Fever 1793 Quotes

Everyone knows that in life, there are hardships, up's and downs. In the book Fever, 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson, Mattie has to overcome the yellow fever, helping others and getting help herself. Mattie has to grow up quickly to survive. There are many, many other themes that can be chosen, but overcoming hardship is one of the most obvious ones.

"Stay strong things will get better, it might be stormy now, but it can't rain forever". Sometimes in life you are given something that makes you say "what" and "what am I supposed to do now"? But you can get through it. Life is full of obstacles and people always find ways through it. This lesson is found everywhere, even in books. This lesson is found in, Fever 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson. The books about a young girl named Mattie and her family that goes through the fever of 1793. Through the fever they had a lot of different obstacles but they got through them together. One of the themes I found in this book is "when obstacles come upon your life you can get through them" this is showed by the character Mattie and Grandfather.

Laurie Halse Anderson’s historical fiction novel , Fever 1793, takes place in Philadelphia. Mattie goes throughout the city wondering where everyone is after yellow fever has spread. Then she finds a little girl that will help her with walking around and trying to stay calm. By using emotions and character development, Anderson creates the lesson that when you have someone special in your life, you should never take them for granted.

In the historical fiction novel, Fever 1793, the citizens of Philadelphia face a great deal of problems. They were confronted by the horrid disease, Yellow Fever. They faced robbers in their homes. They faced starvation. They were trapped in a situation with only one real cure-frost. The only problem was, it was summer, and frost didn’t come until winter. This story focuses on Matilda Cook, or Mattie for short, and how she encountered all of the dangers that were listed. Mattie had no idea what was about to change her life forever.

Quotation 9: “Ay, sir, but she will none, she gives you thanks./ I would the fool were married to her grave.” (Rom. 3. 5. 144-145) Translation: I did (inform her that we decided she is going to be married). But she is having none of it.

In the novel Fever 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson, the character that I believe faced adversity the most was Matilda Cook, daughter of Lucille and granddaughter of William Farnsworth Cook. A fourteen year old girl who had always been ‘put back in place’ by her mother. Eventually she suffers greatly, but learned a life lesson she will never forget. She had the strength to overcome her fears, deaths, and so many horrible events continuously occurring in her life. The yellow fever epidemic had started again and all you would see were dead bodies dumped into a wheelbarrow pulled by a man of whom wouldn’t be known. Her grandfather died of weakness and was slowly killed by thieves. His face slaughtered with a solid punch

Timidity plays a big part in the first portion of the novel. Clara Lemlich seems to be nothing more than a timid young girl working in her family's shop, but she proves to be more than what meets the eye. Clara is full of aspiration and yearns for an education, but she learns to keep these hopes and dreams to herself due to her severely stern parents. On page 14, Clara expresses herself by saying “How can I tell Mama who toils sunup to sundown to be a good mother a good wife that this life (her life) is not enough for me, that I dream instead of words ideas a life that stretches far beyond the bounds of this shtetl?” Clara seems to be torn between disappointing her beloved parents, and showing them who she really is, but most importantly

Hannibal - granto landing, MO (Chp 1-6) - Huck and Tom sneak into the Widows Garden. They later go to a cave with a group of men and tom says that they are the new gang. Miss Watson tries to explain prayer,to Huck. - Miss Watson is someone who wants to help Huck. She wants to teach him right from wrong.

Death and disease are common in today’s world. A person dies every day and for disease everyone gets some kind of disease. But today not everyone panics at death and disease but back in the 1700s people weren’t really familiar with death and disease. In Fever 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson, the author gives details about the effects of death and disease and how it changes people for better or for worse. In the story, a young girl named Matilda is your typical girl who doesn’t want to work, but when the yellow fever strikes Philadelphia, Matilda changes throughout the story. This story suggests that when death and disease happen people can change for better or for worse.

Fever is a book in which a 14 year old girl named Matilda, also known as Mattie, lives in a town in the middle of a fever epidemic. Sometime after falling in love with a boy named Nathaniel Benson Matilda’s mother falls ill with the fever. She instructs Matilda and her Grandfather to leave the city. Shortly after failing to flee the city Matilda falls ill with the fever. Afterwards she and her grandfather went back to the city.

Suffering happens in many places of the world today.People are suffering from starvation or health issues.In Fever 1793 by, Laurie Halse Anderson, the author illustrates of things going wrong during a time of need.In this story there is a fourteen year old named Mattie Cook, who has a family of 3.She begins to suffer during the time of the fever in Philadelphia, such as when her friend polly died and her mother became ill, when she gets the fever and grandfather dies, and when Eliza’s 2 nephews and Nell get the fever.This story suggests that during a time of suffering, the more help we give the more responsible we become.

Antoine Thomas helps Paul find his voice by telling him the truth and information that will boost his confidence and help him to tell the truth and stand up to Erik. Antoine Thomas helps Paul find his voice when Paul is outside of Betty Brights house and Betty bright and Antoine Thomas walk out. Antoine and Paul start having a conversation when Antoine says “ You’ve got to start saying the truth little brother” (Bloor 269) Paul nodded his head like he understands but he doesn't have a conviction until Antoine says”Don’t spend you life hiding under the bleachers. The truth shall set you free.”

First, Atticus’s view of Maycomb reveals that prejudice can be spread easily and is a common trait in Maycomb. After Francis calls Atticus an N word lover and Scout beats him up, Uncle Jack and Atticus have a conversation about the trial. Atticus tells Jack that he hopes he “can get through it without bitterness and most of all without catching Maycomb’s usual disease”(117).Atticus believes that people in Maycomb are prejudice and racist and Atticus dislikes it. He wants to keep his children away from it, he believes anyone can catch this “disease” even his own children. In addition, after Jem and Scout visit with Mrs. Dubose.

"I fear oblivion. I fear it like proverbial blind man who's afraid of the dark," (Green 12). This quote was stated by Augustus about the fear of being forgotten, his ultimate fear. In response to Augustus’s fears, Hazel makes a valid point when she said, "even if we survive the collapse of our sun, we will not survive forever" (13). This logical view about the frailty of humanity helps her remain grounded because of the fact that she knows everyone will die one day.

This passage shows a deeper meaning to women and domesticity. Throughout “Roman Fever”, there is a huge emphasis on women knitting and we often find the women in this story multitasking with knitting and talking. Knitting is a household activity that women do on their leisure time. The passage above is the second paragraph in this short story and therefore, already stresses the action of women knitting in the household. In the first sentence of this passage, we read, “…let's leave the young things to their knitting.” This is referring to Mrs. Slade and Mrs. Ansley, which we find multiple times throughout the story knitting. This gives the reader the impression that women have resorted to knitting because society views them not equipped to do