Have you ever gone through hard times and had to overcome them? That’s what happened to Matilda in the story Fever, 1793. Unfortunately, everyone has/will go through hard times and might find it hard to overcome tough times. Matilda, or as she is called, Mattie, went through tough times but she got through them. Fever 1793 is about the people of Philadelphia facing Yellow Fever, told from a girl’s, Matilda’s, point of view. In my opinion, the main idea of Fever, 1793 is overcoming hardships because Mattie kept going when her mother got sick, when her grandfather died, and she stood strong when Nell, Robert, and William got sick. I will show you how Mattie made it through tough times and overcame hardship, even when life tried to drag her down with things like sickness, death, and fear.
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Mattie stays strong when mother gets sick by staying positive and knowing things will get better, for example on page 69 it says, ‘ “Everything will be fine,” I said as I sponged her face clean. “Just lay still” ’ Also, on page 71 Mattie is surprised mother has yellow fever because she knows mother as a strong woman. ‘It made no sense. Mother wouldn’t allow it. She had given birth to me in the morning and cooked supper for ten that night. She survived the British occupation while my father fought with Washington’s troops, mother would beat back illness with a broom.’ This shows she overcame hardship by knowing mother is strong and should easily get over yellow fever. Mattie stays strong throughout mothers sickness by believing mother will be fine and knowing her mother is strong and yellow fever shouldn’t be a problem for her, showing she overcame
Mattie stays strong when mother gets sick by staying positive and knowing things will get better, for example on page 69 it says, ‘ “Everything will be fine,” I said as I sponged her face clean. “Just lay still” ’ Also, on page 71 Mattie is surprised mother has yellow fever because she knows mother as a strong woman. ‘It made no sense. Mother wouldn’t allow it. She had given birth to me in the morning and cooked supper for ten that night. She survived the British occupation while my father fought with Washington’s troops, mother would beat back illness with a broom.’ This shows she overcame hardship by knowing mother is strong and should easily get over yellow fever. Mattie stays strong throughout mothers sickness by believing mother will be fine and knowing her mother is strong and yellow fever shouldn’t be a problem for her, showing she overcame