the book FEVER 1793 by Laurie Hall Anderson‚ The main character‚ Matilda‚ changes herself when yellow fever strikes in order to survive in the harsh environment around her. In the beginning‚ Matilda couldn’t care less about her work that was given to her by her mother and wished she could escape (until the fever strikes). Later on in the story‚ she wants to stay by her sick mother and protect her. Towards the end‚ Matilda starts taking care of herself-as well as Nell‚ an orphan of the fever while trying
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Moral Values of Fever 1793 Laurie Halse Anderson states publicly in her book Fever 1793‚ that she does believe in universal moral truths. This is supported by many pieces of evidence from the text. The setting in her text is summer 1793 in Philadelphia‚ Pennsylvania where Matilda works at her mother’s coffee shop. One morning her mother wakes her to get to work while they wait for their other worker‚ Polly‚ to come into work. On the way downstairs‚ her cat Silas had caught a mouse and left in
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Fever 1793 Literary Analysis In 1793‚ about 40‚000 people lived in Philadelphia‚ until yellow fever spread through the city. Then‚ it was almost completely soulless. Thousands died over half fled to safer land/areas‚ almost all the rest sick‚ and few well. Fever 1793‚ is a very powerful book because of the intense action‚ the interactions between the characters‚ and the author’s style. The action in this book is very suspenseful. For example‚ in one chapter the main character is alone in her
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during life are faced with problems that they have to face and persevere. In the book Fever 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson the reader is introduced to a fourteen year old girl named Matilda who has to go through all that was described. When the novel first started Matilda is introduced to an easy life. But into the book things get bad for Mattie and her family because Matilda’s mother and grandfather get the yellow fever and her grandpa dies. Towards the ending of the book matilda was running the coffeehouse
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Fever 1793 written by Laurie Halse Anderson is “A gripping story about living morally under the shadow of rampant death.” The story shows a part of the world that many of us don’t know what feels like. It draws you into the plot‚ and makes you contemplate how you would act in the life threatening situation. In the story‚ a young adult‚ Mattie‚ is living through the fever in Philadelphia. With lots of loss‚ and sorrow Mattie always finds something to look forward too. The book Fever 1793 suggests
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Family Have you ever wanted your family to go away? Matilda felt like that until the fateful summer of 1793. In the novels Fever 1793 by and Escaping From Warsaw the theme of never leave your family behind is shown by the characters actions and words with their families‚ the feelings and emotions toward their family‚ and how the families all stick together. The characters actions and words toward their families change during the book. At first Matilda dislikes her mother because her mother gives
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know that the yellow fever is estimated to infect 200‚000 people a year causing 30‚000 deaths. 90% of these deaths are in Africa. In Fever 1793‚ there is an outbreak of the yellow fever in the newly born country now called the United States of America. The main character‚ Matilda is very childish and lazy when it comes to work around the house. When her mother is diagnosed with the fever‚ her whole life and future is filled with fear. After she personally experiences the fever and survives‚ she starts
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worst enemy. You never know where your next meal will come from‚ or what you’d have to do to get it‚ or if it’ll ever come at all. There are robbers everywhere‚ taking advantage of this awful situation and being selfish. You can’t trust anyone anymore‚ let alone make new friends. Families are turning their backs on one another. They will even throw their own flesh and blood out of a two story window if it means saving themselves. In Fever 1793‚ by Laurie Halse Anderson‚ Mattie Cook lives above her family’s
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Yellow Fever Attacks Philadelphia 1793 The summer of 1793 was unusually hot and dry. Insects infested every corner in the streets‚ and Philadelphia was the busiest port in the U.S. Workers paced back and forth‚ carrying goods in and shipping goods out. In the midst of July‚ a ship of Caribbean refugees came to port. With them‚ they carried the yellow fever virus. The virus traveled slowly at first; with just a few fatalities in the first week‚ numbers grew steadily over time. No one suspected
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to respond to them are to fix them or just try to move on‚ but in some novels characters have to go through the worst of them‚ so let’s talk about how they felt and what they went through. Fever 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson. Fever 1793 was one of the best books I have ever read because of the plot and the moments that really got to me. Mattie was one of the main characters and she went through a lot of adversities. Worst of all of the adversities she
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