Fever Essays

The 1870s Yellow Fever Epidemics in Memphis Yellow fever originated in West Africa and was believed to be transported by slave ships although no one really knows. Being an African born disease, it thrives in hot wet weather typically where mosquitos breed. Sky high fever, pounding headache, cramping muscle aches, particularly in your back and knees, sensitivity to light, nausea, vomiting, loss of appetite, dizziness, red eyes. These are all symptoms of the unforgiveable Yellow Fever. Memphis hasn’t

The two stories “Hair” by Malcolm X and “Typhoid Fever” by Frank McCourt are both very similar, yet different stories about human suffering. Furthermore, “Hair” is about young Malcolm X living in a society based on the way white people live. Malcolm earns money and goes to a salon in order to get his hair conked, a hair style during the 1940’s that made hair straighter. On the other hand, “Typhoid Fever” is about a young boy with a deadly disease living in a hospital and the people surrounding him

the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793. In the book Fever 1973 by Laurie Halse Anderson, Mattie’s family suffered from the Yellow Fever Epidemic. Many people died because of it but unfortunately some still didn’t believe that it was the Fever. Some even had the symptoms but blew it off saying they were just tired. Some blamed it on the heat, others on the Domingan Refugees. No matter what they blamed it on it didn’t get better for quite a while. Mattie’s family got through the Yellow Fever Epidemic though

and lands us face down on the floor, confused and muddled, we try to pick up the pieces of who we were. But it's too late, fever has already set in. Written and directed by Logan George & Celine Held, Fever, recounts the lives of four young people whom unknowingly will come face to face with a fever. "Fever" being a choice, a split second decision, a do or don't. The fever results in them succumbing to their most basic instincts. Based on true stories, the film explores our inner most thoughts

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. Soon afterwards, Grandfather

Literary Essay: Fever 1793 Laurie Halse Anderson’s historical fiction novel, Fever 1793, takes place in the capital of the United States during that time, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. A fatal illness, called yellow fever, strikes in the summertime of 1793. Until the frosts come, the dreaded yellow fever disease rampages through the city, tearing it apart, home by home, family by family, person by person. Throughout the story, Matilda “Mattie” Cook, the main character, is able to turn over a new

dark situations to help you surpass the suffering. This is true in most cases where death may lie. In the book Fever 1793, by Laurie Halse Anderson, the Author shows just what a grim disease my do to you, your loved ones, and everyone else on this planet. In the book, a 13 year old girl, Marie, Lives a normal life in Philadelphia until the day comes during the summer of 1793 were the fever strikes it's first few victims. She is forced to try and survive not only the sickness but the people, and places

Have you ever heard of the famous “yellow fever” disease? If you were born right here in North America, you’ve probably never heard of it. Personally, in all my nineteen years I’ve only encountered the name a couple of times but never enough to care very much about it. This is because yellow fever primarily resides outside of North America, where there are harsh environments and extreme changes in social status. Places such as South America and Africa are frequently attacked by diseases, leaving

like the fictional character Matilda Cook, in the novel Fever 1793 By Laurie Halsh Anderson she lost a parent at a very young age. They both were young women looking for adventure and finding it in the most unexpected places. In the summer of 1793 a horrible epidemic hit home in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. This epidemic was killing hundreds of people daily. Matilda Cook is a 13 year old girl trying to find herself within the midst of a fever outbreak, a strict mother, and trying to figure out the

historical fiction novel Fever 1793, a young girl named Mattie has to go through many hardships due to the Yellow Fever epidemic in Philadelphia. Mattie has to experience many deaths, losses, and even the fever herself. Anderson uses repetition and quotes at the beginning of chapters to express the theme, which is that goodbyes are difficult but can give the person saying those goodbyes valuable characteristics and can later on help them. One theme that represents Fever 1793 is that goodbyes are

more than 5000 people died from the Yellow Fever in Philadelphia? The book Fever 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson, is a historical fiction about a girl named Matilda trying to survive against yellow fever with Her Mother, Grandfather, and Eliza in Philadelphia. The theme of the book is “Perseverance allows the overcoming of hardships and brings hope to those who persevere.” During the novel Fever 1793, Matilda endured through the entire Yellow Fever epidemic with it having ups and downs that built

A souvenir to avoid: Yellow Fever virus Planning a nice, relaxing rainforest excursion in Africa or South America? Be sure to obtain the appropriate travel vaccines to avoid receiving a nasty souvenir: Yellow Fever Virus. Yellow fever is an acute viral hemorrhagic fever that results due to the yellow fever virus. The enveloped virus is of the Flavivirus genus, and part of the Flaviviridae family. Since the middle of the 17th century to the early 1900s, the virus has caused epidemics in

Literary Essay: Fever 1793 Laurie Halse Anderson's historical fiction novel, Fever 1793, takes place in the prosperous city of Philadelphia, which at the time was the capital of the United States. In the year 1793, Yellow Fever hit the city of Philadelphia—hard. This epidemic was ripping the city apart, as a result having unruly consequences. This including sorrow, rage, and perhaps the most grievous, fear. Anderson uses figurative language and sentence variety in order to establish the lesson that

Ellis Colvin Mrs. Lewis Literature 8A - #7 29 August 2014 Fever 1793: Summer Reading “Fever 1793” by Laurie Halse is a historical fiction novel about the widespread propagation of a horrid, dastardly pestilence spanning its wing’s shadows over the quaint, unsuspecting port state of Philadelphia, taking place during the late 1700’s. The main conflict within this book is the ruinous plague of the Yellow Fever being stricken into the hearts of millions upon millions of Philadelphians. This disease

‘Fever 1793’ Yellow Fever, one of the most deadliest diseases in the world. It’s already enough for them to go through; but can you imagine suffering from it? Their emotional state of mind is the least of our worries, but then again; should we worry? The author uses this deadly disease to develop the character traits of the citizens that live in this horrified town. They had many reasons for acting the way they did. They mainly behaved this way, because of the disease. Matilda stated “And

The author Laurie Halse Anderson introduced character Matilda Cook in her book Fever 1793. Yellow Fever is a disease that overwhelmed the city of Philadelphia, the home of Matilda Cook. No one really knows how it all started, it could have been the rotten coffee at the port, or the fleeing French. Who ever or what whatever it was, it happened and it affected Mattie in a big way. The biggest thing that affected her was, that her grandfather died in an accident with robbers. The second biggest thing

The Defeat of Yellow Fever in Havana Cuba Yellow fever is a deadly disease that has been severely affecting countries all over the world for many years. However, one of the largest outbreaks occurred in 1878 during the Spanish American War in Havana Cuba. The disease killed more victims than the war itself, killing ten soldiers to every one soldier killed in battle. The United States Government was determined to put an end to this deadly disease. Not only were the American soldiers fighting in

The Fever Of 1793 Fever 1793, is an award winning book by,Laurie Halse Anderson that takes place in the cook CoffeeHouse in philadelphia,1793. The main character, Mattie is trying to survive the illness of almost everyone in the entire city.Mattie tries to save all of her beloved ones, but sadly it doesn’t work out as she hopped it would have.But she helps people along the way and with that makes a new family. It's 1793 and people are starting to just drop dead on their beds complaining of a

Fever 1793 was written by Laurie Halse Anderson and is based on the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793. Fever 1793 had several historically accurate locations and events as well as people of 1793. In 1793 Yellow Fever broke out in Philadelphia just like it did in the book. In 1793, there would only be free walking blacks in Philadelphia because of the Quakers of this time period. Eliza is an example of one of the free walking blacks in Philadelphia. When the Fever Epidemic broke out in 1793, George Washington

by Laurie Halse Anderson called Fever 1793, Matilda Cook and her few family members that live in Philadelphia, are faced by an epidemic disease called yellow fever. It centers around how Mattie must make due to survive this fatal virus easily contracted by mosquitoes, which at this time period, was not known. By using inner thoughts and description, Anderson constructs a lesson of good things coming out of bad times. A theme that is able to be pulled out of Fever 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson is