THe Devil in the White City(10)

5 comments

• Holmes was indicted for the murders of Benjamin, Howard, Alice and Nellie Pitezel
• Holmes' book reached the newsstands
• The Exposition influenced people until the 1950s
• Americans wanted their cities pretty and clean
• burnham developed diabetes and colitis later on in his life.

4 questions

1. why did sullivan start drinking later in his life?
2. did he start drinkig because Olmsted died?
3. why did ferris sell most of his ownership of the wheel?
4. why did most of the architects lose their money?

3 vocabulary words

• auction- a publicly held sale at which property or goods are sold to the highest bidder.
• asylum-an institution for the maintenance and care of the mentally ill, orphans, or other persons requiring specialized assistance.
• colitis-Inflammation of the colon.

2 literary terms

1. description of the funerals
2. imagery- the description of the fair after everyone moved on

1 overview sentence
1. the fair is over and the architects try to move on with their lives.