THe Devil in the White City(2)

5 Comments

1. Holmes is introduced in the story.
2. he has killed a child in the past.
3. he went to college and now wants to become a doctor.
4. Holmes moved to Chicago because he thought it was a better place.
5. Jack the Ripper is mentioned.

4 Questions

1. did they ever suspect Holmes of the murder/
2. did he kill his parents?
3. did he kill his best friend as a child?
4. Has he killed more than that is mentioned so far?

3 Vocabulary Words

1. macabre-gruesome and horrifying; ghastly; horrible.
2. astigmatic-A visual defect in which the unequal curvature of one or more refractive surfaces of the eye, usually the cornea, prevents light rays from focusing clearly at one point on the retina, resulting in blurred vision.
3. emissaries-an agent sent on a mission of a secret nature, as a spy.

2 Literary Terms

• "They are blue. Great murderers, like great men in other walks of activity, have blue eyes" pg.35
• personifiction- "starvation was string me in the face" *(larson 42)

1 OverView sentence
We finally meet Holmes and get to see who he really is under all that pleasant innocence that he allows to be seen.