Holmes was a man who was solely power hungry. He would throw anyone under the bus if it meant he would benefit from the action. Through this story he caused a lot of issues and kept getting away with it constantly. He would find new people as his victims and all he cared about was succeeding and being better than everyone else, he tried doing these things by being very hurtful to others.
John Root was a very creative man, he had many wonderful and artistic ideas up his sleeve. He was well known for his keen eye when it came to design, he had the magic touch and was full of creativity. He was very helpful in the building processes through this book, he came across to readers as a sharp witted man.
Fredrick Olmsted was also a man of great work. He enjoyed working and creating things, but he was a man of his own stamp. He wanted to make sure that people knew him and knew him for his work and not others. When Olmsted was not getting the credit he deserved it ruffled his feathers. He was a good man but somewhat had the same kind of attitude when it came to his work as Holmes but in a good way. He made good actions but wanted to be known for every little thing. “Throughout his career he had struggled, with little success, to dispel the perception that landscape architecture was simply an ambitious sort of gardening..” (page 50). This passage shows part of the reasoning behind why he may have been so strict on representing his work, it didn’t come easy to him.