Matilda In Fever 1793

"OUCH!" Matilda said (1). This quote foreshadows the future of what happens to Matilda in the novel, Fever 1793. In the book, Matilda is one of the main characters who has to endure the tragedy of the yellow fever. Throughout the novel, Matilda Cook remains the same by being stubborn, caring, and following her dreams of going to Paris. She changes by becoming more independent, more responsible and more trustworthy with work.
Matilda Cook stays the same through the novel in a lot of different ways. One of the ways is that she stays stubborn. She likes to be in charge and know everything right on the spot. One example from the novel is that she did not want to go straight to her mom and work. She wanted to stay in bed and be lazy (8).

Another towards the end is on Page 101, where she feels like everything is going crazy. Also she follows her dreams to go to Paris. An example is on page 11, where she says she wants to travel to France. An example towards the end is on page 97, she says that she is a long way from going to Paris but it will happen someday. Matilda is also very caring throughout the book. At the beginning she cares for her mom, and towards the end she is caring for Nell.(13)
Someways Matilda cook changes throughout the novel is how at the beginning she is left in the coffee house and she is not supportive and working there and she does not care, an example of that is on page 9, towards the bottom of the page how she can't handle the work, but on page 96 she has the coffee shop running on her shoulders. In the book Matilda is independent towards the beginning but at the end she is more independent and is able to live alone. An example is on page 8 and 96. Matilda gains responsibility throughout the book. Some examples of her getting responsibility are on page 13 and 100, where she try's to make herself attend to the funeral and trying to go where she feels like she needs to go. On page 100 she is taking care of her mother which shows responsibility.
So overall the book fever 1793 is a very interesting book, it shows how it affected the people of the time. It really show information through the novel and how the book related to the yellow fever of 1793.