never choose how life treats us but we can always choose how we react and get back up again. Through Fever 1793 we see up close and personal how suffering can affect us, and how sometimes it can affect us in positive ways. How suffering can help turn the page to the next chapter in our lives. How suffering doesn’t always mean losing but also gaining. Laurie Anderson clearly lays out the Yellow Fever through the eyes of 14 year old Mattie. We experience suffering and disease along with the characters
around you is slowly dying off with no way to stop anyone from dying? That’s what everyone has to deal with in Fever 1793, a book by Laurie Halse Anderson, which teaches a lesson about following your heart and always to never give up. In my opinion, this was a really good novel; because it was both informative and suspenseful while letting the reader get a 1st person “view” of the yellow fever infected Philadelphia. The story focuses on the main character Mattie, who is stunned at the shocking number
“We were in the center of a dying city.” Thinks Mattie in Fever, 1793, by Laurie Halse Anderson, a historical fiction novel. This book is about the yellow fever epidemic of August through November in 1793. The main character, Matilda, overcame many hardships including the pestilence itself. The theme of Fever 1793 is perseverance, because she doesn’t give up even when she is emotional. Secondly, she fights through her hardships. Lastly, she never stopped believing that people she cared about were
In every story, there is a lesson that can come from it, even when the story was written in a time as far back as 1793. Laurie Anderson, author of the novel “Fever 1793” had used many lessons in her writing. One of which was used multiple times and has helped her characters, especially one by the name of Matilda, tremendously. The lesson is that paying attention and grasping all knowledge available during one’s life experience, then, later on, that knowledge and experience can become useful.
amount of confusion in Philadelphia in 1793. A misconception is a mistaken idea. Philadelphia was full of cleaning crews and transportation in 1793. Some people were willing to trust that people could stop the fever while other chose to flee. They were all scared of becoming sick from the wrongly perceived causes like dead animals, dirty wharfs, refugees, etc. The novel, Fever 1793, written by Laurie Halse Anderson is about the devastation caused during Yellow Fever. The main character, Mattie Cook, is
the novels Fever 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson and The Devil’s Arithmetic by Jane Yolen, the theme “stay strong even when times get rough” is shown by love, courage, and family. The authors express this by putting conflict and setting in the stories. The characters then learn how to love, be courageous, and to stick with their family when times get hard. In the book Fever 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson, a 14 year old girl is living in the year of 1793, when the disease of yellow fever was spreading
At the start of the book, Fever 1793, the story takes place at the Cook’s Coffeehouse. The main character, Matilda, is woken up by her mom flipping open the curtains, yelling at her to wake up and get started on her morning chores before the guests arrive. Before the guests arrive, Eliza, a free black, also their cook, starts making food for the guests who will be arriving as soon as the shop opens. Matilda has to take care of the garden that is on the backside of the house, help get ready to open
Fever 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson is a historical fiction. It takes place during the yellow fever epidemic in Philadelphia. The main character Mattie Cook lives there and her world is turned upside down by it. Mattie has to keep persevering to survive the epidemic. Laurie Halse Anderson teaches the lesson of perseverance and uses author’s craft to express her point. Anderson uses two types of author’s craft in Fever 1793 which are descriptive words and character development. In Fever 1793
Epidemics and the Control of Disease around the 1840s In Andrea Barrett's "Ship Fever", we get a historical fiction approach to ships and disease in the mid-nineteenth century. We encounter such diseases as Dysentery, Dropsy, and Ship Fever; most likely being Yellow fever. Another disease mentioned in the novella is auge, which is most likely the same or similar to Dengue fever or Black fever. Let's briefly talk about each of these before moving on to their role in the story. Dysentery is caused
MERS, but for centuries—before either of those diseases were born—Yellow Fever wreaked havoc as one of the most deadly and rapidly spreading diseases. Unlike many illnesses associated with age or weakness, Yellow Fever affects seemingly healthy people; mostly men who work outdoors especially in tropical environments (i.e. loggers, farmers, construction workers) (“Yellow Fever” Gale Encyclopedia). This is because yellow fever—a virus—is transmitted through the bite of a mosquito. Although it has been
What is yellow fever? Yellow Fever is a virus that is found in tropical areas of both Africa and South America (Monath 160). It is found in 47 countries in both those areas (WHO 1). It is generally called “Yellow Fever” because of its medical symptoms such as the yellowing of skin and eyes that affect many people (WHO 1). While Yellow Fever had existed in the 1690s, the first serious known case of Yellow Fever is in the breakout in Philadelphia in America of the year 1793 where black refugees
There has been great debate and controversy in trying to determine the appropriate methods in attaining an accurate temperature in pediatric patients. In light of new technological advances to find innovative ways to attain exact temperatures in this population, there are hospitals and affiliated medical centers that still assess pediatric temperature through traditional means, which is rectal thermometer. Even more disturbing is the continued use of glass mercury-filled thermometers in the health
Infectious Mononucleosis Infectious mononucleosis, commonly referred to as “mono”, is a disease that results from the Epstein-Barr virus or EBV. It is also known as glandular fever because it attacks the lymph glands in your throat. Many people have been exposed to mono at some point in their lives, but have built up resistance to the disease. People are diagnosed with mono through a type of blood test called a monospot test, and prescribed proper recovery methods. Mono affects people all around
Amy Widener is a real estate agent, mother of two, and a sepsis survivor. In 2013 Amy was in the best shape of her life. She had just finished a Disney half marathon and was reaping the benefits of her intense training, little did she know that that training was going to save her life. One night she woke up with extreme abdominal pain and was rushed to the emergency room where she learned that she had a kink in her intestines. They performed emergency surgery and released her after a little bit of
one allele of CIPA is a carrier but does not exhibit signs of the disease. Mutations in the NTRK1 gene cause a protein not to be activated by phosphorylation (2). Without the protein functio... ... middle of paper ... ... She had frequent high fevers but never showed any signs of sweating or pain throughout the episodes. She was then recorded as self-mutilating body parts and biting off the tips of fingers and tongue (9). Currently, there is no treatment for Congenital Insensitivity to Pain with
adults. The term "mononucleosis" is a reference to the increase in your body’s mononuclear white blood cells (or lymphocytes) in your bloodstream, which is due to the EBV infection. This illness can leave you feeling extremely tired, can spike a slight fever, sore throat, and swollen lymph nodes. A persons tonsils can have a whitish coating. This is common in at least one-third of reported Mono cases. About 5% of patients develop a splotchy red rash on multiple parts of the body. This rash can have a similar
In January 1925 Percy Fawcett, his son and his son’s friend set out on their journey to discover the secrets of the Amazon Rainforest. There are many things that make it very hard for survival in the Amazon, unless they are indigenous and are used to it, like the living conditions, the diseases carried by the animals and spread to humans, the natives, and the lack of food. One reason survival is so hard in the Amazon is the living conditions. The Amazon has been called a “virgin forest” because until
Tuberculosis and Typhus Fever: Diseases of Class in 19th-Century England Missing Works Cited Although more prevalent amongst the working class, tuberculosis and typhus fever were contracted by all populations in Victorian England. People of the upper and middle classes could afford treatment while the poor were often subjected to unsanitary, disease-ridden living conditions. Charity schools were common places of infection due to inedible food and a vulnerability to contagion, i.e., the necessity
Rebirth in Lady Lazarus, Fever 103, Getting There, and Cut The Ariel-period poems of Sylvia Plath demonstrate her desire for rebirth, to escape the body that was "drummed into use" by men and society. I will illustrate the different types of rebirth with examples from the Ariel poems, including "Lady Lazarus," "Fever 103," "Getting There," and "Cut." "Lady Lazarus," the last of the October poems, presents Plath as the victim with her aggression turned towards "her male victimizer (33)." Lady
since I never have had bumps like these in my mouth. Oh well, I am sure they will go away in a few days. I am not feeling well at all. I don't think it was just the long week that was affecting my health, but I might be genuinely sick, maybe just a fever or the flu? My girlfriend told me she has been going through the same thing. I don't think this is a good sign. However, being a typical guy I will wait it out and see what develops. April 25, 2005--Still feeling unwell and apparently the bumps