The Devil in the White City Book Report
In The Devil in the White City, the author Erik Larson tells the story of an architect and a serial killer in Chicago during the 1890’s. He tries to describe how Daniel Burnham, an architect, builds the Chicago World Fair in an innocent or white city while at the same time helps Henry Holmes, the devil in the innocent city, to satisfy his craving of power, blood, and fear. Burnham tries to give Chicago a more positive reputation, but it ends of having a bad reputation due to Henry Holmes. Holmes gives it the bad reputation because he finds his victims at the World’s Fair in Chicago. The Chicago World Fair is eventually shut down, most likely due to the fact that the victims of Henry Holmes’ murders were chosen from their.
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The fourth part of the novel however, takes place in Philadelphia circa 1895. It also shifts back and forth every other chapter from Burnham to Holmes. Erik Larson uses flashbacks to create vivid images for the reader. The structure of the book varies depending on the setting it is in. In some parts, the mood is intense which creates a simple structure. During the chapters describing the progression of the building of the World’s Fair, Larson uses complex sentences to describe the hectic situation.
Erik Larson aims the story to a mature audience and also someone who is into history. He wrote this story to inform readers on the juxtaposition of the lives of two famous people, Daniel Burnham and Henry Holmes, during a major event in American history. Larson writes in his novel, “He felt an acute loneliness. He wrote, ‘Frank Millet, whom I loved was aboard her... thus cutting off connection with one of my best fellows.”(Larson 390) This quote is an example of logos because Erik Larson uses logic and reasoning to infer what Burnham is
In The Devil in the White City, the author Erik Larson tells the story of an architect and a serial killer in Chicago during the 1890’s. He tries to describe how Daniel Burnham, an architect, builds the Chicago World Fair in an innocent or white city while at the same time helps Henry Holmes, the devil in the innocent city, to satisfy his craving of power, blood, and fear. Burnham tries to give Chicago a more positive reputation, but it ends of having a bad reputation due to Henry Holmes. Holmes gives it the bad reputation because he finds his victims at the World’s Fair in Chicago. The Chicago World Fair is eventually shut down, most likely due to the fact that the victims of Henry Holmes’ murders were chosen from their.
This novel is divided …show more content…
The fourth part of the novel however, takes place in Philadelphia circa 1895. It also shifts back and forth every other chapter from Burnham to Holmes. Erik Larson uses flashbacks to create vivid images for the reader. The structure of the book varies depending on the setting it is in. In some parts, the mood is intense which creates a simple structure. During the chapters describing the progression of the building of the World’s Fair, Larson uses complex sentences to describe the hectic situation.
Erik Larson aims the story to a mature audience and also someone who is into history. He wrote this story to inform readers on the juxtaposition of the lives of two famous people, Daniel Burnham and Henry Holmes, during a major event in American history. Larson writes in his novel, “He felt an acute loneliness. He wrote, ‘Frank Millet, whom I loved was aboard her... thus cutting off connection with one of my best fellows.”(Larson 390) This quote is an example of logos because Erik Larson uses logic and reasoning to infer what Burnham is