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Ms. Soto
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Independent Writing Assignment #2 STAARS & TEAR
Devil in the White City By Erik Larson, 390 pages
S- The daunting truth
T- Being a genius of master planning and getting away with a whole life's worth of crime and murder is quite curious, because the skills, emotional levels, and knowledge you[a] have are completely different from a normal sane person on the inside.
A- Mysterious, curiosity of how Dr. Holmes was so cunning and got away with everything
A- This part in the story can pertain to scientific thinkers about the brain and the functions of a psychopath, and also the way in which the Fair played a big role in how Dr. Holmes finishes his murderous works.
RS- Symbol “The Invitation” (217) was a page chapter[b] about how Dr. Holmes would win over Minnie’s sister Anna who had suspicions about him because Minnie let him have the fortune property that was hers. She was signing her life away with him because she was so helplessly in love with him and had no idea of Dr. Holmes’ true intentions; but neither did Anna or anyone know the truth of him yet.
The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson is an account of the World Fair that was built in Chicago and the story of Dr. H. Holmes who was a genius in the art of flattery and not paying his debts away, but also was a murder psychopath that was genius in the sense that he got away with
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it all in the most stratigos ways. “Minnie had told her sister, Anna, of the transfer of the Fort Worth land, and now Holmes sensed that Anna was becoming suspicious of his true intentions. This did not trouble him, however. The solution was really quite simple… Holmes suggested that Minnie invite her sister to Chicago to see the world’s fair at his expense… At last Anna would see that she could put her suspicions to rest” (217). It was an invitation that Anna could not refuse and Minnie would be over joyed to see her sister and that was his evil plan because it was all just to clear any suspicions Anna would have, because Minnie was already under his spell. Throughout the story Holmes always makes sure to create the best fake evidence of anything that he might be accused of because of the missing people whom he was very close to, especially his past wives who would always seem to disappear and go strangely missing or runaway, as Holmes would tell people. The ending of the story is very predictable because it is already revealed who Holmes truly is and not till the end everyone will find out about his criminal life. His whole life was an allusion to everyone around him and the author analysis his steps and the way he went about creating his lies and evidence that made it seem he was innocent.