Laurie Halse Anderson had one strong theme in her book Fever 1793 ( the setting in philadelphia), and that is coping with loss because in the story mattie had many deaths, and a family member that left so she would be protected because mattie’s mom had the fever.
One theme expressed in Fever 1793 is people cope with loss in different ways. On the other hand, perhaps scenes that are critical in the story are when grandfather dies and mattie is angered, broken down and was all depressed because her role model has died. Like when mattie had to see grandfather died she buried him. She coped with the loss because after it she helped the free african society and tried to find her mother because she told mattie to leave so she didn’t get yellow
One theme expressed in Fever 1793 is people cope with loss in different ways. On the other hand, perhaps scenes that are critical in the story are when grandfather dies and mattie is angered, broken down and was all depressed because her role model has died. Like when mattie had to see grandfather died she buried him. She coped with the loss because after it she helped the free african society and tried to find her mother because she told mattie to leave so she didn’t get yellow