As hinted throughout the entire book Prendergast is finally rejected by Harrison, leading to poor Prendergast's insanity. He kills Harrison just as President Garfield is killed by Guiteau for the exact reason, almost in the exact same way, and by a killer of similar personality. The fair is finally finished with all it's building in place for viewings from the world. Burnham and the others had to work so hard to get the fair out of debt, barely making any profit at all. This section of the book also attributes women in the sense that the independent woman is drawn to the city and it's glories in the changing age. Banks all around the country are started to collapse and fail with no way of stopping the upcoming crisis. New inventions that change the world start appearing at the fair and everything is happy until the fair has to hold its closing ceremony to the death of Harrison.
Questions:
- Why were the "absence of color" that changed by time of day in the fair's buildings create such a powerful view to those who looked upon them? If there was a reason, could it possibly mean anything more relating to the country?
- Why do people like Burnham in the new changing economy work so hard to succeed when it is so simple and easy to give up, just like the bankers who shot themselves?
- Why were electrical lights of the fair so important/magnificent to the makers of the fair and those who saw them during the night time?
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