Comparison Of An American Plague And Fever 1793

“We were in the center of a dying city.” That was the thought of millions of yellow fever victims during the devastating outbreak of 1793. This disaster is the focus of the nonfiction text “An American Plague.” The text is about a young woman, Catherine LeMaige, who lost her life to yellow fever, although her doctors did all they could. After recounting the symptoms, they concluded Catherine had contracted yellow fever, and was one of the earliest victims. “Fever 1793” was another historical fiction story that shows a teenage Matilda Cook, who is immune to yellow fever, realizing the severity of the outbreak that is destroying her city. In both “An American Plague” and “Fever 1793,” the yellow fever outbreak of 1793 greatly affected the town of Philadelphia and its citizens. “An American Plague” shows how Philadelphia's citizens were greatly affected by the yellow fever outbreak of 1793. For example, after trying many treatments, Catherine’s body reacted the following way. “Finally, the pulse grew weak, the tongue grew a dry brown, and the victim became depressed,

My first piece of evidence to support the claim is, “...I only saw empty shells of buildings, already falling into disrepair after weeks of neglect.” The evidence last shown shows that Philadelphia is becoming ruins after yellow fever forced everyone into a quarantine. My next piece of evidence shows relationships and interactions between people. “His family tossed him out so he wouldn’t catch the fever. The death cart will get him soon for burying.” That passage supports my claim because it shows the way people treated their own family when driven by the fear of the yellow fever. People turned on each other to protect themselves. That is how “Fever 1793” shows the effect of yellow fever on Philadelphia and the relationships between its