The Devil In The White City

This section was interesting because all they talked about how all these people started getting sick. Olmsted got so sick he just took off work for the rest of the time. He seems in a really bad shape. The doctors say he is in a state of depression so anything can happen. I feel bad that the contracters just kept ruining the work that Olmsted did and that hurt him deeply. It bugs me how careless all the workers were. I just wish they were more aware than they are now but I can't do anything about because its just a book. This book makes me want to go in there and set those characters straight because they all pretty much annoy me in one way or the other. I was wondering if they really met Theodore Roosevelt because that part confused me, if they did I think thats cool they meet alot of people. They were talking alot about this exhibition that they thought would attract more people to the fair. Olmsted would seems to be in alot of pain, I think he should take a long vacation because he needs to catch up on life. The way the book said that having his boys around made it seem for him as something darker, I found it extremely depressing because it was a vacation with his family. Then i read later on that Harry Codman got a strange sickness in his abdominal, I was thinking: "WOW! everyone is getting sick one by one". I think that its all that pressure from the fair. Olmsted looked at some of the decorations in the countryside where he was staying, and he referred to it as: "Childish and Vulgar". I was thinking that he is just being a critic everywhere he goes because he got nothing else to do.

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The title says it all: "The Angel From Dwight" of course this is going to involve Holmes and someone falling in love I could tell. One of his assistants, Pitezel, has a drinking problem and he seems to want to use alot of people. He wants to turn another's medicine into his own just to make money, people like him don't deserve to live, he makes other people's lives harder. The people who actually decide to try hard don't get recognize because the ones that cheated somehow always get higher than the ones that work hard. He met this other girl now and I thought that he was going after this one too, and he did. He said he would turn on his charm, he says like if he expects you to know what he is going to do with this one. I think that he is starting to be more and more obvious about what he is doing and more people are suspecting something. I was thinking that at least this one is single, that way he doesn't ruin any other peoples lives. I couldn't believe that Ned came back to talk to Holmes. I wonder if he knows about his wife and daughter. I thought he was going to tell the girl, thats with Holmes now, all the things he did but he didn't. I think that Ned felt the need to tell the girl to watch out for Holmes but of course she didn't listen because she was in love. I say that soon she will learn about Holmes. I thought that it was sad that people pitied the girl for falling for Holmes because I think that they suspected something was going to go wrong. Her second cousin Dr.Cigrand was explaining her like if she was a god, with many details. The only man at this moment in her life doesn't find Holmes or his work as fascinating as she says. The guy in the girl's life never likes Holmes. I think that the girl could handle some tough love by criticizing Holmes its not going to hurt that much unless she is a baby about it.

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The section of "A Gauntlet Dropped" I found out many things. I thought that since it was winter that they would stop working until its spring again,but they didn't they made little advances in thier building. Burhnam met Elias Disney which was Walt Disney's father, I thought that was really cool because these people were all connected. The criticism just keeps on coming and they won't stop until Burhnam is done with this World's Fair, but it bugs how much they criticize them because if they were doing they wouldn't want people tp be pn thier backs twenty-four/ seven. I also didn't understand why they layed off people if they need as much as they can to finish this fair in time for dedication. The author went of rambling about where the term hobo came from which confused me because it was slightly irrelevent. Burhnam felt the fair as a burden, something he wanted to get over with, but I think that he knows this might set his family for life thats why he needs to focus and make this right. There is no time to be proud, he just needs to focus on whats happening with him and the fair because otherwise he is going to get sidetracked. I liked the way Burhnam took the chance and told off all the engineers because he said that they didn't really do much for the construction of the fair. They seem to be almost done with the buildings because they are already thinking of interior design. I could tell that Burhnam misses Margaret because of the way he writes his letters. He got his sons to visit him and he seems to be happy which gives some light tp whats happening. :)

The Devil In The White City

"Remains of the Day" is a very sick and depressing chapter. I knew that Julia was going to get pregnant but i didnt think that Holmes would so sick as to kill her. I thought he was just going to dump her. He told her that he would only marry her if she got an abortion, he has no heart, and he said he would do it on Christmas Eve. I thought that was pretty sick of him. He gave her too much chloroform on purpose and killed her then went up to Pearl's room and killed her too. On Christmas Eve he did all this I was so depressed. He said that the thought of her dying aroused him which was sick. I can't believe it. He said that the day meant nothing to him because it only brought back bad memories of his childhood. Thats no excuse to kill them on that day. The next day the neighbors waited for Pearl to come through the door with bright eyes, but they never came and they suspected something of Holmes. Yet they had no proof that he did anything and after he made up a story to cover up what happened. He almost got caught by the new people who moved in Julia's apartment because they found clothes laid out on a chair and dishes were still on the table and the new people freaked out and asked what happened, and Holmes lied once more about what happened. He called his friend over to pick the flesh off thier bones so he could sell thier skeletons to hospitals. I thought it was so sick, my stomach is churning just talking about it. I hope the next chapter is less graphic.

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The section called "Vexed" talks so much about their troubles, its sad. I think that Burhnam has no excuse to see his family because he was the architect and he didn't need to build anything, so he had enough time to visit his family. The way Burhnam explains the feelings he has for the fair makes it seem like the dream he has had for years has turned into a nightmare. He also talks alot about out-eiffeling Eiffel, he seems obsessed with beating Mr.Eiffel. I also went on wondering why the Liberal Arts Building is so important to the book since they showed the picture of it in the beginning of Part II. They tried this new foundation where the Liberal Arts Building was going to be at and they found out that it started sinking and they couldn't have that happen because thats the most important building. I thought that it was cool how Burhnam met Thomas Edison, I thought that he was dead because he was probably really old. They also mentioned this company that is still here now. They were saying how General Electric Company took over many electric companies including Thomas Edison's company which I thought was sad because Thomas invented the light bulb and its just wrong to get him out of a job. Burhnam is so obsessed about being the best in the world. I can' t believe he told Hunt that he was an embarrassment that was pretty mean. Olmsted got really sick and I think he is going to die. I was thinking man everyone's getting sick. Burhnam thinks he will finish by the end of the year but I think he asking for too much because they barely made any progress. I also wonder what are pygmies because they said it alot in this section. They also started spreading rumors that Eiffel is going to do the out-eiffeling, and many engineers got really angry about and Burhnam loved how they showed so much passion about the situation. I was like "Finally some support or enthusiasm about what they are doing".

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This next chapter involved alot of betrayal caused by Holmes as always. I felt that something horrible happened to Gertrude, Ned's sister, came to Ned crying and I knew it was because of Holmes, I sensed it. Ned sensed it too but Gertie didn't really want to explain anything so how can they help her if she is being a big baby about what happened and not explaining anything. Then Holmes comes over to talk to Ned and there is this really awkward tension between Gertie and Holmes but apparently Ned wasn't paying attention. That angered me, why wasn't he paying attention. Gertie left Chicago and later in the year she got ill and died and Holmes came over to comfort Ned, but I think that Holmes has something to do with her death but in a indirect way. Ned and his wife Julia were having marital ttroubles and Holmes also has something to do with that. Holmes is haivng affair with Julia and now that she is Julia doesn't see Ned the same so he left her and Pearl with Holmes because that is where they were happy. Later on Ned tried getting custody of Pearl but he failed so he stayed all alone. Holmes is so slick because before he tried to comfort Ned into believing that his marriage can be saved. He has cruel intentions. Then after that he sold the store to Ned and left all the debt to him and now Ned doesn't know how he will pay it off. He ruined someone's life and marriage. Holmes is a psycho because every night when Julia and Pearl fell asleep he went to the basement and have fun with his extremely hot furnace room, which I think he is going to use it to kill Julia and/or Pearl.

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This next section explained the dreams each of the architects had. Its called "Convocation" and this is one where they talk about Olmsted's ideas which iI think are great despite that they have very little time to dream. They only have two years. Hunt has gotten very sick but he still participates in the meetings. All the descriptions talk about people being in bad shape and that is stressful to hear about because it makes me think that the fair isn't going to be a sucess like they all think it'll be. I was wondering why the architects all feel pretty awkward to talk at the moment. The way they described the buildings they seem to be huge but I'm afraid they won't finish in time. I wish I was around to see them build it and complete it. Burhnam seemed to get pretty bossy about how he wants things instead of giving them the right to choose how thye want it. It bugged me that all the architects eemed to have this strange tension between them and its frustrating. The banker completely put them down telling them that their presentation is only a dream and that only half of what they are presenting in the meeteing is going to come true. Everybody is always putting them down there is no support what so ever. Olmsted is thinking of having a little more fun with the design s because he says that a fair is supposed to be fun and not just a whole bunch of buildings. Olmsted is afraid to share his ideas about the fair and I think his contribution to will help the fair so much. Everything seems like its going to be huge and I don't know how they are going to fit all those building and attractions into a one and half mile park. They have very little time which makes the story more rushed. I think that Olmsted is obsessed with getting boats involved with the fair. Thats the only bad thing about his ideas, they all involve getting a boat. All the descriptions of the landscape sound so beautiful. All the union workers attacked once they found out they found they were hiring people. They were thirsty for work. They hired a woman architect and they payed her nine thousand less than the men, which i thought was horrible. She's supposed to design the Woman's Building. There was this guy that Burhnam was going to hire but he was too scary looking that he told him he would think about it but then he had followed him back to Chicago. I thought that that was pretty creepy, but supposedly he was addicted to opium so that affected his appearance. I thought he shouldn't hire him because he might not have good work ethic because of his addiction. I am getting tired of those stupid critics they offer no support to the team of architects all they do is make everything worse why can't they just get a life! They said that the unions got stronger and i wasn't sure if that was a good thing or a bad thing. They police department says that the fair in this particular area would be the cause of all the crime during the time of the fair. I think that Holmes is going to be the only one expecting the fair as an opportunity.