People from Chicago

In the article “The Life of a Disabled Child, From Taunts to Hate Crimes” in The New York Times Margaret Carlson uses pathos, logos, ethos, and kairos to appeal to her readers about the pain that disabled children and their families feel because the segregation of disabled people is still occurring. Carlson uses these rhetorical strategies to help the reader better connect to the article. Carlson does an excellent job of appealing to pathos because she connects to the audience emotionally by using

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

Alexandria, Virginia. Simple fun facts. Since the beginning of America’s independence firefighting has played a huge role in our history Surprisingly, the name Chicago Fire has a plethora of meanings. There is the Chicago Fire American drama series, Chicago Fire professional soccer team, and of course Chicago Fire department. Chicago Fire Department(CFD) is the largest fire department in the Midwest, and one of the nation 's largest departments throughout the United States. It 's also one of

The nonfiction novel The Devil in the White City written by Erik Larson primarily takes place in Chicago between the years 1890-1893. This novel tells the story of Daniel Burnham, an architect in charge of building the Chicago World's Fair, and H.H. Holmes, a serial killer who uses the fair to lure his victims. This novel has two major story arcs, one revolves around Daniel Burnham and the other revolves around H.H. Holmes. Burnham's story explains how he strived to build the fair, Holmes' story

the Prohibition Era. The act of Prohibition brought power to Al Capone, which he used to expand his organized crime activities into a stranglehold over the city of Chicago. Liquor trade became very profitable during Prohibition, and the struggle for control over the bootleg empire erupted into a full-scale war between rival gangs in Chicago. Capone gradually came to symbolize all the criminal evils of prohibition; to many throughout the world, he became the symbol of a lawless nation#. Publicity grew

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 goal is to out “Eiffel, Eiffel”. H.H. Holmes arrives in Chicago one night and instantly falls in love with the city and the darkness that comes with it. The city isn’t the only thing he falls in love with, he notices that many

In Chicago when turning on the news on a Friday night there is this special called Weekly Death Toll. Normally, every state has this program. However special Chicago news channels such as WGN- TV, ABC7 Chicago, and CBS Chicago, take the death toll to a whole new level. On a weekly basis, there are at least twelve-gun homicides and after averaging that up that settled to seven hundred and sixty-two murdered in Chicago yearly. However, those are only murders that is not counting the four thousand three

Ever since I read the novel Some Girls Bite by Chloe Neill, my interest in University of Chicago took root. Every aspect, from its renown Core Curriculum to its extensive research opportunities and its diverse student body, readily matches the setting in which I hope to immerse myself over the next four years. It still amazes me how I can major in Cellular and Molecular Biology, explore the city of Chicago, and spend a semester abroad. Hopefully, I will one day be able to take advantage of UChicago’s

place like home, the city of Chicago, IL. It’s also known as the windy city. This is where I was born on November 6, 1997. Chicago is a vast city full different things to do. For example, visiting many of the best restaurants in the whole or possibly the whole world. Smelling the pizza straight from the oven will make your mouth water like a water fountain, and seeing the different flavors of pizza that make you wonder “Who was the crazy person that made this.” From Pineapples to exotic pizzas like

Sandburg: America’s Poet Carl Sandburg is renowned as one of the outstanding and innovative American poets of the twentieth century. Sandburg used his poetry to explicate to the public how life is, can, and could be. “He published many works including: Chicago, The Harbor, Picnic Boat, Gone, They will say, and countless more” (Meltzer 13). Carl Sandburg is widely renowned today for all his accomplishments and works during his lifetime. Few poets could match his skills as a writer and what he was able to