Never Giving Up In Laurie Halse Anderson's In Fever 1793

I have always known that never giving up is important to being successful. Through the National Honor Society, I

Doesn’t giving up mean a person can’t fail? I believe that if someone gives up they can’t succeed. If they hadn’t given up, think about all the accomplishments they could have earned

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.

The historical fiction story Fever 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson takes place in Philadelphia during the yellow fever epidemic of 1793. Matilda, the main character in the story, wanted to go out and explore the city. Her mother wouldn’t let her go out because of the fear of the yellow fever. Because of this fear, people started leaving the city of Philadelphia and went to the country. Because of this, a good theme for Fever 1793 would be that if people stayed in Philadelphia and worked together, there would be better outcomes.

truth. “Sometimes in life, giving up isn’t the answer because hard work will one day pay off”.

Have you ever been left in the woods, alone with no food and your sick grandfather starving? This is what Matilda Cook had to go through in the book Fever, 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson. In this historical fiction book a fever outbreaks in Philadelphia killing thousands, Matilda has to go through several tragic and difficult situations. With all the hardships thrown at Matilda she consistently uses her physical and mental strength to overcome them, showing that perseverance is the main theme of Fever, 1793. Determination, nothing will get better if you give up and maturity are all lessons Matilda learned through perseverance.

In Laurie Halse Anderson’s 2000 novel Fever 1793, Matilda Cook, the main character, and her family face sickness, death, fear, and mistrust that build them into stronger and more independent characters. The story takes place in Philadelphia in 1793. Matilda, also known as Mattie, lives with her mother, Lucille Cook, and works at a coffee shop that Mattie’s grandfather, Polly, their servant, and Eliza, a free black women, work at as well. Polly dies in the beginning of the story, and this is what starts the spread of rumors that there is a disease spreading around town, known as yellow fever. Mattie’s mother eventually falls ill, and a doctor diagnosis her with yellow fever. This causes Mattie and her grandfather to leave town, but they are unable to succeed in their journey from home because they become ill themselves. Mattie and her grandfather are cared for in a hospital, and they return home once they are well enough. When returning home, they find that their coffee shop has been broken into, and that Mattie’s mother and Eliza are nowhere to be found. After the all the difficulties that Mattie continues to face, the coffee shop re-opens, Mattie’s mother returns, and the city clears of yellow fever. Mattie learns how to care for others and herself, and how to deal with extreme sickness that later makes her a stronger individual, and this makes the novel a good example to readers on how to remain strong during hard times.

“Never Give Up! You never know what is just around the corner.” is a quote that really fits our theme. Fever is about a city who the people in the city get yellow fever. Mattie (the main character) goes through many struggles such as losing her friend, having to find her mother and Eliza after some troubles pass with Grandfather, and much more. They never gave up though. In Fever, 1793, Laurie Halse Anderson shows us lots of themes through Mattie and Eliza. One of the themes that stood out is Never Give Up.

Positivity Is Embraced; Negativity Is Illegal It’s easy to tell someone to never give up, but sometimes, it can be more effective when it’s visually shown. Directed by James David Gore, Never Give Up is an award winning, motivational short film, depicting the journey through life struggles. The story begins with the man getting out of bed, and immediately getting into a wheelchair. It seems as though he’s alone, so nobody is able to help him.

I plan on living by this quote. I will never give up on something that's hard. I will work hard to not give up, I will work through it. I plan on never giving up when things get tough. I won’t give on things like homework and school when it gets hard in school.

One of the main things that kills us is the doubt we allow to enter our minds because doubt kills more dreams than failure ever will. To quote a man named Kevin Smith, “In the face of such hopelessness as our eventual, unavoidable death, there is little sense in not at least trying to accomplish all your wildest dreams”. Yes, you will likely struggle and yes, you will likely get knocked down time and time again until you finally accomplish what you set out to do. Now the biggest question is will you get back up? Let me give you two examples of people that refused to give up.

The case study of “Never Give Up” has been read and a set amount of questions has been asked about the reading, which will be answered by the following:

Mr. Kamkwamba and I have some of the same characteristics. One of these characteristics being that we do not give up. You can tell that Mr. Kamkwamba doesn’t back down as a result of people laughing at him for inspecting pieces in the junkyard, he saw the bigger picture and he knew they wouldn’t make fun of him anymore once they saw it too. I have been given frequent opportunities where I could have given up,although I have decided not to. Once I was falling far behind in school, but after having a long talk with my grandmother, I realized that it was not the best thing for me to do, I consequently started to improve my grades and learning more. Mr. Kamkwamba also shows signs of enduring when he helped his father maintain their garden despite

In life you have high point and low points. When you have these points you feel the need to give up. Right, well think about this. How many people tell you work to accomplish your goals well Helen Keller, Thomas Edison and Craig Sager all have had to work for things in their life that way they can achieve the goals they would like. Keller, Edison, and Sager show how to never give up in life and fight for what you want and live life at the fullest.

Never giving up is important because if you give up you will never reach your goals. One example of someone who never gave up is Carrie Bradshaw from the show “The Carrie Diaries”. Carrie was a senior in high school who really wanted to be a writer. Not very many writers make so she knew that she had a long hard road ahead of her. She went through many struggles.