Part four finalized the story portion of the novel. Finally, Holmes was caught and was sentenced to death by being hanged. As the crime of the murders were revealed, corruption, that people have been blinded to, has been officially revealed to and opened every eye. Corruption, as it came along during the gilded ages of prosperity, was shown to its depth and further exposed itself in this last section. Overall, we were able to see that corruption was taken far and is a very dangerous factor that had to come up with success. This is paralleled and seen through Holmes' murders because Holmes was always prepared with his murders and was ready in order to stay concealed. This shows how the corruptible nature of America was able to proceed so smoothly.
Lastly, the epilogue of the book shows the effects of the Fair. The Fair was quite unsuccessful, but it did bring America unity and definitely a lot of advancements. Without the Fair being given to Chicago, great architects like Burnham and Root would have not been given a chance to reveal their abilities and talent for creating amazing architectures, such as the Ferris Wheel. With the theme of the gilded age, in the epilogue we are able to see that with power comes much cruelty and wrongdoings. In order to be able to be successful, this must be balanced out well and America has learned a great lesson once the nation was able to come out of this dark period.
So I have a few questions for all of you guys. Do you think the fair was worth the time and money? (Especially with the crime that came along)
