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Summary Of Deadly By Julie Chibbaro
In the novel Deadly by Julie Chibbaro readers view how a disease is passed around by an Irish cook named Mary Mallon. Some debate that Mary was merely an innocent victim and the Department of Health and Sanitation were the real villains for claiming a random disease on a woman. Others believe she wasn’t able to accept this new change and accept the fact that she does have tuberculosis. For this essay Mary will be portrayed as the villain because of her ignorance, disobedience, and ability to not accept the new technology. Mary’s ignorance was a major problem. In the documentary, The most dangerous woman in the world, Mary insists that the Department of Health and Sanitation was only doing this because she’s a “ filthy Irish”. Mary Mallon’s

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