The research question under discussion in this essay is to analyze what are the accounts for the dreamlike quality of the White City in the novel, (written by Erik Larson, The Devil in the White City) and how are these aspects of a negative affect or positive affect on the people and the city where it all takes place? This will help understand the importance of the setting, the 1893 Chicago World's Fair also known as The World's Columbian Exposition, to the storyline of the book. Also because the novel is a type of biography or non-fiction story, this helps study the impact of The World’s Columbian Exposition in society at the time and how it played a part in American History. This topic became of my interest because being I am aware of the great innovation that the fair brought to not just The
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The World’s Columbian Exposition brought things never before seen, things people could only have imagined and this is what gave the people a sense of “a dream like world”. This White City however came also with some aspects of loss or negativity. The novel does a great job in showing the dark side to the making and surroundings of the fair by adding another storyline about the serial killer H.H Holmes and the tragic event of the assassination of Chicago’s mayor. This essay is divided into three major parts: the first part consist of the general dream-like aspects of the white city and its brief history supplied by the book, the second part looks at how some of the discussed aspects are of a positive effect to the people surrounding the fair along with its effect on civilization as a whole, and part three will discuss the aspects that are of a negative effect on
The World’s Columbian Exposition brought things never before seen, things people could only have imagined and this is what gave the people a sense of “a dream like world”. This White City however came also with some aspects of loss or negativity. The novel does a great job in showing the dark side to the making and surroundings of the fair by adding another storyline about the serial killer H.H Holmes and the tragic event of the assassination of Chicago’s mayor. This essay is divided into three major parts: the first part consist of the general dream-like aspects of the white city and its brief history supplied by the book, the second part looks at how some of the discussed aspects are of a positive effect to the people surrounding the fair along with its effect on civilization as a whole, and part three will discuss the aspects that are of a negative effect on