Fever and Summary Maker

For today my job was to summarize and I did it. Today I want to share with you to see what you are thinking of it and say your opinion.

Matilda's grandfather wasn't that careful and didn't think that their family could be the victim of fever even when Ogilvie family got seek, too. First Matilda's grandpa called a doctor and said that she doesn't  have fever. Matilda was happy, but no long, because she started to get sick. Then they called another doctor and this time another doctor said that she has yellow fever. The all family was sad. They decided to go away. Matilda didn't like that idea and wanted to stay in coffin house to care about her mom and house and also business. Eliza made her to go and promised that she will took care about her mother. One family was moving. They had one small child. They were going with a wagon that's why they joint them. In the way Matilda's grandfather started to feel bad and that's why they didn't let Matilda and his grandfather to cross the border. The family, which was with them said that they know them and took their food from them. So Matilda stayed hopeless with his grandfather and his annoying parrot.

Key points:

1. Colette dies and it gives sign to Mis Cook that it's dangerous too be here, in this town and need to go away from here

     2.  Mis Cook gets sick and they call for doctor and get bad news that Miss Cook has yellow fever.

    3.  Grandpa and Matilda pack up to run away and Eliza stays to care about Mis Cook.

    4. They took a wagon where a family with small child.

    5. When they reach the border Matilda's grandpa gets seek and doesn't allow to pass the border and the family, which came with them pass with things that Matilda and his grandparent packed not including their parrot.

Fever-Xander-Summary

Whole Book Summary

By: Xander

Matilda is a girl who lives with her mother above a coffee house. Matilda’s mom owns the coffee house. One day, the serving girl didn’t come to work. Matilda later learns that she came down with yellow fever. After this, Matilda learns of more and more yellow fever cases popping out of nowhere. Now Matilda meets a boy named Nathaniel Benson. The next person to fall ill is Matilda’s own mother. Doctors keep coming to visit her to try and find a cure. Later they start to drain some of her blood. She later tells Matilda and grandfather to go to the city where it is safe. Matilda goes with her grandfather to please her mom but on the way they were mistaken for fever patients. Trying to take care of her grandfather, she comes down with the yellow fever. She then wakes up to find herself in a bed at Bush Hill, which is a hospital. They didn’t drain any blood. They thought that sleeping was a better way than draining blood. Later Matilda and her grandfather go back to the city to sadly find the coffee house raided by thieves and looters. Matilda tries to find food for herself and her grandfather in the small garden. Soon grandfather dies. After Matilda saw him properly buried, she walks around the city of Philadelphia and finds an orphan who goes by the name Nell. After walking around with Nell, Matilda sees a familiar face. She saw the old coffee house’s chef, Eliza. Eliza takes Matilda and Nell to her brother Joseph's house, where Matilda meets Joseph, his twin boys, and Mother Smith, who isn’t all that nice but likes to take care of the boys because they lost their mom. Unfortunately, Nell and the twins come down with yellow fever. They took the children to the coffee house and nursed them. Then the frost came and their fevers broke. Nathaniel Benson and Matilda reunite and people from the country start to come back to the city. Matilda re-opens the coffee house and makes Eliza her business partner. Nate (Nathaniel) starts to come around more and Matilda hangs up some of his paintings. Soon Matilda and her mom are reunited and she isn’t as strong as she used to be. Matilda starts to build a new life and she lived happy.

"Fever" Discussion director

 Last time when we had Literacy circle meeting I got to be the Discussion Director. Today I  asked questions to my groupmates and they tried to answer them.

1. Why didn't they allow Mattie's grandfather to go through boarder, if he didn't have yellow fever?

  

He didn't have yellow eyes, but hey were afraid that soon the yellow eyes will appear and it will be too late and didn't let them to go.

2. Who was the woman who take care of Mattie and his grandfather?

The woman, who worked in Bush Hill and helped Mattie, name is Mrs. Flagg.

3.Why did Eliza stayed in the house, if Mattie's mother had yellow fever?

Eliza stayed in house, because it wasn't sure if she will die, so she stayed to care about her. Also that time there was a theory that black people don't get yellow fever.

4. Did anybody show racism to Eliza as being a black person? 

Eliza felt there like in her home. In their family they cared about Eliza, as she was like a person from their family. In outside they didn't show racism, too. 

5.   What was the pet and it's name that Mattie owned?

The pet that Mattie had was a cat, which she like it a lot. It's name was Silas. The cat was clever and was listening to Mattie.

Fever 1793-Illustrator-Xander

Fever 1973

This picture is supposed to be Matilda.

This is how I see her when I read the book so that is why I drew this.

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Discussion Director-Xander-A Pickpockets Tale

A Pickpocket's Tale

By:Xander

1. Why did Rachel want to go to the market?

      A. She wanted to see her sweetheart man.

      2. Why can't Rachel go to the Market?

      A. It is a Sunday, and Jewish people can't do anything during Sunday.

      3. If the Bell family can't even light a candle on Sundays than how do they do it?

      A. Arabella is Christian and Christians don't have such a rule.

6. Fever - Literary Luminary - Yoonji

"Farmers had come back into town following the frost, and their prices dropped as quickly as the temperature." (Chapter 26, page 211). This phrase was found in a section of descriptions right afterwards the end of the fever, along with the frost, a sign of healing among the sick in the story. It has been depicting how the livelier aspects before the strike of disease had returned, especially to the reopened markets and supplies. However, this statement is a metaphor, interesting in terms of description. However, the decrease in price in the sentence implies the assumed prices; during the fever, better products and such were hard to access, therefore rare and expensive, and after the fever, the foods were available again.

"The Lord helps those who helps themselves," (Chapter 27, page 223) This was a saying from Joseph, Eliza's brother, implying that he thought that independent survival was mandatory while the sickness still roamed. I believe that he is rather straightforward or sometimes ill-tongued when concerning the devastation from the disease. That may be related to the sickness of his children, intensifying the worry.

"She felt like a frail bird." (Chapter 29, page 234) - I thought this was ironic, for Mattie's mother evidently projected a strong and stubborn persona prior to the event of her getting infected by the epidemic. I was actually slightly confused by the sudden change of character, when she had become significantly weaker and quiet over the fever period.

"Nothing could keep those rapscallions down for long." (Chapter 26, page 213) This implies that Mattie accepted the little children as very energetic and childish, which I thought she had developed a rather mother-type attribute from her personalities; her change was notable near the end, as she took responsibility in her actions much more than she had at the beginning, when, to be honest, she was a brat-like child (unlike the children she later talked about).

"Day was begun." (Epilogue, page 243) -  This was the ending word, symbolism representing the end to the dreadful fever and the tragic times. Anyhow, there was quite an amount of representation in this book, but it had used a dramatic feature by utilizing this type of symbolism.