Comment: I really love the writing style the author used! It made a work of nonfiction easy to read. I wish my history book was like this! Question: What makes H. H. Holmes act so gruesomely? What happened to him that could make him want to kill people? Connection: I notice that Holmes is like most people of today, concerned solely on wealth and power, which eventually leads to the downfall of society and these people. Comment: It makes me so sick to think that Holmes goes around and acts as a loving father and charming man, but does so many cruel deeds. Question: What is the connection between Burnham and Holmes the author is trying to makes? -Erin
"The Necessary Supply" (pages 35-47) introduces Holmes' character, and it reminds me of the story of Sweeney Todd.
When Chicago finds out they got the fair, people shout, celebrate, and spread the news. Some of the details reminded me of the movie The Newsies.
As Burnham gets together his group of architects to design and build the fair, I am constantly reminded of the character Mike Brady from the television show, The Brady Bunch. He is also an architect, the first of which I ever learned what the occupation was.
When the author describes Holmes' idea for a kiln and builds it, I was reminded of how I recently made a clay box in art class and had to use a kiln to make it.
At the end of Part 1, Root is diagnosed with pneumonia. It made me think about how much medicine has changed and how the world has become so much more medically advanced.
In the prologue, Burnham is very prideful even though, he is getting old and fragile.
ReplyDeleteDid Burnham ever get a formal architect education? He is brilliant but he doesn't really have training.
Midget/Holmes is a creepy character even as a child, you can tell he is demented.
The whole book has an eerie feeling, you can tell that something bad is going to happen, based on the details of Holmes and the white chapel club.
Erik Larson's language gives the book its character, it is truly descriptive.
Comment: I really love the writing style the author used! It made a work of nonfiction easy to read. I wish my history book was like this!
ReplyDeleteQuestion: What makes H. H. Holmes act so gruesomely? What happened to him that could make him want to kill people?
Connection: I notice that Holmes is like most people of today, concerned solely on wealth and power, which eventually leads to the downfall of society and these people.
Comment: It makes me so sick to think that Holmes goes around and acts as a loving father and charming man, but does so many cruel deeds.
Question: What is the connection between Burnham and Holmes the author is trying to makes?
-Erin
Shouldn't the police or somebody know about the white chapel club? And how they have all the bloody artifacts?
ReplyDeleteDid Holmes kill mrs olton when he said she moved to California?
I like how Olmsted describes how he envisions the park. You can tell he's a great architect.
If homes breaks the rules of courting why isn't she more cautious?
I don't know how he can be so loving and yet so sadistic.
Why did the author decide to tell about the deaths/injuries of the people who worked on the bridge? (Pg24)
ReplyDeleteI like the way the author described the doctor. I can picture him in my mind
The way the another switches to and from flashbacks is a little confusing (ch2)
Did Mrs. Holtom really move to California or was she murdered?
Why doesn't the author say how Patrick Prendergast greatly affected the world affair? (Ch.4)
"The Necessary Supply" (pages 35-47) introduces Holmes' character, and it reminds me of the story of Sweeney Todd.
ReplyDeleteWhen Chicago finds out they got the fair, people shout, celebrate, and spread the news. Some of the details reminded me of the movie The Newsies.
As Burnham gets together his group of architects to design and build the fair, I am constantly reminded of the character Mike Brady from the television show, The Brady Bunch. He is also an architect, the first of which I ever learned what the occupation was.
When the author describes Holmes' idea for a kiln and builds it, I was reminded of how I recently made a clay box in art class and had to use a kiln to make it.
At the end of Part 1, Root is diagnosed with pneumonia. It made me think about how much medicine has changed and how the world has become so much more medically advanced.