Changed During the Yellow Fever Epidemic When Mattie Cook survived the Yellow Fever Epidemic that swept through Philadelphia in 1793‚ her whole life was changed. Both her character & the circumstances of her life changed a lot. Also‚ her relationships and responsibilities have changed too. Before the epidemic‚ Mattie was just an average teenager with the same problems most teens had. But after the epidemic‚ Mattie’s life became very different. Before the yellow fever‚ Mattie lived with her
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Laurie Halse Anderson’s novel Fever 1793 is a story of great tragedy and triumph. Philadelphia didn’t know what hit them when the Yellow Fever arrived. The story is circled around a girl’s‚ Mattie Cook’s‚ struggle for survival. Throughout the story she witnesses awful tragedies‚ her grandfather’s death‚ and she has to make tough choices‚ like burying her grandfather. Mattie also triumphs when she tries to gather enough food and resources for herself and her grandfather. She narrates the story and
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of their family coffeehouse in Philadelphia. Matilda ("Mattie") Cook is 14 years old with big dreams for her family’s coffeehouse. When the yellow fever epidemic breaks out during the summer‚ people flee the city or die. Matilda realizes she has to fight for her own life and her loved ones. Her father died in a fall from a ladder. In 1793 yellow fever is spreading through Philadelphia. The people close to Matilda are dying. First‚ many of her neighbors are infected‚ then her childhood friends‚
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How has the Philadelphia yellow fever epidemic of 1793 change history? An appalling contagious outbreak impacted the colossal city of America and its country’s capital. In the summer of 1793 the weather was brutally humid and mild. Therefore‚ this infectious disease has initiated in August and is known to be terminated approximately few months later in November. This disease has commenced by mosquitoes and caused a massive amount of deaths. Not only has this epidemic dispatched numerous people it
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Yellow fever killed over 5‚000 people in Philadelphia in 1793. Yellow fever is a highly contagious fever that is transmitted by mosquitoes. Some symptoms of yellow fever include an onset of fever‚ chills‚ severe headache‚ nausea‚ fatigue‚ weakness‚ and vomiting. Treatment of yellow fever in the 1700’s included bloodletting‚ herbs‚ other material treatments‚ and also simply doing nothing. In Fever 1793‚ Laurie Halse Anderson alters history‚ but maintains some historical accuracy. The setting of the
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Fever 1793 Fever 1793 is about the summer of 1793 and Matilda (aka) Mattie Cook lives above her family’s coffee shop with her widowed mother and her grandfather. Mattie hates doing chores and spends her summer days avoiding them trying to turn her family’s coffee shop to the best Philadelphia has ever seen. But then things go wrong and yellow fever breaks out or “The Fever”. The Fever spreads up and down the streets destroying everything in its way to destroy. The huge outbreak turns Mattie’s
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Sanders Anatomy and Physiology May 16‚ 2016 Introduction The novel I read for the project was “Fever 1793” by Laurie Halse Anderson. Fever 1793 is a story about a little girl named Matilda Cook who lives during the time that Yellow Fever broke out. Some of the novel is fiction‚ and some of the book is historical. Key Idea 1 The first Key Idea of the novel is the fever itself. The fever changes how everyone lives. It makes some leave the town and some stay. It makes people think some are
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at one point or another. Fever 1793 shows how Mattie and her family go through hard times. In the book Mattie is a teenage girl living with her mother‚ grandfather and a girl named Eliza who work in the coffee shop they own. Mattie faces some hard times when the fever strikes the town. Mattie is able to get through these hard times with the strength that she has gained overtime. Some people may say that the theme of Fever is family‚ or bravery. The real theme of Fever 1793 is perseverance and strength
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CHARACTER SKETCH: A character sketch is a vivid description of a person‚ attitude‚ special qualities or traits‚ typical behavior or response. The character sketch gives a deep insight into the personality of a person which makes him different from another person. The character sketch usually depicts the dominant trait that is most important to the story. Example of a short character sketch of Maxwell’s stenographer - from a short story by O’ Henry named The Romance of a Busy Broker The stenographer
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Adopt a Character Assignments 1. Using the information from your Adopt a Character sheet‚ fill in the Bio Cube‚ cut it out‚ and cube it. The link for the Bio Cube is on my website under resources. 2. Using the information from the Adopt a Character sheet‚ write a detailed character sketch of your adopted character. This is a creative piece. Stretch your writing and your imagination! On my website‚ there is an example of a character sketch and there are directions on how to write a
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