Chapter 44 marks a history-making day at the fair. In a promotional effort, Millet designates October 9 as Chicago Day, and Harrison requests that businesses shut down in honor and celebration. Chicago Day puts the fair at record attendance; approximately 750,000 people attend in a single day. The outpouring brings the fair out of debt, and the chapter closes with Burnham and other stakeholders celebrating financial success and planning for the closing of the fair.
As Millet schemes to make the closing day ceremony a big attraction, many other key builders reluctantly leave the fair. Holmes also determines the time is right to exit Chicago: Those to whom he owes money have been investing more interest in collecting their due and further inquiring about some of the missing women.
Holmes sets fire to the top of his building and files an insurance claim. An insurance company investigator finds that Holmes has a …show more content…
Without the exposition providing jobs and bringing consumers to Chicago, the economy shifts radically. More and more people are losing jobs and unions are striking. President Cleveland even sends troops to Chicago the year following the closing of the fair, and much of the fair is illegally set ablaze.
Analysis
These four consecutive chapters bring closure to the 1893 Chicago World's Fair. Part III also presents the climax of the novel. Key players in the fair's construction and H.H. Holmes all make their exit from Chicago. Prendergast's purpose in the novel is finally clear: His assassination of Mayor Harrison serves as the climax or high point of action in the novel.
In Chapter 45, Holmes again employs his skills of charm and manipulation to get out of a difficult situation. However, this chapter serves as a turning point for this plot line; the reader actually sees the authorities closing in on Holmes as they begin to uncover his criminal activities. Thus, Chapter 45 sets up Part IV of the
As Millet schemes to make the closing day ceremony a big attraction, many other key builders reluctantly leave the fair. Holmes also determines the time is right to exit Chicago: Those to whom he owes money have been investing more interest in collecting their due and further inquiring about some of the missing women.
Holmes sets fire to the top of his building and files an insurance claim. An insurance company investigator finds that Holmes has a …show more content…
Without the exposition providing jobs and bringing consumers to Chicago, the economy shifts radically. More and more people are losing jobs and unions are striking. President Cleveland even sends troops to Chicago the year following the closing of the fair, and much of the fair is illegally set ablaze.
Analysis
These four consecutive chapters bring closure to the 1893 Chicago World's Fair. Part III also presents the climax of the novel. Key players in the fair's construction and H.H. Holmes all make their exit from Chicago. Prendergast's purpose in the novel is finally clear: His assassination of Mayor Harrison serves as the climax or high point of action in the novel.
In Chapter 45, Holmes again employs his skills of charm and manipulation to get out of a difficult situation. However, this chapter serves as a turning point for this plot line; the reader actually sees the authorities closing in on Holmes as they begin to uncover his criminal activities. Thus, Chapter 45 sets up Part IV of the