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. :)

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"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.

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This has been the most revealing and saddest chapter so far its called: "Alone". I was almost crying in this chapter. They said alot of jokes but i didnt understand any of them. I know somebody said something about Burhnam and it brought back alot of bad memories. The book also said something about Burhnam being more dangerous than Sullivan and I was confused on what type of dangerous he was and I'm paranoid that everyone is going to turn into a killer. They diagnosed Root with Pneumonia, I knew he was going to die because back then when you got pneumonia they didn't have a cure for it. I had pneumonia when i was smaller and they said that if i get it again i might develope asthma. So i can relate except i didnt die of course. I was wondering how Burhnam can work in peace with all those sick people around him something is always getting in the way of his work. I know it sounds harsh but he should replace them so he could get his work going because there isn't time to waste. Root asked Burhnam not to leave alone again but he did but to another room to talk to Root's wife. Right then another relative came in the room and announced that Root was dead. I was so sad. Burhnam was so upset that he made Root this famous and got the best job in the country and now he dies, but I know thats not why he is angry its just that he can't stand that he lost his best friend in the heat of thier career. I was wondering throughout the whole chapter how he was going to do it with out him. He thought of giving up the fair but i think its not a good idea because then he proves others' opinions, about how without Root Chicago is nothing, right. Some other people quit others couldn't do the job anymore and everything started falling apart. The chapter ended with saying that there is a darker force of a young irish immigrant that sinks into madness just a little bit more everyday that will destroy everything that Burhnam dreamed of and I think its going to be Holmes. We'll see if I'm right.....

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In this section called "Vanishing Point" it starts as a story about a random guy and his family, but then they meet Holmes. The man, his wife, and the man's eighteen year old sister are employed by Mr.Holmes. Holmes starts taking advantage that the two women are beautiful. The man's name is Ned and he starts getting angry that his wife and sister are falling for him. I thought it was hilarious how Ned's eight year old daughter is also all over Holmes. None of the customers treated Ned the same and he was getting sick of it. Holmes I think was trying to be sneaky because he told Ned to go into a sound proof vault, of course Ned told him no, but I thought he was trying to lock him in there. Ned started to suspect something because he started thinking about why he needed a sound proof vault. Then the book started talking about how there was alot people disappearing in the city but many police departments didn't do anything unless it was someone of great importance which I thought was so stupid that they only people of great importance were cared about. The real question is did they care about you as much as you cared about them, otherwise it isn't worth it. The police force is corrupted even if you don't know it. The book also talked about how the bodies unclaimed people were given to the hospitals to study them and i read one part that said that the dead bodies' hair was turned into wigs and I was like: "GROSSSS!!!!" The book got good they are so descriptive and thats what i love about it.

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I read this section called Landscape of Regret where all the architects finally meet up in Chicago. They were all happy and enjoying themselves until they got to the site where the World's Fair is going to be built. All the architects were thinking the samething: Why in the world would i want to be part of this? I thought that maybe it would look nicer once they cleaned up the area. I think something is going to happen to Root beacause they said he was always sick or maybe Burhnam is going to get involved with Holmes. I can't wait until the book connects all the characters bacause I have a feeling that all of them are some how connected. I have a feeling that the architects are going to turn their backs on Burhnam and Root. I also think that Root is going to die because the book says that he has been sick alot and tired and he probably developed a disease and doesn't want to tell anyone. Once again Holmes is a creepy and will continue being creepy for the rest of the book . I love this book right now its getting uber interesting. Can't wait to see what happens next. :P

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The book is getting super interesting now. I love this book especially the chapters that involve Holmes because they can convince of one thing but then they switch it up. I think the chapters about the architects and the ones about Holmes are connected and I think they are going to somehow just like have this wicked twist at the end I can feel it. Holmes is such a creepy guy, he made a furnace that fits the diescription of a station for the cremation of bodies and it was like a torture chamber in there. I'm starting to get scared but its an exciting scared beacause this Holmes is an interesting character. I think they describe the people so beautifully its like if they were making a painting of them but its just to tell the police how they looked. I think that Burnham is going to die because he was always talked about, but then again it might be Root because the book hasn't talked much about him so they are expecting you to think its Burnham and after they got you on the edge of your seat they will get you to fall off. I don't know but maybe I'm over analyzing this story but thats what I think is going to happen. Holmes is slick but it'll catch up to him someday.

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This next section I read was great but I think that there is a pattern in this book. I think that they make one chapter boring then they the next chapter they hit you with the most interesting chapter. This section was not so interesting because they give alot of dates and historical events that I don't care about and this chapter ewas confusing. It is called Pilgrimage sounds boring too. Well it wasn't that bad, but it talked about how Burnham had to go to New York to get good architects for the Worlds Fair because not many of the architects here are good enough to do a job of this scale. Everyone found out and they all thought that he was a traitor to his own city by bringing in people from another state to cooperate with them. The chicagoans didn't really like that, but there wasn't any time to let pride get in the way. I would've just let it go but these people were stubborn. Later, they all accepted but they still had a feeling that it wasn't going to work out for their indifferences. Everyone in the country thought that Chicago would've have the time to be able to make something so big because to make a structure of the size they were going to make it, it would take years but they had to finish in a matter of months. There was no support coming from the citizens even though they were all happy that Chicago won the contest for hosting the Worlds Fair. Everyone was saying that Chicago was ugly and that structure they were trying to built was going to disgrace the country. I thought that everyone hated Chicago then, I think that now Chicago is better in industry and pollution wise because in the book it explains how nasty and gray the sky would look from all the smoke. It sounded very ugly. There was also a part that caught my attention, was that many of Burnham and Roots partners are saying that both of them are hogging the fame and they deserve credit too. I think they are just trying to ruin everything with a scandal so the other architects would get the job and Burnham and Root would have to be out of a job.Some people are so vicious when it comes to fame and fortune. I think that when this world learns to control thier jealousy it would just a little bit nicer. All this competition is killing everyone. Someone always has to overpower somebody, or become more famous than somebody....Its sickening. :P