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‚ including Polly‚ their serving girl‚ then her mother. She and her grandfather try to flee
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Renee Hebert Mr. Anderson Period 4 7 January 2013 How Mattie 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
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In 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
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SCI 180 PATRICK COATY WAR ON TERROR I‚ myself‚ before September 11‚ 2001 did not know what terrorism was. It is completely a new term for me‚ and I could never figure how terrible it is. But then‚ experiencing and witnessing the feeling of losing the one you loved who was a victim of that disaster‚ I recognized that the world is no longer as safe as before. Today‚ not only America but also Britain‚ Spain‚ Indonesia…became the target of terrorists. The terror tissue is the most challenged
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This all-encompassing phrase that has guided militaries around the globe lacks one very important thing—direction. The “War on Terror” is an inherently ambiguous phrase‚ and one that lacks a clear enemy. This would lead one to assume that the aforementioned “terror” is a blanket term that includes terror cells from around the world‚ but this is not the case. The “terror” on which war has been waged is focused solely in the Middle East and entirely on the Muslim populations that live there. Labeling
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Document-Based Question: The Mongol Terror‚ Mongol Peace Mark Fellows Mfellowes@revere.mec.edu The following question is based on the accompanying documents (1-6). The documents have been edited for the purpose of this exercise. What was the significance of Mongol expansion and rule in Eurasia during the 13th and 14th Centuries? How did the settled societies of Eurasia respond to the Mongols and what were the consequences of the interaction between sedentary peoples and the Mongols
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A classic gothic novel emphasises fear and terror. It has the presence of the supernatural‚ the placements of events within a distant time and an unfamiliar and mysterious setting. Romantic writer Mary Shelley’s novel Frankenstein conforms to these conventional ‘classic’ Gothic traits as well as to the modern conceptions of what is considered as Gothic. Shelley’s Frankenstein is host to a range of significant gothic elements‚ evident through Victor’s creation of the gigantic creature‚ the dark setting
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John Locke and Isaac Newton were the major intellectual forerunners of the Enlightenment. Print culture was a culture in which books‚ journals‚ newspapers‚ and pamphlets had achieved a status of their own. The Enlightenment flourished in this. The most influential philosophe was Voltaire. He wrote Letters on the English. The book praised the virtues of the English‚ especially their religious liberty‚ and criticized the abuses of French society. Voltaire said Muhammad and Islam represented simply
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the violence‚ fear‚ and dictatorship of Robespierre. The first event that shows this theme is the “Reign of Terror.” This event relates to the theme of fear and violence since Robespierre’s goal was to inflict fear on others in hopes of having them listen to him. The Reign of Terror was the time period in which Maximilien Robespierre assumed control after the execution of King Louis. The terror was created to kill off people who opposed the Revolution and to also stop a counter revolution. In Robespierre’s
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War on terror refers to the ongoing military campaign led by U.S and U.K against organizations identified as terrorists. Terrorism can be defined as an unlawful violence or war deliberately targeted to civilians. It can also be defined as a systematic use of terror to coerce or violent acts intended to create fear. This threat is normally perpetrated for religious‚ political or ideological goals. The conflict as also called by other names. They include World War III‚ The Long War‚ War on Terrorism
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