Erik Larson

different prisons without the possibility parole. Lyle and Erik Menendez were found guilty of murdering their parents for 14 million dollars of inheritance money. On the night of August 20th, 1989, Jose and Kitty Menendez were bushwhacked in the family room at 10:00 PM by their two children. Mrs. Menendez was filling out an UCLA application for her son, Erik, as she and her husband munched on berries and cream. They were interrupted by Erik and Lyle barging in through the doors with two 12…

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…

Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Transmuted America is a 2003 non-fiction book by Erik Larson. Mr. Larson relishes to embroider the past. So he relentlessly fuses history and regalement to give this nonfiction book the dramatic effect of a novel, consummate with abundant cross-cutting and foreshadowing. Mundanely these might be alarming tactics, but in the case of this material they do the artifice. Mr. Larson has indicted a dynamic, enveloping book filled with haunting, proximately annotated…

Rachel Strunk Mr. Lawson AP English Language 30 September 2015 Discussion Questions: The Devil in the White City Why did Erik Larson choose the point of views of Daniel Burnham and H.H Holmes together? Does this juxtaposition affect the narrative? If so, how? Erik Larson uses his extensive research to retell the lives of two men that had a part in the World’s Columbian Exchange in one way or another. In his process, he creates two separate points of view to the story but with a connected…

Erik Larson, Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History. New York: Crown Publishers, 1999. 323 pages In the 1900’s, the chief weather man Isaac Cline thought the city of Galveston, Texas was untouchable by anything. In 1900, an immaculate hurricane hit this city. Water levels rose almost two stories high, and houses and cars were ripped from the ground. In “Isaacs Storm” Isaac Cline is telling stories of what happened during the storm, and the aftermath of it all.…

non-fiction books and therefore have numerous differences from Amelia Anne is Dead and Gone, which is a fiction book. The authors of the non-fiction books have more ethos to write about murder novels. Erik Larson won an Edgar Award for best fact-crime writing for The Devil in the White City. (“Erik Larson”). Truman Capote, author of In Cold Blood, spent six years interviewing and researching at the crime scene location (Kuiper). This ethos allows readers to experience the murders as if they were…

The Devil in the White City, by Erik Larson, and “It’s a Question…” by Tom Stafford both answered the universal question of whether humans are born good or bad. The Devil in the White City is about a killer’s mentality and mindset being bought to justice. “It’s a Question…” is about researchers who ultimately determine whether humans “have a basically good nature that is corrupted by society, or a basically bad nature that is kept in check by society. ( IAW, 3-4)” H.H. Holmes in The Devil in the…

The main theme of , The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson , is the relationship of good and evil, it is well documented within the novel primarily surrounding the characterization of Doctor H. H. Holmes and Daniel Burnham. Their relationship, although indirect, portray the relation of evil and good personas and traits in societal terms. The details within the novel pose the question of what the book reveals about this relationship, as well as what are the actual differences of the two lead…

In Erik Larson’s The Devil in The White City, the 1893 Chicago World's Fair, also known as the World’s Columbian Exposition had a groundbreaking effect on people all over the world. During the Chicago World’s Fair there was a notorious and psychotic murderer that exploited the fair by reeling in young women and killing them. Aside from the murderer, the reader saw that the fair turned out to be one of the most beautiful and extraordinary events for the people that had the opportunity to attend.…

Erik Larson’s The Devil in the White City is a contribution to the remembrance of the historical significance the world’s fair had on cities and the overall American way of life. Lasting only 6 months, the fair had an impressive impact on the entire world. Placing itself in direct competition with France, who had hosted the fair a few years earlier, Chicago had America’s reputation in its hands. Larson’s novel follows the short-lived exposition highlighting not only how it came to life, but what…