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Name:Mariana Estrada Date:September 22, 2017 Period:4th Book Title:The devil in the white city Genre:Nonfiction Author:Erik Larson Number of Pages:464 Brief summary and “Arrangement” of the book: Arrangement:The book is arranged into four parts with 57 chapters. Part 1.Ch 1:Is mainly going over what's happening in chicago around the 1800’s and is setting the mood for the upcoming events by listing frequent deaths.It also introduces us to a pharmacist/killer H.H.Holmes. Part 1.Ch 2:We get

The Devil Wears Prada is a 2006 comedy-drama film based on Lauren Weisberger’s 2003 novel of the same name. It is a tale that revolves around Andrea Sachs who is an aspiring journalist fresh out of Northwestern University but yet lands a job that “a million girl would die for” as in the second assistant to an editor in chief of Runway Magazine, Miranda Priestly. Andrea (Andy) decides that she would put up with Miranda’s bizzare and humiliating treatment for a year in hopes of getting a job as a reporter

Hannah Johnson Johnson 1 Tyler Johnson World History November 20, 2017 The Devil in the White City Book Info: Title- The Devil in the White City Author- Erik Larson Publication Info: Publisher- Crown Publishing Group Year- February 11, 2003 Number of pages- 447 The novel "The Devil in the White City" is divided into four parts. The first three of the four parts take place in Chicago between 1890-1893. In 1890, Chicago won the bid on the 1893 Columbian Exposition. Daniel Burnham and John

Devil in the White City written by Erik Larson is a true story based on the building of the most important fair in the United States of America, the 1893 Columbian Exposition World’s Fair in Chicago. Erik Larson also told the story of the psychopathic murderer; H.H. Holmes used his World’s Fair Hotel as an evil castle to lure in young women who came to see the fair. The story starts off with Larson describing that Chicago won the Congressional vote to host the World’s Fair and beat out its competition

The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson is a nonfiction novel that sets during the building of the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair, known as The World’s Columbian Exposition as well. The novel describes the process of building the fair and the architect who builds it to the evil murderer who exploits the fair to lure in his victims. Erik Larson uses rhetorical strategies such as selective connotation and word choice, imagery, and juxtaposition, to contrast the white city from the black city. Contrary

In Erik Larson’s essay, The Devil in the White City, (2003), he investigates the way that Holmes used the World fair to lure in his victims. Erik larson establishes his ideas by developing the main characters in separate plots. Larson explains how the World Fair ended up in Chicago and how it was constructed and designed, in order to connect the fair to Holmes and show how he used it to lure in his victims. This novel was intended for anybody interested in a historic crime depicted in a narrative

In the book “The Devil in the White City” the author Erik Larson argues that the Industrial Revolution causes the people of the U.S to want to flaunt the upcoming world fair that led to the urbanization of tourists and the multiple murders caused by H.H. Holmes. The book is structured between the two backgrounds of the architect of the World Fair, Daniel Burnham, and the murderer H.H. Holmes.The author separates the timeline of events into four parts to get from the architect and Holmes arriving

Devil in the White City, a book that intertwines two plot lines about a man named Burnham and another of H. H. Holmes. It takes place in Chicago in the 1890’s and follows the two men who have completely different upbringings, describing each person in-depth. The first person Erik Larson introduces the reader to is Daniel Burnham, one of Chicago’s greatest architects who’s given the task of helping build the World’s Fair with other team members. With the creation of the World’s Fair happening, many

The Devil in the White City, written by Erik Larson, it is a book about the events of the World’s Columbian Exposition of 1893 that happened in Chicago. It was the perfect opportunity to display the strength of America to the world. Larson recreates the Fair with an thrilling tone, allowing us to experience its magnificence as the visitors would have in 1893. Larson describes the fair as "perfect", a "fairest dream", and "beautiful.” At the same time, Larson uses a somber tone in his descriptions

The film The Devil Wears Prada is about the personal transition of Andrea Sachs who is played by Anne Hathaway. In the film, Andrea seeks to get a job working for Miranda Priestly, the Editor in Chief of Runway Magazine, who is played by Meryl Streep. Runway is a fashion magazine, and although Andrea shares no interest in fashion or the fashion industry, she wants the job because she was informed that anyone that works for Miranda for a year without being fired will be given the chance to be promoted