Comparison of the Characters Matilda and Curzon in Fever by Laurie Halse Anderson

Charley is very brave because she was doughtful to go in the wouds to tame Coyote the wild dog but she went into the woods anyway.She was doughtful because she hasn’t gone into the woods since her mom died and her mom spent most of her time in the woods taking pictures with Charley.She is also brave because of the actions when she had to tell her dad about Coyote because she thought that her dad wouldn’t let

The main character, Isabel, shows courage in the book when she risks her own freedom and independence to save her friend Curzon. He was a slave but then became a soldier and had a run in with the Red Coats. While the slave

Throughout the novel Chains, the character by the name of Curzon does not change a lot, but pays a significant cost for his freedom.

At some point in a person's life, they must make the transition from childhood to adulthood. Many of a persons early life experiences can contribute to this transition, even if it is the simplest of things. Yellow Fever hit Philadelphia hard in 1793. It also hit hard in the book Fever: 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson. In this book, fourteen year-old Mattie Cook?s life gets turned upside-down when Yellow Fever strikes Philadelphia. In her adventure, Mattie must show responsibility, and experience the pain of death before she matures into an adult.

They are brought back together at Valley Forge later in the book. As George Washington and his ally Baron von Steuben attempt to turn the ragtag group of soldiers into a strong and united army, Curzon’s place in the army is jeopardized when his old master, Bellingham arrives at the camp and recognizes Curzon, hauling him into court to reclaim him as a slave. Once Curzon is pulled back to his old life as a slave, he finds that Bellingham has captured Isabel, as well. He now keeps the strong, determined girl with an iron collar around his neck to keep her from escaping. Curzon wants nothing more than to escape with Isabel by his side, but he has to convince her that he’s going to help her find her sister and will remain loyal to her.

In the novel, Fever, 1793, by Laurie Halse Anderson, a historical fiction book the main character Maddie Cook shows the theme is always have hope. In Fever, 1793, the city of Philadelphia was struck with a fever, that quickly evolved to a deadly epidemic. Through the book Mattie and her family battle to stay alive. Mattie shows hope threw her actions and words. Mattie is a strong character who knows that hope heals and hopeless hurts.

Speaking out is a tough task for many people that have dealt with horrible, traumatic situations. In the novel Speak, by Laurie Halse Anderson, the main character, Melinda, is one of those people who lost their voice. To be able to understand another person’s emotions, feelings, and situations is very difficult to do, especially because of how our society has formed and became a very judgmental place. Melinda Sordino starts her freshman year at Merryweather High School in Syracuse, New York, to a terrible start; she is a victim of a sexual assault and loses her confidents and voice to speak out. The more she interacts and makes new friends is how she starts to reach out and become more self-sufficient. Few weeks into school Melinda’s only

Strong. Independent. Smart. All describe Mattie Cook, the main character of Fever 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson. Yellow fever rages throughout the colonies, and nobody can escape it, Mattie Cook faces hardships and worse as the yellow fever attacks her home city and the newly hatched America. Mattie faces near-death experiences, loved one’s deaths, and a lot more, changing her from a lazy and dependent little girl to a hard-working and independent young woman. Mattie changes because of some characteristics that have helped her survive the destructive and malicious yellow fever.

Laurie Halse Anderson’s historical fiction novel, Fever 1793, depicts the life of Mattie Cook, a young girl growing up in Philadelphia. After yellow fever strikes, Mattie flees Philadelphia only to learn that the fever epidemic is everywhere and she must learn to survive in a city turned frantic with disease. She finds herself caring for others all while keeping herself alive. Anderson creates the lesson that while becoming independent can be difficult, it is an important part of every person's life by using symbolism and terminology from the time period.

In the story Forge, written by Laurie Halse Anderson, the main character is Curzon Smith. The main setting took place at Valley Forge. The book Forge is a continuation of the bestselling award-winning novel Chains. The beginning picks up where it left off, Curzon and Isabel had escaped there slave life. There journey was to begin a new life but, after an argument that Curzon and Isabel had in May, she ran away taking all the money and her belongings leaving Curzon to himself. This made matters worse for him, no food, no shelter, most importantly no money, how was he going to survive? After weeks he had an encounter with a former soldier named Ebenezer Woodruff, who then made Curzon come to his senses and enlist into the war to fight against the british. It was a winning situation for Curzon since being a soldier gave him the opportunity to receive a change of clothes, shelter, and more importantly food. Soon time went by and months had past of Curzon still enlisted as a soldier he encountered a former “friend” Mister Bellingham. Curzon was not pleased to have seen him again, since there past is there conflict to the present. Many things escalated and Curzon was now working for Mister Bellingham and so was Isabel as a maid. Since he was now reconciled with Isabel they worked on an escape plan. Weeks working they eventually escaped and we're now to begin their new journey in which continues in the final book of the series.

In the book Fever 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson the character, Matilda Cook, who is also known as Mattie, is a fourteen-year-old girl, who lives with her family above a coffeehouse in Philadelphia. Her family consist of her mom, grandfather, a parrot named King George, and her orange cat named Silas. She goes through an emotional journey because she had to handle lots of things on her own, and deal with situations she has never thought would come upon her. However, at the same time she goes through a physical journey because the way she acts and thinks changes throughout the story. Also, she loses the stubbornness that she had at the beginning of the novel and gained maturity throughout her journey.

Her grandfather dies from a scuffle with burglars. Eventually a frost came and killed off the fever. In the book Chains 13 year old Isabel is a slave in the time period before and during the revolutionary war. After wrongly being kept in slavery Isabel struggles to escape with her little sister. She is persuaded by a boy named Curzon to help the Rebel soldiers’ efforts.

This incident says and reveals a lot about the character ‘aunt addie’. For one it shows how religious she was, and that she was so religious that she put religion before her very own family. I feel like Aunt Addie, as well as the other relatives in the family (Granny etc.) have taken religion to an extreme level that is not seen much in today's society. I can infer that Aunt Addie’s extreme religious views were most likely influenced by other characters in the Wright family, like Richards granny. The fact that she was willing to beat her own nephew in front of the whole class almost makes her seem like she wanted to channel all of her angry emotions that she felt about everything going on, not just what was happening in that moment all

claims that she is “in a strange state of mind,” citing that her pulse is quickened and she is burning with fever, knowing she is “about to die.” If this is true, Matilda may be suffering from fever induced delusions, leading the reader to believe she is an archetype of the madman unreliable narrator. Throughout the rest of her letter to Woodville, the young girl follows actions that fail to make sense. After sixteen years of waiting for her father, she leaves the house to go into the woods alone, mere hours before his expected arrival, and becomes

Upon reading William Faulkner’s “A Rose for Emily,” one discovers several colorful characters, including one Miss Emily Grierson of Jefferson, Mississippi. Readers uncover her quirks and specific character traits as seen through the eyes of the townspeople who are highly interested in the goings-on in her life. Miss Emily Grierson is a round yet static protagonist who is lonely, unyielding to change, and overcome by her unfortunate life circumstances, and as such she should not be considered a mad woman as many readers might accuse her of being.