![]() ![]() Why is it important for us, as 21st-century readers, to remember or think about people who died in a fever epidemic in 1793? Can we draw any comparisons with epidemics in our own day?.Do you think it's important that Matilda remember her Grandfather and those she lost during the fever? If so, how do you think she'll do this?.Both Eliza and Mother have lost their husbands.Why is the Revolutionary War so important to Grandfather? To Mother?.How does the past present a narrative, or a story, that defines people in the present? How does our relationship to the past define what we do or say in the future? Questions About Memory and the Past The two reference the war constantly, especially Grandfather who virtually lives in the past with his parrot named King George, his sword over the mantel, and his service to President Washington that he's always mentioning. Though it ended years prior, that past event defined them as hard workers and the people they are today. ![]() For Matilda's mother and grandfather, the Revolutionary War brought out the best in them. This applies to both personal history and the kind of History that gets a capital "H" too. She tells Matilda get out of the room so that she doesn't get sick too.Fever, 1793 is a historical novel, so it's no surprise that this is a book that has a hankering for the past. Mother awakes and begins vomiting black fluid.Matilda tends to her patient, reads her Psalm book, and dozes off from time to time.Carris and Eliza leaves to go to her brother's family. Lucille remains in a feverish haze, shivering and moaning. Per doctor's orders, Matilda has to bathe her mother every four hours and keep her cool and clean.He reveals that he's on the conservative side of the yellow fever debate and therefore uses the diagnosis sparingly. ![]() ![]() Rowley declares that Mother doesn't have yellow fever. Rowley to have a look at Mother, even though the guy isn't really a doctor, has dirty hands, and reeks of rum.
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