildings that shock the city. Once the Chicago wins the Fair and Burnham and root get elected head architects of the the Fair they hear about the creation of the Eiffel Tower. Their new

attraction meant to showcase the success and prosperity of the nation. This historical event showcased the prosperity and light of the city as well as the poor and dark parts that came with the building of this fair through two essential characters: Daniel Burnham and H.H. Holmes. Burnham’s determination to build the fair despite many challenges reveals the light of the windy city while Holmes’ and his deceptive evil brings awareness to the dark parts of the city during an economic depression. All that

time to introduce other substantial characters in the story such as, Daniel Burnham and John Root. The author portrays Burnham as a hardworking, successful architect. Whom has both feet on the ground especially when it comes to building something as detailed as the World’s Fair. Larson creates a convoluted character in Burnham by contrasting his success with his failure to get accepted into Harvard. Larson frames Daniel Burnham as a moralistic man to represent the good which will contrast with the

two characters, Daniel Burnham and H.H. Holmes. Daniel Burnham was the architect that made the fair happen. The story starts with him and his partner, John Root, winning the bid for the location of the fair. Burnham faces a bunches of trails as he tries to create this extravagant fair for the city of Chicago, since he wanted the reputation of Chicago to be better. Burnham’s partner, Root, passes away significantly early in the story, which forced him to find a new partner. Burnham

The Devil in the White City switches perspectives in different chapters. Sometimes, the story is told through the eyes of Daniel H. Burnham. Other times, it is told through the eyes of H.H. Holmes. With the changing perspectives, the tone of the story changes. While Burnham is talking, the tone is fairly casual and “normal.” While Holmes is talking it is more sinister and dark. The tone of this story depends on which character is telling the story at any given moment. The style of this book is changing