Literary Techniques In Laurie Halse Anderson's Fever 1793

Laurie Halse Anderson’s historical fiction book Fever 1793 takes place in Philadelphia, PA, a place taken over by the Yellow Fever. Matilda “Mattie” Cook goes through horrid experiences throughout the story, such as death,sickness, and learning how to mature on her own. By using analogies and descriptive words, Laurie Halse Anderson creates the lesson that although Mattie faced many tough times in Fever 1793, she learned how to adapt and this made her an overall more independent and mature person.
In the book Fever 1793 Mattie goes through many drastic changes. I believe that the most important thing is when she went through changes, she learned to adapt and become a better person through her actions. One example of this is the dreadful death of grandfather.Before grandfather’s death, Mattie relied on grandfather for most of the tough parts in life. With grandfather’s tragic passing, Mattie
On page 198, Eliza uses the analogy “It's hot enough to roast a duck in here” to show how hot it is inside the house. A greater meaning though, is that Eliza is panicking and is trying to find ways to adapt to her environment to make sure the lives of the young children are saved. Another literary device used to show more description is when it says “Mattie stated firmly” after Eliza asked her to go home and Mattie said she would stay and work more. This shows that Mattie, knowing the Fever has hit full force, wants to help Eliza as much as she can because there aren't many others left so she wants to help the ones that are. This shows how Mattie adapted to the Fever because she didn’t want to do any work before it but now that she sees the state everyone is in she wants to help as much as possible.The author’s craft in the story Fever 1793 gives the reader and much better understanding of the story and shows the greater lessons of the