post # 7 on the devil in the white city

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-Sarah McKim died in her home att 78 years old
-Icilis Conner , Ned, a young jeweler worked in the building tha Holmes owned
-Holmes hired Neds wife and sister to work in the building he owned
-Holmes asked Ned if he would scream in a vault to make sure its sound proof
-Holmes was atractive to most women
4 questions
-Why didnt Ned ask why Holmes needed a soundproof vault?
-Why did every man think that Holmes is really nice but scary in some way?
-How did Roots die?
-Is Holmes going to kill Ned and his family?
3 vocabulary
desolation-an act or instance of desolating
retrospect-contemplation of the past; a survey of past time, events, etc
felicitiously-well-suited for the occasion, as an action, manner, or expression; apt; appropriate
2 literary terms
'.. 11 feet of sand so saturated with water, Burnham wrote, 'it became almost like quicksand and was often given this name' simile
' At the start of 1891 Ned found himself managing a jewlery counter that occupied one wall of a thriving drugstore on the city's South side at 63rd and Wallance' irony
1 over view sentence
This part of the book was is basically about how Holmes is continueing to built his hotel and how the mall he owns is being succeful