Essay On The Devil In The White City
Life. In The Devil in the White City by: Erik Larson, Larson shows that no matter how important or insignificant, whoever you are, you will die and be forgotten. Defined by Merriam Webster as “The existence of an individual human or animal.” So by definition it’s simply your being. However, if you look at it from a slightly more poetic standpoint, life is so much more. Life is breathing in the crisp Autumn air, relaxing in a hot bath, dancing and singing along to your favorite song. Life, however, is fleeting. Any breath could be your last. Whether it’s on your 7th birthday or your 73rd Halloween, it ends. And for our lack of knowledge after death, that could be all your time in this universe. Be it 7 or 73 years, compared to the prospective
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billions of years of our world. Life ends, it fades, it’s forgotten. Life is fleeting.
Life is like an hourglass.
Time drags on and pulls the sand away, down to the bottom where it reaches it’s still. If you’re negligent then the glass can crack, the sand can spill out, and the time comes to an end. Even if you’re the most careful person in the world, someone may come along and knock the glass to the ground, shattering it. Just as is life, negligence results in an untimely end, but an end is inescapable. A fate such as the victims of H.H. Holmes could befall you, ultimately resulting in your untimely demise. Just as many women fell to Holmes hands as is illustrated in this passage, “He filled a room with gas and let his victim expire in her sleep, or he crept into her room with her passkey and covered her face with a chloroform rag. The choice was his’’ (257) Sometimes just as inescapable as death itself does murder present itself. Proving that life is evanescent. Another sometimes unstoppable end can come in the form of a tragedy. Like for instance a boat crash, as is illustrated in this passage about the Titanic, “The magnitude of the Titanic incident became apparent, Burnham lost his friend. The steward lost his son.” (390). Life is fickle, and if you believe in fate, this could be a very acceptable, but still yet, hard-to-swallow
end.
So, as I’ve said, there is an absolute evanescence to life. It comes and goes. There’s no stopping it from ending. It’s inevitable, unstoppable, and undeniable. Be it from natural causes, murder, or a tragic accident, life ends. Nothing can stop the inevitable end, and it comes for everyone.
billions of years of our world. Life ends, it fades, it’s forgotten. Life is fleeting.
Life is like an hourglass.
Time drags on and pulls the sand away, down to the bottom where it reaches it’s still. If you’re negligent then the glass can crack, the sand can spill out, and the time comes to an end. Even if you’re the most careful person in the world, someone may come along and knock the glass to the ground, shattering it. Just as is life, negligence results in an untimely end, but an end is inescapable. A fate such as the victims of H.H. Holmes could befall you, ultimately resulting in your untimely demise. Just as many women fell to Holmes hands as is illustrated in this passage, “He filled a room with gas and let his victim expire in her sleep, or he crept into her room with her passkey and covered her face with a chloroform rag. The choice was his’’ (257) Sometimes just as inescapable as death itself does murder present itself. Proving that life is evanescent. Another sometimes unstoppable end can come in the form of a tragedy. Like for instance a boat crash, as is illustrated in this passage about the Titanic, “The magnitude of the Titanic incident became apparent, Burnham lost his friend. The steward lost his son.” (390). Life is fickle, and if you believe in fate, this could be a very acceptable, but still yet, hard-to-swallow
end.
So, as I’ve said, there is an absolute evanescence to life. It comes and goes. There’s no stopping it from ending. It’s inevitable, unstoppable, and undeniable. Be it from natural causes, murder, or a tragic accident, life ends. Nothing can stop the inevitable end, and it comes for everyone.