World's Columbian Exposition

American Gothic There are many things that go into the thought behind creating such a masterful art piece that would be shown in famous museums. The thing about art is that the viewer can understand the artist through his final piece. These pieces can be shown around the world to all different people. Chicago, also known as “The Windy City”, has many famous museums such as the Art Institute of Chicago. The museum is one of the most famous art museums in the world attracting more then 1.5 million

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

After reading The Devil In The White City by Erik Larson, I have to say I really liked it. It gave great amounts of information on what happened before, during, and after the fair. Holmes' story was the most intriguing, but one question about Holmes remains for me. Why did he do it? Holmes wasn't suffering from a loss of someone, or anything really, but he murdered who ever got close to him, as if he didn't want them to get close to him. They were mostly women, all who were drawn in by his charm

monarch. At this point of the book, Larson conveys to readers of the darkness laid within the city and the disastrous events yet to come. The use of connotative diction is also shown during the fair as visitors’ are referred to as “diseases” by the Columbian Guards. Larson’s evocative word choice emphasizes the visitors’ contagious curiosity as if they were part of a newspaper press. This displays to the readers as a stressful and overwhelming event for the Colombian Guards. The use of connotative diction

It was Chicago 1893, the construction of the world fair was to be held there in hopes of promoting how safe the city of Chicago really is. Architects, Daniel Burnham and John Root were given the control to oversee the creation of the world's fair with hopes of making it spectacular. As described in the book as H.H.Holmes ¨a young handsome doctor stepped from a train, his surgical valise in hand. He entered a world of clamor, smoke and steam, refulgent with the scents of murdered cattle and pigs

In the book The Devil in the White city written by Erik Larson, depicts two stories of two very different people, Daniel Hudson Burnham and Henry H. Holmes. Larson takes the readers on a roller coaster ride and leaves the reader hanging at the top of that roller coaster. His narrative flow builds up tension in the reader as the story continues, he uses transitional warning signs to convey his next line. Erik Larson differentiates and adds similarities between Daniel Hudson Burnham and Henry H. Holmes

Erik Larson is the author of Devil in the White City, a book paralleling the story of H.H.Holmes and the building of the Chicago World Fair. At the beginning we are introduced to the beginning of the next world fair. It is going to be held in Chicago, a city known for being dirty and having disease and sewer problems. In contrast, the architects of the world fair want it to be known as the white city, a place of wonder and history full enough to spend a week exploring. At the same time, we are also

Black and white, good and evil all contrasting elements describing the city of Chicago during the 1893 World’s Fair. In The Devil in the White City, Erik Larson uses tone, figurative language, and juxtaposition in order to portray the drastic dichotomy of the good in the White City and the evil of the Black City within Chicago during the time of the World’s Fair. Larson uses his tone to explain how the people of Chicago view the White City and the Black City they are living in. Larson’s dangerous

In The Devil in the White City excerpt, Eric Larson depicts the trial of H.H. Holmes and dangers associated with him. Larson illustrates this through diction,imagery , and details to paint as Holmes as nearly inhuman. Due to a malicious tone, Larson is writing with the intent of bringing a sense of closure to his audience of fairgoers and others wondering about the irregularities of the Chicago fair. During the first few paragraphs of the excerpt Larson depicts a heartbroken Mrs. Pitezel to a sympathetic

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