Fever 1793

Fever 1793 is a book about a teenage girl living in Philadelphia during the time of the yellow fever outbreak. Mattie Cook, the main character, has to overcome many hardships in order to survive. The book revolves around the yellow fever epidemic of 1793. The yellow fever is spread by mosquitos, and it is still relevant today. To begin with, Mattie Cook lives in a coffeehouse her mother owns. She lives with her mother and grandfather. Her mother is a headstrong woman who is extremely critical of

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. Everyone around Matilda are nowhere to be found. Therefore, nothing should ever be taken for granted. As everything around

people died because of the disease known as Yellow Fever. Matilda, or Mattie, was one of those people who got sick, and she tells us about how it is to have Yellow Fever. Yellow Fever is a fatal disease that makes the victim have various symptoms, such as yellow tinted skin, vomit, headache, nausea, and many more terrible symptoms. This is the reason I believe that the main theme in Fever, 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson is suffering. One way Fever, 1793 shows this theme is through sickness. Starting

Fever 1793 Quick White # 1 Laurie Halse Anderson masterfully tells the story of Mattie Cook and her family’s struggles though the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793. While Mattie and her family are fictional characters, the epidemic which struck Philadelphia was quite real. Based on what I have read so far in the novel, Fever 18793, I believe it is reasonable to infer that Matte’s mother will die or may even be dead already, but Mattie does not know it yet Lucille, Mattie’s mother, definitely has yellow

Fever, 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson is about how yellow fever spread through Philadelphia and caused many people to die and suffer. These are the themes for Fever 1793. The themes are overcoming hardship, family, and suffering. I say that these are the themes because I have the evidence. I have evidence for family on how Mattie tried to help her sick family. I have evidence for how the second theme is overcoming hardship on how they overcame being sick. Finally I have evidence on how the third theme

In the historical fiction Fever 1793 by Laurie Hale’s Anderson, the main theme is perseverance. The novels setting is in August, 1793, Philadelphia. The protagonist Mattie, her mother, and her grandfather all live together in a coffee house that they own when a horrible epidemic breaks across the city killing hundreds of people everyday. Through out the book Mattie has shown that she doesn’t give up even when her loved ones are sick and dying, when there is no one to help her, or when she has to

the book fever 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson, the 2 main characters Mattie (Matilda) cook and Eliza. Which are both in the world of Philadelphia of yellow fever. When grandfather dies and mother gets the sickness. And both of them try to survive this deadly virus/disease. It might not be a likely thing that Mattie would do but she has hope that things will get better. Hope creates possibilities. Because when your positive around you it spreads hope. For instance, In the book Fever 1793, the character

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

Fever,1793 by Laurie Hale’s Anderson is a historical fiction book about yellow fever. Fever is about a girl named Mattie and her family, and how the get through the pestilence. The reader, believes the theme is to never give up, even in the hard times. The reasons why the reader believes this is the theme, is because perseverance can help you survive through the hard times, even when it would be easier to give up its better to persevere, and when you persevere you reach your goals. One

Fever: 1793 Book Report Fever: 1793 by Laurie Halsey Anderson is told from the perspective of Mattie Cook in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania during the 1793 yellow fever epidemic. She lives with her cold-hearted Mother, her aging Grandfather, a Revolutionary War veteran with a parrot named King George. There’s also Eliza, a free black woman who works at the Cook Coffeehouse and Nathaniel, a charming guy Mattie likes. It starts out as yellow fever spreads around with the punishing heat. It’s killing many