Mr. Baltman
The Devil In The White City Part 1
Leah Willoughby
CHARACTER DESCRIPTIONS:
1)Daniel Burnham: Moved to Chicago when he was nine years old. Was very bright, but had test anxiety and failed to get in to Yale or Harvard. Burnham went through many careers before settling down in a firm with partner, John Root.
2)John Root: Musical prodigy. Was accepted to Oxford, but before he could get there his father summoned him back home. He became Daniel Burnham’s partner in a firm. Began drafting the world’s fair, but before work started he passed away from pneumonia.
3)Frank Millet: An old friend of Burnham’s. Burnham thinks about him and tries to contact him while he is on a cruise, he can’t stop thinking about him. They worked on the world’s fair together and that is how they met.
4)John Sherman: Superintendant of the Union Stock Yards. He had Burnham and Root build a mansion on Prairie Avenue. Burnham was engaged to his daughter Margaret. Sherman wouldn’t call off their wedding when a scandal broke loose. John ran off to Europe with the daughter of a friend.
5)Mary Walker: Daughter of John Walker, she married Root. She became ill with tuberculosis. Within six weeks of her marriage to Root, she died.
6)Dora Monroe: Sister of Harriet Monroe(Mary Walker’s close friend).
Dora married John Root after he was widowed due to Mary Walker’s death. They stayed together until John died from pneumonia.
The Essay on Small Claims Court Daughters Friend
On March 1, 2005, I went to the 3 rd District Matheson Court House in the down town area and sat in on a few small claims court cases. I wanted to do this because I had never been to an actual court proceeding and I have been interested in seeing one live instead of on television. I am going to write about the three different cases that I sat in on, what the conflict was, what the outcome was and ...
7) Ferdinand Peck: Chicagoan who wanted to build an auditorium that was extremely acoustically correct. He chose Adler and Sullivan over Burnham and Root. This was in the midst of Burnham and Root’s downfall. He basically created a lot of tension between the two firms.
8)Chauncey Depew: Promised members of the White Chapel Club that if Chicago was chosen for the world’s fair, he would go to the next meeting to get hacked apart by Jack the Ripper. He doubted Chicago. This man symbolized New York.
9)H. H. Holmes, previously known as Mudgett, was bullied as a child and became interested in medicine through a rather traumatizing experience. He moved around, found a pharmacy in Chicago to work for an old couple, Mr. and Ms. Holton. Mr Holton died of cancer and Holmes murdered Ms Holton. He turned the pharmacy into his own. He bought a lot across the street and coerced people to work for him with his charm, hardly ever paying his workers. It is foreshadowed that Holmes will do something drastic, but as of now, we know he is collecting insurance money. He does this by convincing people it’s a good idea, and then killing them, so he is the beneficiary, collecting all of their life insurance.
10) Ms. Holton: A nice elderly lady who owns a pharmacy in Englewood with her husband. She hires Holmes to work for her. Within a year, her husband passes from Cancer. Holmes kills Ms. Holton after her husband’s death in order to take over the pharmacy.
SOCRATIC QUESTION: Do you think Holmes will ever do anything more drastic than he is now? Anything more obvious or dramatic? Because as of right now he’s doing everything secretively.
SOCRATIC ANSWER: I feel like Holmes will do something, maybe publically. I don’t think someone could get to this level and be content without going further. From what I’ve heard, some psychopaths are proud of what they do. Maybe he’ll want to be known for his ingenious killings.
QUESTIONS COMMENTS AND CONCERNS
So far in this book, there have been aspects that I really enjoy, and aspects that I really do not like. In the beginning of the novel, I truly hated the way that the author, Erik Larson, jumped around on each topic. As the book went on, however; things seemed to blend together and really make sense. I did not like the way Jack the Ripper was introduced. It was way too random and it felt like it had nothing to do with the story at the time. I really do enjoy how Holmes is living a pretty messed up double life. I do wish that they would elaborate more on his psychopathic ways instead of always beating around the bush. Especially when he killed the elderly Ms. Holton. It was the first time we witnessed him actually killing someone he had a connection with. It was unexpected, for me at least, and I wanted to know more about what happened. Did Holmes feel any remorse when or after he killed her? Did he regret letting things get so far when he looked into her eyes as she took her last breath? And how many people has Holmes actually killed? Has he used the kiln on anyone of significance yet? Maybe it is just too early on in the novel, but I feel like I am left with too many questions. I feel like I have read so much, but not much has happened and I am a third way through the book! I want more action and detail. I like hearing about Holmes’ encounters with people whose lives he ruins, not about businesses and making buildings. That does not interest me at all. Hopefully, the book becomes more about Holmes and less about the business of the worlds fair.
The Essay on Accidentally Kill Guns Handguns People
By: Rick E-mail: Handguns Must Go People own hand guns for many reasons. Some keep handguns for protection; others collect them as a hobby. There is a substantial amount of people in America that own handguns for one specific reason, to commit crimes. Usually they are committing a crime just by having a gun in their possession. The person is breaking current laws anyways; making tougher gun ...
