Order DescriptionIn this essay you will be comparing aspects of Chicago from an historical source (Devil in the White City) to the Chicago of Sister Carrie, a work of fiction. We will discuss in more detail which aspects of the city will be best contrasted but as you read this historical work note its emphasis on the booming city and the great influx of young, vulnerable women (like Carrie). In fact, as you read, mark everything that seems relevant (similar) to Sister Carrie. You may want to use in your discussion.The Devil in the White City tells two stories. There is much factual detail about the building of the Worlds Fair that will not be crucial or pertinent to your discussion. You can skim some of these sections. Still, the facts it gives about the city and the many workers needed to build and run the Fair should be pertinent. Your main focus should be on the man Holmes and his relationship with the young women of the time. You can think of him as a sinister version of Drouet and the many women he befriends, entangles, and then does away with as contemporaries of Carrie. This is a Research Essay Assignment
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