Cece Baumann 3/12/15 Fever 1793 "Fever 1793" by Laurie Halse Anderson is about a girl named Matilda Cook. Matilda lives with her mother, grandfather, their cat Siles and her grandfathers bird King George. They all live in their coffee house in Philadelphia. They have a cook named Eliza who is a free black woman. They also have a server girl named Polly.
The book I read was called Fever 1793 and here is my book summary. This book is about a teenage girl named Mattie Cook. it all starts off on August 16, 1973 Mattie's family runs a little coffee shop in Philadelphia. there has been an outbreak of yellow fever in philadelphia all the sudden. the first person Maddie knows that gets yellow fever is one of the workers in the shop whose name was Polly, shortly after Polly dies.
For this book report the book that was chosen was, Fever 1793. The author of this fiction book is Laurie Halse Anderson. This book is set during the summer of 1793 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The duration of this book is over a period of a month's, essentially the beginning of summer to the beginning of fall. Matilda Cook is the main character and works in a coffee shop, her mother, Lucille , and her grandfather own.
Do you think you could survive the yellow fever? Matilda “Mattie” Cook could, and did in the historical fiction book Fever 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson. First her mother got sick with the fever and sent Mattie to a farm outside of town, with her Grandfather. Soon afterwards, Matilda caught the fever and Grandfather carried her to a hospital in Bush Hill. After struggling at home for a while to find food, thieves came and Matilda defended the house with Grandfather.
A long time ago things were worse with illnesses such as yellow fever. Today it's picked up better with vaccinations but stuck alone with nothing to hope for back then might of not been the finest option ? Mattie Cook a young girl in the book Fever 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson had dealt with things at the maximum , stuck alone with no hope. In 1793 a big out burst on yellow fever went around causing many to die and many others were very sick.
“My mother never accepted any of the young men, for in her eyes they seemed always a combination of the lazy, the effeminate, the dishonest and the unknown. They never seemed to do any physical work and she could not comprehend their luxurious vacations and she did not know whence they came not who they were.” (8) The mother grew even farther from her daughters, she had finally lost them completely. She had no respect for their curious need to read books and explore. Creating a tension not just between her and her daughter but the family as a
l throughout the novel Bastard out of Carolina by Dorothy Allison, the women of the Boatwright family, despite their capabilities, tough shells, and tenacity, bow down to the men of the family. While these tough southern women are not afraid to take their brothers to task or yell at their husbands, they still subscribe to the gender roles expected of all women, roles that place them in a submissive position to the men in their lives. Women take care of the children, the home, and clothe their children and men. The place in the family that women are allowed to occupy is a place in the home, as a caretaker and nurturer. This role is often one that doesn’t satisfy women.
Mosquitoes are killing everyone. It may sound like a grisly nightmare, but this somewhat occurred in the late 1700s. Yellow fever started from mosquitoes transmitting their virus to humans after arriving in the United States and led to an infectious and deadly outbreak across Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The book Fever 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson tells the story of a girl living through the virus and battling with the hardships and loss that comes with an epidemic. It utilizes and connects conflicts, characterization, and themes to evolve the story and make it entertaining.
Throughout the history of mankind, there has always been a battle between good and evil in one form or another. Whether it be light and dark, God and Devil, virtue and vice, peace and war, love love hate, the two sides are always be at odds. Zora Neale Hurston was no stranger to this age-old conflict. Growing up as a black woman in the south in the early 1900’s, and the daughter of a preacher, she was familiar with both the hate and wickedness or unfailing righteousness that a person could possess (Boyd). In her short story, “Sweat,” Zora Neale Hurston explores the theme of good versus evil, the relationship the two forces share, and the inevitable defeat of wickedness through her main characters, point of view, and symbolism.
To govern fairly means to rule or lead without bias in an honest, transparent manner that conforms to established rules. Julius Caesar did not govern fairly. He obtained power through force, disregarded the established constitutional norms, and imposed his authority as a dictator without consent from the governed or following principles of justice and equality. In "The Rise of Julius Caesar" by Hal Marcovitz, the following quotes are shared, "As Caesar made his way back to Rome, the Senate ordered him to disband his army. Caesar refused to give up.
Julius Caesar did not govern fairly. I believe this because it seems like war and power were the only things this dictator wanted. For example, in "The rise of Julius Caesar" by Hal Marcovitz, it says "Caesar's ploy was not much of a gamble. His army easily swept aside his enemies, including his one-time ally, Pompey." This states that yes, Caesar was insanely strong and powerful, but getting rid of his one-time ally because he was supposedly in his way shows that he is not governing fair.
In today’s society, people believe in many superstition. But in order to fully understand superstitions one must learn the roots of superstition and where it came from. The roots of superstition come from the Elizabethan era in Britain. We as people have a tendency to overlook how things came about. We also must learn in steps, or a process what made superstition such a huge component of how people lived in the Elizabethan era.
In Edith Wharton’s most remarkable novel, Ethan Frome, the main character, Ethan Frome, is in love with a prohibited woman… his wife's cousin. His wife, Zeena, is a sick woman who has a villainous essence to her and an irrevocable hold on Ethan. Mattie Silver is Zeena’s cousin and the woman Ethan is infatuated with. Through Ethan’s eyes, Mattie is described as youthful, attractive, and graceful basically everything Zeena isn’t.
Every action taken and every choice made has the possibility of altering the path one takes in life in either a negative or positive way. This principle is shown in Edith Wharton’s short story Roman Fever and I am able to connect with the principle through my choice of becoming friends with Tayler Daniel. Becoming friends with Tayler has positively influenced my involvement in church, shaped my plans during free time, and given me a life-long friend. Just as one simple letter and the choices made by it altered the lives of Grace Ansley and Alida Slade in Roman Fever, choosing to go on a mission trip to Pryor, Oklahoma altered my life. Long periods of time spent with a small amount of people will either draw the group together or tear the group apart; my time in Pryor, Oklahoma drew me closer to the six other teenagers on the trip and one of those teenagers was Tayler Daniel.
Pax Romana, known as the Roman peace period in Latin terms, and what most people today refer to it as, was an influential era for the Roman Empire. Pax Romana was a period of peace, prosperity and stability across the Roman Empire that lasted from 27 B.C.E to 180 C.E, approximately 206 long years. This reign of peace throughout the Roman Empire began with Augustus. As the Roman Empire expanded its territory to larger regions of the world; adding lands in North Africa, the Middle East and the Balkans, its population expanded to an estimated 70 million people. The growing complications of taking over such a large sum of land resulted in many different challenges to the Roman’s.
