Fever 1793 Group

Question:

joe101
joe101
Student

Who are the characters mentioned in this book?

Rate question:

Posted by joe101 on Friday December 12, 2008 at 3:15 PM and tagged with characters, fever 1793.

Answers:

  1. pmiranda2857
    pmiranda2857 Teacher
    High School - 10th Grade

    eNotes Editor

    Best answer as selected by question asker.

    The fourteen-year-old protagonist, Mattie, her mother Lucinda is the antagonist.  There are other characters, Nathaniel Benson, Mattie's grandfather, Captain Willliam Farnsworth Cook, Nell, and Eliza.

     "Nathaniel gives Mattie flowers as a way to remember him as the city locks its doors to the fever."

    "Mattie's grandfather, Captain William Farnsworth Cook, protects her like a father figure. He teaches her practical lessons."

    "She discovers baby Nell cowering in a corner and sucking her thumb, her blonde hair loose and tangled, her feet bare and black with dirt. Nell's mother has died of the fever. Mattie decides to care for Nell."

    "She finds Eliza, Lucinda's valued peer, who joined the Free African Society. Thick into the action, Eliza befriends Mattie." 

     

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

    Rate answer:

    Posted by pmiranda2857 on Friday December 12, 2008 at 3:30 PM

  2. ditzyandsmart
    ditzyandsmart Student
    High School - 9th Grade

    the main person is matilda cook, lucille cok,eliza,nell,grandfather

    Rate answer:

    Posted by ditzyandsmart on Thursday January 15, 2009 at 11:59 AM