Mattie Cook In Fever 1793

It is common for teenagers to change in character after they experience dangerous or painful situations.This is the case for Mattie Cook in the book Fever 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson.At first, Mattie has an easy life where she is lazy and dependent on her family to take on the responsibilities that she doesn’t take on.Later on, Mattie has to face some very difficult an painful losses and situations.At the end, everything falls back into place, but Mattie has to learn to do the work that her mother used to do for her and she has to become more independent after experiencing her losses.Mattie has changed since the beginning of the book to become the strong, young woman that she is now.Mattie has become responsible and has learned to take control …show more content…
I hurried to set out the breakfast dishes before Eliza came downstairs.”(Anderson 242)This shows that Mattie has started to do household chores that she never did before.Usually her mom did all the work like washing the dishes and making breakfast.In short, Mattie has become more hard-working as she grew more mature throughout the