Page 380-390/end of book
5.- The end of the book is just wraping up on everyones lives.
-To Theordor, the end of the fair, ment the end of his love.
-Holmes was arrested.
- Holmes will be exicuted.
-Holmes dies, but his journal will not.
4.-Why does alot of the story take place in Jackson Park?
-Why does Holme's kill all of those people?
-Will there be another Worlds Fair after this?
-How amny people did Holme's actually kill?
3.-Imbecile: Psychology. a person of the second order in a former classification of mental retardation, above the level of idiocy, having a mental age of seven or eight years and an intelligence quotient of 25 to 50. (Page 383)
-Exquisite: of special beauty or charm, or rare and appealing excellence, as a face, a flower, coloring, music, or poetry. (Page 382)
-Macabre: gruesome and horrifying; ghastly; horrible. (Page 384)
2.-"Then reasembled it after the Luisiana Perchase" -> (Page 380) Allution.
-"The court was a silent as a whisper" -> (Page 384) Personification.
1.- The prosicution of Holme's, and the fair being torn down.
Saturday, December 20, 2008
Blog number 9
Pages 339-380
5.-We enter the 4th part of the book.
-Everyone is shocked by what they learned.
-A huge fire happened.
-We enter the last part of the book.
-Root's death not only left Burnham sad, but also enhanced his diesire to build.
4.-Will Holme's secret be revieled?
-What will happen to Holme's?
-Will anyone do anythign to Holme's?
-Why does the story take place in to amny places?
3.-Proprietor: the owner of a business establishment, a hotel, etc. (Page 367)
-Discouragement: an act or instance of discouraging. (Page 367)
-Dwindling: to become smaller and smaller; shrink; waste away (Page 366)
2.- "Cruelty Revealed" -> (page 337) Foreshadow.
-"The fire emerged from the wood" -> (Page 357) Personification
1.- The last events at the words fair.
5.-We enter the 4th part of the book.
-Everyone is shocked by what they learned.
-A huge fire happened.
-We enter the last part of the book.
-Root's death not only left Burnham sad, but also enhanced his diesire to build.
4.-Will Holme's secret be revieled?
-What will happen to Holme's?
-Will anyone do anythign to Holme's?
-Why does the story take place in to amny places?
3.-Proprietor: the owner of a business establishment, a hotel, etc. (Page 367)
-Discouragement: an act or instance of discouraging. (Page 367)
-Dwindling: to become smaller and smaller; shrink; waste away (Page 366)
2.- "Cruelty Revealed" -> (page 337) Foreshadow.
-"The fire emerged from the wood" -> (Page 357) Personification
1.- The last events at the words fair.
Friday, December 19, 2008
Blog number 8-like
Page 296-337
5.-Holmes gets really nervous when he has to go tot he Wrightood.
-Each chapter ends as if it were a journal entry.
-Smule Gumper's has a very low outlook on life.
-People have very bad feelings toward anyone that is not rich.
-People find it ok, that so many people are just dissapering.
4.- Why are people saying its the best place on earth, and yet so amny people are dying?
-How many people die in Holem's castle?
-How amny more peopel are going tog o into Holme's castle?
-Will Holme's get cought?
3.-Perpetual: continuing or enduring forever; everlasting. (Page 329)
-Exposition: a large-scale public exhibition or show, as of art or manufactured products. (Page 335)
-Penchant: a strong inclination, taste, or liking for something. (Page314)
2.- One of the chapters is titled "The black city." -> (Page 334) Iorny.
-"it was so very easy to dissapear." -> (Page 336) Foreshadow.
1.-the deaths, and misfortunes at the fair.
5.-Holmes gets really nervous when he has to go tot he Wrightood.
-Each chapter ends as if it were a journal entry.
-Smule Gumper's has a very low outlook on life.
-People have very bad feelings toward anyone that is not rich.
-People find it ok, that so many people are just dissapering.
4.- Why are people saying its the best place on earth, and yet so amny people are dying?
-How many people die in Holem's castle?
-How amny more peopel are going tog o into Holme's castle?
-Will Holme's get cought?
3.-Perpetual: continuing or enduring forever; everlasting. (Page 329)
-Exposition: a large-scale public exhibition or show, as of art or manufactured products. (Page 335)
-Penchant: a strong inclination, taste, or liking for something. (Page314)
2.- One of the chapters is titled "The black city." -> (Page 334) Iorny.
-"it was so very easy to dissapear." -> (Page 336) Foreshadow.
1.-the deaths, and misfortunes at the fair.
Page 254-295
5.- Holme's is nice to his assistant.
- Wherritt went crazy again but was set calm when a woman unrobed.
-The fairs excitments has yet to end.
-People are dying all around.
-People wont know what to do when the fair ends.
4.-Why were they forced to stay in a hotel?
-Why were there so many disagreements to when things should be opened?
-Why did the woman choose to unrobe?
-Why were so many poeple just killing themselves?
3.-Infanta: A daughter of the king of Spain or of Portugal. (Page 263)
-Innumerable: incapable of being counted; countless. (Page 267)
-Acquisition: the act of acquiring or gaining possession. (Page 257)
2.-"The unmistakeable wiff of hurt feelings" -> (Page 263) Personification
-"Embodied the potential for a catastrophe of almost unimaginable scale." (Page 273) Foreshadow.
1.-Events that are happening in the worlds fair.
5.- Holme's is nice to his assistant.
- Wherritt went crazy again but was set calm when a woman unrobed.
-The fairs excitments has yet to end.
-People are dying all around.
-People wont know what to do when the fair ends.
4.-Why were they forced to stay in a hotel?
-Why were there so many disagreements to when things should be opened?
-Why did the woman choose to unrobe?
-Why were so many poeple just killing themselves?
3.-Infanta: A daughter of the king of Spain or of Portugal. (Page 263)
-Innumerable: incapable of being counted; countless. (Page 267)
-Acquisition: the act of acquiring or gaining possession. (Page 257)
2.-"The unmistakeable wiff of hurt feelings" -> (Page 263) Personification
-"Embodied the potential for a catastrophe of almost unimaginable scale." (Page 273) Foreshadow.
1.-Events that are happening in the worlds fair.
Blogin Number 6
Page 212-253
5.-The book is almost done in a way it is like a journal.
-The second part fof the book is called "the white city"
-They open the words fair to the public.
-They conclude that the fair would be the most popluar thing in the world.
-Theres so much to so at the fair.
4.-Why did it take so long to open the fair?
-Will Holmes fear of the fire come true?
-Why does the author start the fair off with Jane's purse being stolen.
-Will anything happen to the fair?
3.-Podium: a small platform for the conductor of an orchestra, for a public speaker, etc. (Page 220)
-Ambient: of the surrounding area or environment (Page 227)
-Aspirations: Expulsion of breath in speech. (Page 238)
2.- "from ambiant moisture" -> (Page 227) Personification
-"in the next instant Jane's purse was gone. The great fair had begun." -> (Page 239) Foreshadow
1.- The Opening of the worlds fair.
5.-The book is almost done in a way it is like a journal.
-The second part fof the book is called "the white city"
-They open the words fair to the public.
-They conclude that the fair would be the most popluar thing in the world.
-Theres so much to so at the fair.
4.-Why did it take so long to open the fair?
-Will Holmes fear of the fire come true?
-Why does the author start the fair off with Jane's purse being stolen.
-Will anything happen to the fair?
3.-Podium: a small platform for the conductor of an orchestra, for a public speaker, etc. (Page 220)
-Ambient: of the surrounding area or environment (Page 227)
-Aspirations: Expulsion of breath in speech. (Page 238)
2.- "from ambiant moisture" -> (Page 227) Personification
-"in the next instant Jane's purse was gone. The great fair had begun." -> (Page 239) Foreshadow
1.- The Opening of the worlds fair.
Blogin
Pages 170-211
5.- Olmsted desides to move to Paris, taking all but his daughter.
-Holmes needed to make friends with Mannie, for money.
-Arnold repreents the finishing touches of the fair because of his pictures.
-Olmsted ends up becoming sick again.
-The arcetects need help on disgins, so they got help from observing Europe buildings.
4.-In the book, why is Paris portrayed in such a way is better then America?
-Why did Buonham and McElroy care if Waukesha hame spring water?
-Why does Holmes want his marriage to be secret?
-Why does Olmsted always become sick when travealing?
3.-Perplexed: Bewildered; puzzled. (Page 171)
-Theatrical: Of or pertaining to the theater or dramatic presentations. (Page 201)
-Embodied: To give a concrete form to; express, personify, or exemplify in concrete form. (Page 178)
2.-"I am still tortured a good deal with neuralgia and toothache" -> (Page 187) Exasgeration.
-"Holmes's absence broke Madies heart." -> (Page 194) Foreshadow
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1.- Getting design Ideas from Buildings in Europe.
5.- Olmsted desides to move to Paris, taking all but his daughter.
-Holmes needed to make friends with Mannie, for money.
-Arnold repreents the finishing touches of the fair because of his pictures.
-Olmsted ends up becoming sick again.
-The arcetects need help on disgins, so they got help from observing Europe buildings.
4.-In the book, why is Paris portrayed in such a way is better then America?
-Why did Buonham and McElroy care if Waukesha hame spring water?
-Why does Holmes want his marriage to be secret?
-Why does Olmsted always become sick when travealing?
3.-Perplexed: Bewildered; puzzled. (Page 171)
-Theatrical: Of or pertaining to the theater or dramatic presentations. (Page 201)
-Embodied: To give a concrete form to; express, personify, or exemplify in concrete form. (Page 178)
2.-"I am still tortured a good deal with neuralgia and toothache" -> (Page 187) Exasgeration.
-"Holmes's absence broke Madies heart." -> (Page 194) Foreshadow
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1.- Getting design Ideas from Buildings in Europe.
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
TKAM blog
Page 128-168
5.-Burnham bearly saw his family because if where he worked.
- The Mines Building was the first of the main exposition buildings to begin construction.
- Eiffel had an idea of another tower, and President Baker requested his advice.
- The most scared thought always running through Burnham's head was the idea of a fire.
- So sacred of fire, Burnham demanded hundrets of hydrents and telegrophle boxes
4.- How large was the platform the builders were placing their thigns on?
- Buffalo Bill, is this the nitorious psycopath?
-Why was Eiffel's arrivel like a slap in the face to AMerican arcitects?
- Why would they cover the hydrents in menure to conceak the heat?
3.- Bordello: A brothel. (Page 134)
- Sedge: Any rushlike or grasslike plant of the genus Carex, growing in wet places. (Page 132)
- Robust: Strong and healthy; hardy; vigorous (Page 151)
2.- "The engineer urged that as a precaution the ground 'be covered with right feet of feather bedding'" -> (Page 142) Sarcasim
- "The walls seemed as if they were drooping" -> Personifacation (Page 163)
1.-Final touches upon the Worlds Fair, and Holmes gets married.
5.-Burnham bearly saw his family because if where he worked.
- The Mines Building was the first of the main exposition buildings to begin construction.
- Eiffel had an idea of another tower, and President Baker requested his advice.
- The most scared thought always running through Burnham's head was the idea of a fire.
- So sacred of fire, Burnham demanded hundrets of hydrents and telegrophle boxes
4.- How large was the platform the builders were placing their thigns on?
- Buffalo Bill, is this the nitorious psycopath?
-Why was Eiffel's arrivel like a slap in the face to AMerican arcitects?
- Why would they cover the hydrents in menure to conceak the heat?
3.- Bordello: A brothel. (Page 134)
- Sedge: Any rushlike or grasslike plant of the genus Carex, growing in wet places. (Page 132)
- Robust: Strong and healthy; hardy; vigorous (Page 151)
2.- "The engineer urged that as a precaution the ground 'be covered with right feet of feather bedding'" -> (Page 142) Sarcasim
- "The walls seemed as if they were drooping" -> Personifacation (Page 163)
1.-Final touches upon the Worlds Fair, and Holmes gets married.
Saturday, December 13, 2008
Page 86-127
5.-Holmes stills some money from Belknap's bank by forging his signature
-They might be forced to build on the "desert land".
-"Ned" came to Chicago, because he thought of it as the land of oportunity.
-Ned alwys was a plain man, so he easly belended into the background.
-Holmes promissed to mary Perl.
4.-What did Patrick want with Holmes when he waited out his door?
-Who was the mysterious disapperences department" for?
-Did Root go insane before he died?
-What killed Root when he died?
3.-Mollified: To soften in feeling or temper, as a person; pacify; appease. (Page 89)
-Rapturous: full of, feeling, or manifesting ecstatic joy or delight. (Page 93)
-Accumulated: to gather or collect, often in gradual degrees; heap up. (Page 125)
2-"The applause was warm and enthusiastic" -> (Page 98) Personification
-He would marvle at its extrodanary heat" -> (Page 127) Foreshadow
1.-Entering into the second half of the book, and now people are slowly coming together.
5.-Holmes stills some money from Belknap's bank by forging his signature
-They might be forced to build on the "desert land".
-"Ned" came to Chicago, because he thought of it as the land of oportunity.
-Ned alwys was a plain man, so he easly belended into the background.
-Holmes promissed to mary Perl.
4.-What did Patrick want with Holmes when he waited out his door?
-Who was the mysterious disapperences department" for?
-Did Root go insane before he died?
-What killed Root when he died?
3.-Mollified: To soften in feeling or temper, as a person; pacify; appease. (Page 89)
-Rapturous: full of, feeling, or manifesting ecstatic joy or delight. (Page 93)
-Accumulated: to gather or collect, often in gradual degrees; heap up. (Page 125)
2-"The applause was warm and enthusiastic" -> (Page 98) Personification
-He would marvle at its extrodanary heat" -> (Page 127) Foreshadow
1.-Entering into the second half of the book, and now people are slowly coming together.
Page 44-85
5.-Mudgett was going to have trouble securing his body, because of his condition.
-Mudget finaly found a job as a "keeper" at an asylum.
-Mrs. Holton found a way to mange her money.
-Prendergast was overall a shy person, and was troubled.
-Beknap is very observent about other people.
4.- Why is the author using so many quotation marks in the means of "a lot"
-Why did Olmsted fill the report out?
-Why was Prendergast so shy as a kid?
-Why did Myrta fill a petition in the Supreme Court?
3.-Inquiries: A seeking or request for truth, information, or knowledge. (Page 47)
-Albeital: Though; even if: a peaceful, albeit brief retirement. (Page 59)
-Infidelity: Marital disloyalty; adultery. (Page 63)
2.-"He appeared to be just another poor soul" -> (Page 59) Metaphore
-"He said 'Don't be afraid of me' Which terrified her" -> (Page 73) Irony
1.-About whos working on the fair, and building the structures.
5.-Mudgett was going to have trouble securing his body, because of his condition.
-Mudget finaly found a job as a "keeper" at an asylum.
-Mrs. Holton found a way to mange her money.
-Prendergast was overall a shy person, and was troubled.
-Beknap is very observent about other people.
4.- Why is the author using so many quotation marks in the means of "a lot"
-Why did Olmsted fill the report out?
-Why was Prendergast so shy as a kid?
-Why did Myrta fill a petition in the Supreme Court?
3.-Inquiries: A seeking or request for truth, information, or knowledge. (Page 47)
-Albeital: Though; even if: a peaceful, albeit brief retirement. (Page 59)
-Infidelity: Marital disloyalty; adultery. (Page 63)
2.-"He appeared to be just another poor soul" -> (Page 59) Metaphore
-"He said 'Don't be afraid of me' Which terrified her" -> (Page 73) Irony
1.-About whos working on the fair, and building the structures.
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