Laurie Halse Anderson’s Historical Fiction novel, Fever 1793, takes place in Philadelphia- a large city- during the fever epedemic. Mattie Cook lives in a coffeehouse with her Mother, Grandfather, and her cook Eliza. By the time the fever epedemic breaks out, Mattie has to be strong in order to survive. Anderson uses descriptive words and sentence varitey to show the theme of the story; bravery. The author creates this lesson to show that someones bravery can save an entire city.
The theme in Fever 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson is bravery. Eliza, Mattie, and Stephen Girard all show multiple acts of bravery. For example, Eliza along with Mattie risk their lives to help fever victims. The author states; “The sights and smells of Eliza’s …show more content…
The descriptive sentence, “After a few days of coolness, the sun blazed with heat again, and the air was thick with moisture and infection,” this illistrates the conditions and sights of Philadelphia that is surrounded by illness through Mattie’s perspective (193). Anderson uses these vivid terms to show how brave and strong Mattie is when she has to go around trying to help the infected city remain alive even though she is risking her life while doing so. Certainly it could be said that Mattie’s job wasn’t to care for fever victims-while this is a good point, it fails to account for the time when Nell was found. Mattie’s job was to care for her, she couldn’t just leave Nell on the sick streets. Mattie is a strong girl going through horrible conditions in the Philadelphia homes. On the other hand, Laurie Halse Anderson also uses sentence variety to show what Mattie is seeing in the homes of fever victims. The long sentence, “A dying woman in a cot surrounded…” shows how the city of Philadelphia is dying, and the majority of people have caught the yellow fever (192). Dying women, men, and children are horrific sights to see and Mattie chooses to go through the unpleasant conditions to help fever victims. This connects to the idea of bravery because Mattie has to be brave and endure the circumstances she is under to help those families dealing with sickness. …show more content…
Their bravery saved the city of Philadelphia from dying. These small acts of bravery changed everything for their future. In Fever 1793 Laurie Halse Anderson used descrptive word choice and sentence variety to create the lesson of bravery. When the story comes to an end- it is shown that the acts of bravery taken by Mattie, Eliza, and Stephen Girard were all acts that would change the future and health of
The theme in Fever 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson is bravery. Eliza, Mattie, and Stephen Girard all show multiple acts of bravery. For example, Eliza along with Mattie risk their lives to help fever victims. The author states; “The sights and smells of Eliza’s …show more content…
The descriptive sentence, “After a few days of coolness, the sun blazed with heat again, and the air was thick with moisture and infection,” this illistrates the conditions and sights of Philadelphia that is surrounded by illness through Mattie’s perspective (193). Anderson uses these vivid terms to show how brave and strong Mattie is when she has to go around trying to help the infected city remain alive even though she is risking her life while doing so. Certainly it could be said that Mattie’s job wasn’t to care for fever victims-while this is a good point, it fails to account for the time when Nell was found. Mattie’s job was to care for her, she couldn’t just leave Nell on the sick streets. Mattie is a strong girl going through horrible conditions in the Philadelphia homes. On the other hand, Laurie Halse Anderson also uses sentence variety to show what Mattie is seeing in the homes of fever victims. The long sentence, “A dying woman in a cot surrounded…” shows how the city of Philadelphia is dying, and the majority of people have caught the yellow fever (192). Dying women, men, and children are horrific sights to see and Mattie chooses to go through the unpleasant conditions to help fever victims. This connects to the idea of bravery because Mattie has to be brave and endure the circumstances she is under to help those families dealing with sickness. …show more content…
Their bravery saved the city of Philadelphia from dying. These small acts of bravery changed everything for their future. In Fever 1793 Laurie Halse Anderson used descrptive word choice and sentence variety to create the lesson of bravery. When the story comes to an end- it is shown that the acts of bravery taken by Mattie, Eliza, and Stephen Girard were all acts that would change the future and health of