FEVER

Summary

Matilda and her family are living in their coffee shop in Philadelphia when the fever strikes. Matilda tries to escape by going to a friends farm but she soon discovers that the fever is everywhere. Will she escape it ?

Setting

It takes place in 1793 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The mood is sad, eerie, and sort of spooky.

Matilda

Is the main character in the story. She is very adaptable because when the fever strikes she has to adapt to living in a town where there are a bunch of fever victims, deaths, and robbers.

Grandfather

The grand father is very perseverant because even though he was old and tired he carried Matilda all the way to Bush Hill in his arms to receive treatment for the fever.

RISING ACTION

RISING ACTION

• Matilda's mom was dianosed with yellow fever.
• Matilda and her grandfather get thrown off the wagon.
• Matilda catches the yellow fever and is carryed to Bush Hill.
• The grandfather dies because the robbers hit him.

Climax

The three kids Nell, Robert, and William catch the yellow fever and Matilda and Eliza have to work constantly to cure them.

DENOUEMENT

Denouement

1. Nell, William, and Robert recover from the fever.

2. Matilda, Nathaniel, and Eliza's family have a nice dinner at the coffee house.

3. Matilda and Eliza reopen the coffee house together.

4. Matilda's mom returns home well.

CONFLICT

The conflict in "Fever" is person vs. nature because the characters are against the fever. The fever is nature because the characters have no control over it.

EMPOWERING

"Look, Eliza, it's the frost. The first frost! The end of the fever"(Anderson 210). I think the tone is empowering because you can hear the confidence in their voices because they are in control now.

"Huzzah! Huzzah! General George is back !"
(Anderson 231)
I think the theme is if you keep on persevering things will always get better.