THe Devil in the White City(6)

5 Comments

1. Burnham begins seeing his family rarely.
2. by spring he was living full-time at the shanty located in Jackson Park
3. 5 thousand men are slowly beginning to scrape the landscape raw
4. General Electric offered to to the electrical job for 1.8 million dollars.
5. The source of Burnham's greatest dismay was the failure of the architects to finish their drawings on schedule

4 questions

• how much would 1.8 million dollars be in our time?
• how much would 554,000 dollars be in our time?
• did the horses that sank to their bellies die?
• where is Zanzibar?

3 Vocabulary Words

• toboggan-a long, narrow, flat-bottomed sled made of a thin board curved upward and backward at the front, often with low handrails on the sides, used esp. in the sport of coasting over snow or ice.
• commissioners-A member of a commission.
• irreparably-not reparable; incapable of being rectified, remedied, or made good: an irreparable mistake

2 literary terms

1. the descrition of the scraped landscape
2. the description of the drawings

1 Overview Sentence
Burnham harly gets to see his family anymore because the fair takes too much of his time.

THe Devil in the White City(5)

5 comments

• Holmes finally meets Ned and Julia.
• Ned begins to get suspicious about Holmes and Julia.
• Ned a Julia begin to fight
• Holmes sells Ned one of his stores.
• Ned finally separates from Julia and goes to live in Illinois.

4 questions

• how did holmes meet ned and julia?
• why does Holmes not want to be with julia anymore?
• why did he marvel at his kiln?
• was he the cause of Ned's sisters death?

3 vocabulary words
decree-a formal and authoritative order, esp. one having the force of law:
liaison-a person who initiates and maintains such a contact or connection.
sullen-showing irritation or ill humor by a gloomy silence or reserve.

2 literary terms

• repetition- the way the repeats Ned's suspicions
  
• descriptive- writing- they way the author describes Ned's suspicions

1 overview sentence
Holmes is still trying to get people to buy life insurance and put him as the beneficiary.

THe Devil in the White City(4)

5 Comments

• Burnham, Olmstead, Hunt, and the other architects gathered in the libraray.
• They are beginning the process of planning what they will do with the fair.
• They are thinking about using flowers.
• there is some conflict between the people in charge of the fair.
• Charles is new to the committee.

4 questions

• why is it so hard to execute the project?
• who were the 2 italian men?
• when are they going to start?
• why are criminal s going to be attracted to the fair/

3 Vocabulary words

• birch bark-a canoe made with the bark of a birch tree
• sanpans- A flatbottom Asian skiff usually propelled by two oars.
• memorandum-a short note designating something to be remembered, esp. something to be done or acted upon in the future; reminder.

2 literary terms
description- the way the people want the flowers precisely arranged
description- the way Burnham explains Atwood's erratic behavior

1 overview sentence
they are beginning to plan the fair's layout.

THe Devil in the White City(3)

5 comments

1. it was very interesting when holmes talked about kiln
2. i liked how the architects described how ugly Jackson Park looked
3. i was shocked when Root, burnham architect and friend, died in his house.
4. holmes is probably responsible for the vanshing people
5. holmes should just get a divorce from Myrta

4 questions

• 'why did Roots die anyway?
• isn't a vacant park good for a fair?
• what really happened to the vanishing people?
• does holmes even pay his workers, the workers who work in his plaza?

3 vocabulary words

1. transcendent-going beyond ordinary limits; surpassing; exceeding.
2. apparatus- any complex instrument or mechanism for a particular purpose.
3. kiln-a furnace or oven for burning, baking, or drying something, esp. one for firing pottery, calcining limestone, or baking bricks.

2 vocabulary terms

• descriptive writing- the way the architects described how jackson park looked
• "..Olmsted, his teeth inflamed," =hyperbole

1 overview
the architects finally see what they are going to be working with for the next two years while Holmes is busy trying to make his building into a hotel and in he basement there is a furnace... a really big furnace.

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.

THe Devil in the White City(1)

5 Comments

1. The fair will be held in Chicago.
2. Burnham and Root are the architects in charge.
3. America and other countries voted.
4. Everyone wants it to be better than the fair in Paris.
5. Burnham and Holmes don't know eachother.

4 Questions

1. What was the voting system like in the 19th century.
2. Who was the president at this time? Was he aware of the fair?
3. Do Burnham and Holmes know each other?
4. How long did it take for the Eiffel tower to be completed?

3 Vocabulary Words

1. Lackluster-a lack of brilliance or vitality.
2. advent-a coming into place, view, or being; arrival:
3. courtship-the period during which such wooing takes place.

2 Literary Terms

1. metaphor- "Burnham was handsome, tall, and strong, with vivid blue eyes, all of which drew clients and friends to him the way a lens gathers light" (Larson 26)
2. simile- "For now, the tension was subtle, a vibration, like the inaudible cry of overstressed steel"

1 Overview Sentence

1. The fair will be held in Chicago and it is a big deal to the architects and other denizens.
   

The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson

I will begin posting
about my history book
about a fair thatvis set to take place
in the grand city of Chicago in the 1890s.
the book has two main characters, Daniel Burnham (the architect) and H.H. Holmes (a serial killer)