Jonathan Larson

My book is the Devil in the White City, written by Erik Larson. It takes place in the mid 1800’s to the 1900’s. It tells about the murder, 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

rather secretive, sly, serial killer, H.H. Holmes. Larson uses figurative language, imagery, and juxtaposition throughout the entire novel to develop just how sinister natured Holmes truly is. Throughout his novel, Erik Larson uses figurative language to reference the iniquitous, hidden personality displayed in Holmes. For example, the office building where Holmes portrays his work is similar to an empty space, where the “gaslight [cannot] reach” (Larson 166) it fully, which evokes the feelings of loneliness

The Devil in the White City Sufian Abulohom American University The Devil in the White City The Devil in the White City is set in Chicago in 1893. Significant changes in gender roles that have taken place since then to date. During the 19th century the period in which the book is set on, men were viewed as the family breadwinners. Men were expected to do top jobs in the family while wives stayed at the home front to take care of their children and husbands. This can be seen where Burnham and

In Devil in the White City, Erik Larson details the favorable and heinous aspects of Chicago during the progressive era. The characters in the novel contradicted each other because of the nickname given for the World Fair “White City” and the nickname for Chicago, “Black City”. Erik Larson effectively conveys in Devil in the White City through diction, characterization and juxtaposition that although the there are two contrasting plots, they both left a mark on society and impacted individual’s lives

Although The Devil in The White City has the title that would paint an image of fiction into your mind, it is a true story told by real events that happened not so long ago in a galaxy not so far away. A single goal became a widespread plague that swept the United States like a fire in a dry summer field: they must “out-Eiffel Eiffel” and create the best exposition the world has ever seen. The novel follows architect Daniel Burnham and his ventures in creating history’s greatest world fair, or one

States the leading industrialized nation in the world during the late 19th Century and early 20th Century, also known as the Gilded Age? In the book, Isaac’s Storm by Erik Larson the author describes how greed and corruption by the United States government ultimately leads to poor decisions after a horrific disaster in 1900 [Larson]. In addition, well-researched essays by Henry Demarest Lloyd and Emma Goldman back up Larson’s theory that the Gilded Age was actually a very dark time for the United States

twisted serial killer. In his work, Larson uses figurative language, imagery, and juxtaposition to capture the serial killer’s, H.H. Holmes, psychotic nature, and explain how those around him find him to be so enticing. Throughout the novel, Larson repeatedly expresses Holmes’ wicked, yet, alluring nature through figurative language. In order to convey Holmes’ twisted feelings after a killing and project how joyous and fulfilling murdering truly is for him, Larson uses a simile to compare the sensation

In the novel The Devil in the White City written by Erik Larson, he entails there is a constant war between good and evil in Chicago 1893, each battle won is a life being made, or slaughtered “There are two wolves battling us all right now…. One’s good, the other is evil. If you’re wondering which wolf inside will succeed, simple, it’s the one that you feed…” by Ronnie Radke. Larson paints the white city’s atmosphere as preppy, educated, society that consists of architects like Daniel Burnham, while

In The Devil In The White City Erik Larson inserts the reader in the shoes of two very antonymous characters. Larson’s diction enables him to create vivid pictures and descriptions, so the reader can immerse him/herself in the plot. With John Root, he uses phrases that give background to his past and his positions, but with H.H. Holmes, he allows the representation of a maniacal individual by giving the reader insight into the his sadistic ways. Erik Larson utilizes diction to instill fear, while

In third person, the author of Devil in the White City is 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