Perseverance In Laurie Halse Anderson's Fever, 1793

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.

The idea that perseverance is an essential human quality is displayed In the Novella Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption by Stephen King. King shows that perseverance is an essential human quality through a character named andy dufresne the main protagonists. Throughout the story Andy is faced with many difficult scenarios that the average man would never have to overcome but andy perseveres and triumphs over all that is thrown at him and is entitled as a shawshank legend in the end. King also shows how if one does not persevere they will fail this is shown through a character named Brooks Hatlen

The first parallel that can be drawn between the book and society that supports the theme of perseverance is tied together by the parallel of being brave enough to put yourself on the line for what you believe in. He does this in search of the base his mother is being held captive at, and is being helped by his electroclan partners. In the process of saving his

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.

In Linda Sue Park’s book A Long Walk To Water, the main character learned that one with hope and persistence will go far in their life. The main character had hope and persistence on his journey when he lost loved ones during the war, went to the refugee camp, and to his “new” family in the United States of America. The main character showed that he had hope and persistence to keep him moving throughout this marjory journey. Slava faced many struggles in his journey, some were mentally hard to overcome them like losing loved ones. In the book A Long Walk To Water by Linda Sue Park on page 65 “Marial and Uncle were no longer by his side…”

The author portrays the message and theme of persistence, resilience, and grit throughout the entire story. We understand

Don’t take what you have for granted as disaster can strike at any moment. In “Fever 1793” by Laurie Halse Anderson, Matilda lives with her Mom and Grandpa in their cafe. She doesn’t like her mom because she compares Matilda to her as a kid. When the Yellow Fever strikes, it throws everyone's life in jeopardy. As the fever gets worse, people start panicking and flee the city.

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.

Survival is one of the few key themes in this novel. It is the main theme since most of the book is about

Laurie Halse Anderson is from a white background and was born in Potsdam, New York, United states on October 23, 1961 (Biography Laurie Halse Anderson 1). Her family growing up was apart of why she is an author today because her dad was always telling her stories about the war, and her second grade teacher showed her how fun writing could be during a haiku lesson which really impacted her life and it was when she knew she wanted to be an author, she said that when she was little she found a typewriter and write stories for a newspaper column that she made up (Biography Laurie Halse Anderson 1). Laurie had gotten married to her first husband Gregory H. Anderson in 1983 and they had two children together, but then got a divorce in 2002 and

This was an intellectual study of our American Independence which had a lot of defying moments that define the meaning of perseverance. For example, George Washington believed in an American that  was free and independent from the ruling of the British stood and he stood against those that opposed his dream. The defining moment from this story is during the War of Independence their was time that George Washington and his Army were defeated however he never gave up on his dream which illustrated a prime example of the meaning perseverance. Furthermore after America separated itself from the British we started to make trend of the meaning of the Land of the Free under God's nations and that is what impressed me from everything that I

Although these two examples of the theme “Perseverance can lead to hope” are somewhat similar, one character arc ties them together, revealing an awe-inspiring story. Where would you find this? In the form of one DOE employee, Steve. Steve’s main quest throughout the story is to aid the kids in their journey to the North Pole. Even though he works at the DOE, he despises the secretary, as shown by his attitude towards blackmailing her

Tommy Landsora, famous baseball coach once said “The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a man's determination.” Determination is something that everyone has, it's what drives us to consummate tasks. In the novel “To Kill a Mockingbird” and the short story, “Through The Tunnel”, there are two characters that have undoubted amounts of determination. Atticus, from “To Kill a Mockingbird”, is set on making sure his client Tom Robinson doesn't get sent to jail. In the short story “Through The Tunnel” Jerry had the fortitude to go through the underwater tunnel like the other boys did. Determinations can lead to great things but unfair circumstances can get in the way of accomplishing said goals. In both these stories, the authors explore the idea of determination.

By: Laurie H. Anderson Book Report By: Jasmin Ruiz Summery of plot 16 year old Mattie Cook lives with hard working mother Lucille, former captain grandfather and freed slave Eliza who serves as there cook. Things go well running the coffeehouse until fever breaks out in Philadelphia where they lived Mattie is forced to watch the people around her die of yellow fever including her mother. She and her grandfather flee the country to get away from the epidemic but they are turned away from accusation of having yellow fever. As her grandfather grows weak, Mattie must learn to survive and manage in a place filled with disease. Setting & Time Period

Perseverance: The author of this book lois lowry sends out a message about perseverance. The message she his trying too send out his that perseverance his key and his the key too survival and the key too success. It also will get things done it a timely matter and get them successfully done. I persevere when i'm either under pressure or i feel i need or have too accomplish something. I also relate too this because I don't like not getting things done. I'm also kinda hard on myself about things that are important to me.another thing i relate to Jonas went he his sensitive because i'm kinda of an emotional person. Because i get angry or irritated easily and i also cry easily