What happened in The Devil in the White City?1-Sentence-Summary: The Devil In The White City tells the story of Chicago in the late 1800s and how it had a chance to rise above terrible crime and social unrest when it won the bid to host the World's Fair but instead ended up contributing to the creation of the world's first known serial killer.
What is the timeline in The Devil in the White City?The Devil in the White City is a literary nonfiction novel that spans the years surrounding the building of the 1893 Chicago World's Fair, also known as The World's Columbian Exposition, which was designed to commemorate the landing of Columbus in America.
What are the conflicts in The Devil in the White City?major conflict Burnham struggles to design and lead the construction of the World's Fair. He never meets Holmes, but there is also an overarching struggle between Burnham's inherent goodness as the protagonist and Holmes' inherent depravity as the antagonist. climax Patrick Prendergast assassinates Mayor Harrison.
What is the main argument in The Devil in the White City?The central argument throughout The Devil in the White City is the contrast between the "White City" that Burnham and other architects have to build to make Chicago and the U.S. look beautiful in the eyes of the world, and the darkness that is H.H. Holmes from his dark schemes to his brutal murders.
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