Fever 1793 Character Analysis

All people in the world 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 and doing everything that her mother was doing. Matilda is a dynamic character but one thing about her stays the same and she goes through many challenges. She is a dynamic character because she changes from lazy
Mattie was so lazy until the epidemic to she wouldn’t be able to cook food, clean tables, or taking care of herself. In the text it states that “‘I can't tell who is lazier polly or you’ Mother muttered” (Anderson 2). This proves that Mattie is lazy. And how other people think of her as a very lazy person. And how people describe her. Mattie was very hard working after the change because she was running the coffeehouse. The text says “The water finally boiled. I made coffee for myself, a mug for eliza, and one for mother.”“Day had begun.”(Anderson 242). This is showing that she is first to wake up and she is doing the tasks that her mother once did. She was getting the things her mom did for the coffeehouse as well. This shows how she was being hardworking. The things that Mattie did when her mom was sick she was taking over the coffeehouse she was being
Whenever Nathaniel Benson would be mentioned she was always blushing and always looking happy. “‘Speaking of Mr. Nathaniel Benson’” he started. “‘Were we’” I inquired. (Anderson 35). When her grandpa was talking about Nathaniel Benson so acted like she didn’t know. Also she was fantasizing about when her grandpa was talking. This is how she acts when Nathaniel Benson. She didn’t change because she started liking him more as the book progressed. “‘I hoped I might find you here’” a low voice rumbled in my ear. “My heart jumped” “‘Nathaniel’” “I wanted to throw my arms around him, or jump up and down.” (Anderson 216) When she heard Nathaniel she was very happy and joyous. She wanted to hug him and jump up and down which are things you do when happy. This is how she was when she heard and saw him. The way that she was acting shows that she never changed with her being Loving to Nathaniel