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andrea2008
andrea2008
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College - Sophomore

How did the people deal with the many deaths that had been occurring in "Fever 1793"?

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Posted by andrea2008 on Tuesday September 16, 2008 at 5:40 PM and tagged with characters, cope, death, fever 1793.

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  1. pmiranda2857
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    High School - 11th Grade

    Mattie, a teenager in the story, is very brave in the face of death and disease.  She deals with the problems that she faces with maturity and responsibility.

    Even when her Mother dies, and she contracts Yellow Fever, loses the coffeehouse and then her grandfather to murder, Mattie does not give up, she works hard to reopen the Coffeehouse.

    "Young adults will emerge from this novel with a sense of hope, perseverance, and understanding."

    Sources:
    http://www.enotes.com/fever-1793-qn/themes-characters

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    Posted by pmiranda2857 on Wednesday September 17, 2008 at 2:13 PM