In celebration of the 400 year anniversary since Christopher Columbus had discovered America, the World's Columbian Exposition was created. For Chicago, however, it meant more than that. The Colubian exposition was a chance for Chicago's redemption. They wanted to show that they had risen from the disasterous fire of 1781. And thus, the White city was created.
The white city was a extravagent and expensive site that brought a new light to the twentieth century. It showed all of America that Chicago was still a good place to be around. However, was their sense of arrogance among the white city?
I feel that the city was not intentionally built out of arrogance. It was built to make Chicago feel better after the fire. It wasb't biult to show that Chicago was the best, but that it still had great things. In a sense, it brought the city to the same level as other great cities that America had to offer. However, the "flashiness" of the city did bring upon evil: a Devil in the White city.
The white city attracted many people, both good and bad, to it. It brought some of the new inventions and other goods that Americans today cou;dn't see themselves without. On the negative side, it sparked the first serial killer. The fair was a perfect place to have fun if you wanted, but also the perfect place for cons and murders. The city itself isn't what made it evil, for its intentions were pure. It is how people interpreted the White city to be for is what caused both great and terrible things to happen there.
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