We all grow up with that one person that we love so much that they felt just like family. Well, in Fever, 1793 that is what the main character - Matilda had. Family meant a lot to everybody in the book. For example, Mattie had Eliza and Nell after Grandfather died. The author of this book is Laurie Halse Anderson. Yellow Fever was a viral infection spread by a particular species of a mosquito. The symptoms are chills, fatigue, fever, loss of appetite, bleeding, delirium, headache, or yellow skin and eyes. Trust and caring for other people is the best theme for Fever, 1793 because the relationship between Nell and Mattie,the relationship between mattie and Mother, and the relationship between Mattie and Eliza. The relationship
Barbara Anderson's First Fieldwork Précis: “First Fieldwork” -.. 1. What is the difference between a. and a. Where did Barbara Anderson’s fieldwork take place and what was the goal of her research? Barbara Anderson’s fieldwork took place in the fishing village of Taarnby, Denmark, on the island of Amager in the Oresund in the 50’s. The goal of her research was to publish the unseen side of fieldwork. She wanted to share the personal and professional sides of fieldwork with the reader.
Additionally, the credibility of the author and sources is important when considering the Doctors’ Plague as a book choice. Nuland is very qualified himself, being a surgeon, a professor of medicine, a professor of history of medicine and an author. Just as Nuland is credible, so is the information in the Doctor’s Plauge. In the chapters where Nuland references other peoples findings when giving background information about childbed fever, Nuland makes sure to give them credit. Moreover, his use of selected quotes helps to tie all of the information together that make the novel the gem it
There are two books I will be comparing, Fever 1793 and The Girl Who Owned a City. The main characters are Matty, a girl in 1973, and Lisa, a futuristic character.They are alike in many ways. They are also quite different. They are both about the same age, though Lisa might be a little younger.
The novel The Young Elites, by Marie Lu, is a book about a a girl, Adelina Amutreou, taking on a life that includes bravery, hard work, courage, and eventually heroism. Adelina experiences a hard childhood. Most of Adelina’s family, including her sister, Violetta, and their mom, suffer from the deadly Blood Fever. It strikes across their nation leaving most of the people affected with markings all over their bodies, if not dead. Sadly, Adelina’s mom dies from the Blood Fever, but she and her sister survive. Adelina, unlike her sister, has markings all over her body which makes it hard to find a handsome man who wants her as a wife. Even her own father feels put off by her fever-marks and treats her poorly because of them. Adelina, although flawed, embodies a true hero because she tries to take down the Inquisition to help the other Elite,cares for and loves her sister, and risks her life trying to save others.
The majority of the novel is centered around the efforts of Mark and his friends Trina, Alec, and Lana to find the source of this disease and the cure, as they know that they are also probably infected. Along the way, they find Deedee, a young girl who was shot ...
Enslaved by the disease, they don’t have the independence that healthy people, or parents of healthy babies, enjoy. The divide in the waiting room, to separate the sick from the well, illustrates how Eleanor is made to feel about the illness. People with AIDS are often avoided, ignored, and misunderstood, and she feels that her child is unaccepted by society, always roped into the “sick” pen.. The birds symbolize Eleanor’s relationship with Jancey, and how she only wants to help but her health is ultimately out of her
On March 5th, 1815, Edmund’s father, Peter, died of Meningitis. Edmund’s last memory of his father was the sight of two men placing is father’s body into a coffin. Shortly thereafter, Edmund contracted the deadly disease. Edmund’s grave clothes were already made in preparation for him to join is father. As Edmund lay in his death bed, he cried to his sister to fetch wild irises. Edmund believed nature was better than any doctor. The doctor agreed to let Edmund have anything we wanted, as he was surely to die. Edmund surprised everyone by surviving the spotted fever. Edmund’s extraordinary willpower is starting to show at a young age, and will follow him the rest ...
The Yellow Wallpaper from the Point of View of a Doctor's Wife "The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, is a story told from the first person point of view of a doctor's wife who has nervous condition. The first person standpoint gives the reader access only to the woman’s thoughts, and thus, is limited. The limited viewpoint of this story helps the reader to experience a feeling of isolation, just as the wife feels throughout the story. The point of view is also limited in that the story takes place in the present, and as a result the wife has no benefit of hindsight, and is never able to actually see that the men in her life are part of the reason she never gets well. This paper will discuss how Gilman’s choice of point of view helps communicate the central theme of the story- that women of the time were viewed as being subordinate to men.
Melinda was an outcast and loner in high school who was overwhelmed, fearful, and confused with her life and her environment at school. She was always silent in class and afraid to speak in front of people. Many students today might feel the need to fit in with other people so they wouldn’t have to be looked down upon. As we take a look at Melinda’s life we’ll be able to see how she handles her daily conflicts. In the book, Speak, Melinda Sordino, an incoming freshman at Merryweather High, starts her year off with a terrible start. She’s stuck with a mean history teacher, by who she calls Mr. Neck and a whole bunch of other weird teachers like her English teacher of who she calls, Hairwomen, because of her crazy, uncombed hair. Her favorite teacher would seem to be her art teacher, Mr. Freeman, because he seems to be the nicest and most reasonable. Every student, even her ex-best friend, Rachel Bruin, gives her nasty looks and treats her rudely. All this trouble started when Melinda called the cops at an end-of-summer party. Everybody thinks she did that just to bust them and get all the people in trouble but instead, she called the cops for something more terrifying. During the night of that party, she was raped by a senior who goes to Merryweather High, Andy Evans, by who she calls IT or Andy Beast. She was too scared and didn’t know what to do so she called the cops. Because of this, now everyone in school is disgusted and hateful of her. Though most of the students didn’t like her, she did become sort of “distant” friends with Heather, Ivy, and her science lab partner, David Petrakis. With all the drama, sadness, and conflict involved in Melinda’s life, she still seems to manage and finish the school year without ...
Yellow Fever is a viral infection that is caused from the bite of an infected female mosquito, they are mainly found in areas of Africa and South America. There are three main types of the Yellow Fever virus: Sylvatic yellow fever, Intermediate yellow fever, and Urban yellow fever. Sylvatic yellow fever also known as jungle yellow fever is started by mosquitoes breeding in tree holes in areas, such as banana plantations; monkeys become infected when they are bitten by an infected mosquito, it continues to spread as uninfected mosquitoes bite and infected monkeys; then the process comes to humans where they become exposed to the virus when they are bitten by and infected mosquitos. The intermediate cycle are only in Africa and is also called
Richard Allen, a man of great integrity and faith in God, believed that we all should be able to live peacefully together regardless of race. Allen says “The Lord was pleased to strengthen us, and remove all fear from us, and disposed our hearts to be as useful as possible.” He proved that the Lord gave him a clean and forgiving heart. Not only did he preach about love but he lived by what God wanted. He didn’t have hold any malice against anyone. Rev. Allen enjoyed making new connections which enhanced his social ability, but Allen knew who to trust and talk to with confidence. Once he met Dr. Benjamin Rush, a famous doctor in Philadelphia, who was an abolitionist. Rev. Allen joined the Pennsylvania Abolition Society (PAS) whose mission to
In the novel Speak, Laurie Halse Anderson utilizes the motif of the janitor's closet to show the growth and changes Melinda goes through, starting nonfunctional, and then finally finding her voice and learning how to “speak”.
Many people of the past and present make important changes to our society. These changes go down in history and are remembered for generations. These people are commemorated with the title of famous Firsts. For instance, Marian Anderson was the first African American singer ever to perform at the Metropolitan Opera House. Marian was a strong woman who fought for her dreams of performing and persevered through the harsh racial discrimination that many African Americans had to face. Marian devoted her life to singing and making her dreams come true. She went through her life with hard work and determination. When life blocked her with racism and discrimination she pulled herself through, and that is why she deserves the notoriety she was rewarded with. The Famous Firsts of the world, like Marian, are commemorated by their bravery, skills, perseverance and intelligence.
Matilda had a lot of relationships throughout the story and each relationship affected her life. She had a friendship with a young black girl named Lavender in her class. Lavender filled all of Matilda’s friendship needs. She was smart and funny, she caused Matilda to feel affirmed and made her feel worthy. When Matilda first go to school Lavender helped her find her way and made her feel welcome. A love relationship that Matilda had was with Miss. Honey. Miss. Honey and Matilda had an agape type of love, it was compassionate and selfless. They accepted each other and respected each other. Matild risked her life to get Miss. Honey her doll and candy back from The Trunchbull, because she wanted to see Miss. Honey happy. Miss. Honey paid a visit to the Wormwood household to bring Matilda extra work because she saw how smart she is, she also asked The Trunchbull to move Matilda up a grade because she was so smart. Matilda’s family relationships were all very poor. She had a brother, a mother, and a father. All of which did not fill their responsibilities to Matilda. They have a responsibility to “comfort when family members are distressed, to take pleasure in their pleasures, to feel their pain, to raise their spirits” (DeVito). The Wormwood’s never did that for Matilda, the constantly either belittled her or ignored her completely. The relationships that Matilda had were a large part of the plot and motif of the
Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre is filled with poverty and a very specific example of disease. The novel explores what happens in the poorer parts of society and comments on the conditions being held up. Urbanization led to deadly air and diseases spreading like wildfire. Although Jane was brought to Lowood to learn and become a functioning member of society she was actually being put in harm's way due to less than efficient health standards.