It was late September 1793, Mattie and grandfather had just arrived back at the coffee house. Mattie had fully recovered from yellow fever at Bush Hill, so they were safe to go home.(1) When Mattie finally recovered from yellow fever, grandfather and Mattie headed back to the coffee house in Philadelphia. The town had fallen apart there was dead bodies and robbers that had broken into houses. Including the coffee house, the robbers had stolen everything. After, Mattie had made the coffee house look nice again, in the night two more robbers had broken in. It began to be a disaster, everyone was fighting and one of the robbers had banged grandfather’s head onto the ground. Grandfather’s injury was unpleasant and he was in pain, after a little while grandfather had passed away from his injury.(2) Everything was going well for Mattie and grandfather. Mattie had recovered from yellow fever and they had gone back to the coffee house. Mattie even found food from the garden to survive. But, then the robbers had broken in and injured grandfather which had lead to his death. After grandfather’s death Mattie became scared because she was now by herself with only a small amount of food.(3) Mattie had recovered from yellow fever and is back at the coffee house. Grandfather did not pass away from yellow fever, but he did pass away from a injury given by the robbers. Grandfather was now one of the bodies being thrown into a hole in the ground. (4) Mattie is becoming more independent now that grandfather has passed away because she has to live by herself with only little food. Mattie is also becoming stronger because when grandfather died she had left him in his nightshirt because it was his favorite. She had also wrapped him in cloth so he would be ready to be buried. This was hard for Mattie because she had loved grandfather so much and he had helped her through a lot. (5) These events connect to the Lion King because Simba’s dad was killed by his evil uncle, which lead to Simba living in the jungle by himself. Just like when the robbers had injured grandfather and he had passed away. Now Mattie has to live by herself as well. (6)
Nick T, The robbers broke into the coffee house and robbed them because at this time there were many fever victims and people were fleeing from the fever. People were not in town to keep out the robbers. So, people would just break into people's homes because they were not there.
Reese S. (Mattie’s Point of View) Sitting here, on my lonely bed at home, darkness surrounding me, I can’t help but think of all the memories Grandfather and I had made together, and all the plans we had. I can’t believe he’s gones. I would usually be fast asleep, exhausted from the day, at this time, but sleeping seems to be the last thing on my mind.(1) I just keep replaying the image of my grandfather’s life hopelessly fading away in my arms, and there’s nothing I can do about it. Maybe if I would have locked up better, then those mangy thieves wouldn’t have gotten in. Or, maybe if I wouldn’t have screamed, then Grandfather would still be here. No Matilda, that’s not a burden you should not have to carry. Something my mother would’ve said if she were here. Oh do I wonder where she is. I’m desperate to find her, or anyone for that matter.(2) I’ve tried to stay strong here on my own, but my Grandfather, the only one left to care for me and protect me, is gone, and I haven’t seen my mother in weeks. Maybe this is a hopeless situation after all. But, I still miss them, and this is not the way to act resolute. I will find my mother, whatever it takes.(3) But for now, I must take care of myself. There is no one left near me, and not a single soul at the market, except for those pesky rats. Everyone has fled the city and taken off as far away from Yellow Fever as they possibly can. Even I, a former ‘fever victim’, am happy to be away from Bush Hill.(4) Bush Hill… I wonder how Mrs. Flagg is doing. What would she do now, knowing Grandfather is dead. At least hopefully she would be somewhat proud of his burial. I tried my hardest to honor him the best I could, and respect his rightful position. Even though it was no funeral I would’ve ever imagined for Grandfather, it was more than watching him being thrown into a pit like a sack of potatoes, joining the other limp bodies.(5) (My point of View) These chapters remind me of the movie The Purge. They remind me of The Purge because, like in the movie, the city of Philadelphia is now locked up tight, there’s no one around for blocks, and thieves are on the street and in people’s houses doing whatever they want.(6)
I like your connection to the purge. It is similar to my connection to the fallout series. All three societies fell into anarchy. Good connection. -Nate Turowski
This is an amazing blog post! You can really relate this to Mattie and the way you described it made the whole post really flow ! Do you think Mattie will find Mother in the rest of the book.
Brock W September 26th, 1793, Mattie is back at home with Grandfather.(1) Two men came in attempting rob them but Mattie had to fight them off after Grandfather was attacked by one of them.(2) She took her Grandfather’s sword and stabbed his shoulder in attempt to save Grandfather before the robber killed him.(3) When Grandfather and Mattie are riding back from bush hill they are in a wagon with some fever victims.(4) Now that Grandfather has died Mattie has to try and to survive on her own so Mattie has to be mature enough to take care of herself.(5) This reminds me of Batman’s beginning story when his parents died even though I haven’t seen the movie(s) I know that he had to survive on his own up until adulthood.(6)
How is it that she has to be more mature to take care of herself? Hasn't she already displayed maturity when she got food and water on her own when grandfather was ill? -Nate Turowski
Nate, I know that she was mature and responsible then but now if she were to pass out with nobody to carry her the hospital she would have died but luckly Grandfather was there to do that
Audrey, I almost know that she was scared and had to make a quick decision on what to do. She probably didn't think twice because Grandfather was going to be killed and Mattie had to get the robber off of him and I think that in Mattie's mind that stabbing a robber in the shoulder is worth saving Grandfather.
Nick T, (1) September 26 1793 we were on our way back to the coffeehouse (2)(4) On our way back to the coffee house we had seen many dead bodies of people who got yellow fever. When we got back two robbers had broken into the coffeehouse and took all of our food and destroyed things and after I had cleaned everything up two more robbers broke into the house and me and grandpa had to fight them off while we were fighting them one of the robbers banged grandpa's head on the floor. (3) After a while grandpa had passed away and I was devastated I didn't know what I will do without him and he was the only one I had left. (5) Mattie is going to have to become even more independent than she already is and since grandpa passed away she has to take care of herself. (6) One connection I can make is to the jungle book where both of Mowgli's parents die and Mowgli has to take care of himself even though there's animals living with him he has to learn how to adapt.
That's a very good connection! Both Mowgli and Mattie have to learn how to survive in the new environment and learn to adapt to their surroundings. Good Connection!
Reese W. I like the connection you made to the jungle book and how Mowgli became more independent since his parents died just like how Mattie has to become more independent because of Grandfathers death and she still doesn't know where Mother is!
I started these few days in the hospital. It wasn’t fun being in that smelly place full of the decaying citizens of Bush Hill. Eventually Mrs. Flagg and the other physicians said that I was well enough to go home. I was excited to sleep in my own bed and eat in my own kitchen, but when Mrs. Bowels asked if I could help her in the orphanage I felt bad and wanted to lend a hand but I also had my own priorities and those come first. Eventually I went back home but that only brought bad news. The coffee shop area was all ruined and barren. Later intruders came and killed grandfather. This was the worst moment of my life.(1) I had a lot of bad things happen to me these past 4 days. First, I spent 2 days in the hospital and was eager to leave. Second, I came home to a empty messy house and third, My great, loving, grandfather passed away.(2) When I was in the hospital, all I could think about was leaving and going home back to where I felt normal and happy, but I returned to a mess. This made me feel so disrespected and I couldn’t believe that someone would do that! Lastly, Grandfather died. This was probably the worst moment of my life and I still can’t believe that he’s gone.(3) Yellow fever is a dangerous, miserable sickness, and I know from experience. This fever is probably the worst thing ever encountered in Philadelphia. It caused me, my mom and our business a lot of harm.(4) Like last time I wrote, I have become more responsible. I managed to clean our house and the coffee shop as well as taking care of Grandfather until the unspeakable happened.(5) I made the connection with chapters 15-19 and Aladdin and the king of thieves. The connection between these two is that they both get robbed unexpectedly. In Aladdin and the king of thieves, Jasmine and Aladdin get robbed at their wedding and in Fever 1973, Mattie gets robbed when they are away from the coffee shop.(6)
During these chapters, Mattie is in the coffee house, the market, and on the streets. The time is late september. (1) During these chapters, Mattie's grandfather dies, and her house is ransacked. (2) When grandfather was killed, Mattie felt extremely sad and mournful. She was discouraged when she saw that all of her food was gone. She was also resourceful whenever she scavenged for food in the garden. She was making the best out of the situation that she found herself in. (3) During these chapters, an instance of yellow fever is when philadelphia descends into total anarchy. It transforms into a lawless society were people must raid houses and murder in order to stay alive. (4) Mattie is developing as a character by feeling a wider range of emotions than usual. For example, she felt sad when her grandfather died and fearful when the thieves where inside their house. (5) A real world connection that I can make to these chapters is the Fallout game series. They connect because the Fallout series takes place in a post apocalyptic world where the government has collapsed and society has fell into anarchy. This connects to Fever 1793 because Philadelphia has also collapsed and people are stealing and scavenging for resources. -Nate Turowski
I woke up in a bed next to me were more beds a dead body lay next to me. 10 days later a doctor came to see me.I am sick with yellow fever the doctors confirmed that. I hope i make it through but more i hope mother is ok.I also fear for grandfather he seems to be weak . We made it back to the coffee house i prepared a meal while grandfather rested.Two invaders came in grandfather died trying to protect me.I can't believe he is gone how is he gone. I can connect this to the lion king where mufasa saved simba from the stampede.
The year is 1793 and I have spent my days in bush hill but it is now time to go back to the coffeehouse.(1) We finally arrive and the coffeehouse is a mess. There are broken shelves, pottery, and all of the food was gone. I knew we had been robbed.(2) I was terrified. I wondered if they took anything from upstairs and that made me very anxious.(3) Before we walked in we saw that ugly yellow scrap on the door and we were awaiting the beautiful clean coffeehouse that we know and love. But that is not what we found. It was a mess and didn't smell like baked goods and delicious food, but rather the smell of sickness that was coming from the room that mother was in. (4) I was shocked and couldn't keep myself together but I stopped myself and knew I was being a child.(5) I watched a movie once called “Tangled” and in the beginning three men robbed a castle. This was like my situation because I knew by the looks of the coffeehouse that we had been robbed too.(6) -Aly Eash
Great connection! Tangled does connect to Fever 1793 in different ways like Rapunzel was there when the castle was broken into. So, Rapunzel had to help herself just like in fever 1793. Mattie tries to fight the robbers so they would go away. What you stated is also a great way to connect Tangled to Fever 1793.
In chapters 15-19 Mattie and Grandfather left Bush Hill and arrived back at the Coffee house in Philadelphia (1) During these chapters Mattie experiences many different things including getting robbed, losing grandfather, and becoming a more independent character. (2) Mattie feels many different emotions at different times in these chapters. In the beginning Mattie and grandfather are doing fine Mattie is recovering from yellow fever. Towards the end of the chapters robbers intrude the Coffee house and grandfather ends up dying. This affects Matties emotions tragically, Mattie became sad and scared because she was all alone and lost someone so close to her. (3) Mattie recovers from yellow fever in these chapters and Grandfather passed away however not from yellow fever but from the robbers. (4) In chapters 15-19 Mattie develops as a character through many ways. She recovered from a deadly fever and lost someone close to her. When grandfather died she made sure he was buried in the proper way. Mattie is all by herself now so she has to become more mature to survive alone. (5) These chapters connect to the purge movies because philadelphia has become reckless and people are committing crimes on the daily just like the purge. (6)
Reese W. ( Third Person ) The date was December 26th 1793, Mattie and Grandfather return home back to the coffee house after leaving Bush Hill after Mattie previously was infected with Yellow Fever. 1.) On the way back to the coffee house, the town of Philadelphia was totally torn apart there were robbers and dead bodies everywhere. When they first arrived back at the coffee house the house was a mess because somebody had robbed it while they were gone. Later Mattie decided to tidy up the house take a bath change in clean clothes and try and make dinner out of what they had left to eat at the coffee house, later in the night two more robbers broke in it was complete chaos. Everyone started to fight and one of the robbers banged Grandpa’s head on the ground after he tried shooting at the robbers and missed. The internal head injury lead to Grandpa passing away, and Mattie was completely devastated and didn’t know if she would be able to survive by herself without Grandfather and Mother. ⅔) Mattie had recovered fully from Yellow Fever but grandfather had later died of injury given to him from one of the robbers, and Mother is still sick with yellow fever but no one knows where she was. 4.) Mattie as a character has greatly matured throughout the chapters, now she doesn’t have a choice and has to become more independent to survive since Grandfather is dead and no one knows where Mother is still. 5.) I would connect these chapters to the movie The Purge because during The Purge everyone locks up and people are getting killed and the town was getting vandalized. In these chapter everyone was dying and robbers were vandalizing the town of Philadelphia when they robbed the houses. 6.)
(3rd person pov) (1) September 27 1793 mattie is at bush hill. (2) Mattie has yellow fever but has survived it. (3)mattie has felt very tired because she has been recovering from yellow fever. (4) Mattie has yellow fever (5) Mattie is becoming more independent because she is taking care of herself and grandpa. (6) I can relate to mattie because when i recovered from the flu i was exhausted and almost able to walk upstairs.
(1): “During that wagon ride, passing by dead people being piled on top of each other and being thrown into a hole. Passing by a beautiful house with a dead body on the marble steps. Walking into our house, seeing it raided, teared down. Everything gone, except hope. Then once again smelling that horrible smell of some...fever and no mother to be seen. Worst of all Grandfather motionless-dead.”
(2): “Experiencing everything I saw within the last four days was horrendous. Passing by people being thrown into ditches. Passing by that beautiful white house, marble steps, and with a dead body on the steps. Coming home to a raided place with no Mother in sight, but the smell of fever in the air. Being put in a life or death situation and surviving. Then worst of all watching Grandfather perish right in front of me. Nothing should ever go on now that he’s dead. Nothing.”
(3): “I have felt great, and very, very shocked. Reason being that I felt great was that I beat the awful yellow fever. Then when I had gotten home it just looked like a battlefield. Everything torn from its place. All the food gone. Broken windows. Everything, just ruined. Except for the upstairs thankfully they hadn’t gone upstairs. Then again surviving with the scraps and taking a bath for what felt like too long. Then during the night being held captive just felt shocking. Why would they want to kill me over some simple money. Worst of all seeing that tall man beating my Grandfather. Then slashing that horrible man and having to see Grandfather die right in my hands. Goodbye Grandfather.”
(4): “The only time I had experienced yellow fever is during that wagon ride and when Me and Grandfather had walked upstairs in Mother’s room and had smelled the fever. When during that wagon ride I had saw men being thrown into ditches piled onto one another. Then seeing that man on the steps of a 3 story house motionless. Then when we had walked into our warzone like house and walked up their mother wasn't to be seen but the smell of the fever she has was still their intoxicating the air.”
(5): “I still feel like I am maturing, taking care of me and Grandfather, and refusing to tell the robbers like some little frightened girl would. When we had walked into our house that looked like I mentioned before, a war zone, I had to find scraps of food and utilize our old well to survive. With the scraps I had found I actually cooked with them. Then when the robbers had gotten hold of me and were hurting me and hitting me I had refused to say anything like a little 5 year old would. So I still feel like i’m maturing.”
(Third Person) (6): For my real world connection I can connect this to like a modern day place like Florida that experiences hurricanes. To start off when the hurricane hits land it destroys most of peoples houses and takes lives like yellow fever and how that came in and badly inflicted most of philadelphia and took people's lives. After the hurricane people start to loot places because they have nothing, no food or water. Just like how people loot the families impacted from yellow fever taking everything they had.
Nora Salem (Mattie’s Point of View) Sitting here, in my coffee house, thinking about all the fun and good time memories I have had with Grandfather makes me think of how all the plans we had together are not existing anymore. I can’t believe I loss Grandfather. I don’t know how I am going to survive without him by my side. (1) I can not but help think of Grandfather and how he was by my side my entire life. I can’t do anything about how he is gone and try to do something to bring him back. If I could only have done something to prevent this from happening. Or maybe, if I would have screamed or made a loud noise then Grandfather would still be here. No Matilda! Stop think you could have done something. You did all you could do at the time. (2) I feel so confused and abandoned. I have no one here to live with and I have to take care of myself now. I don’t know what to do about food and how to survive right. I have to be very careful in order to not get the fever. I really miss Grandfather and I am so sad he is gone. (3) For now on, I have to take care of myself. I am alone now and I have to make sure I can stay as safe as possible so i don’t get the fever once again. I am a former “fever victim” after all. So many people from the city has fled off and is trying to get as far away from the fever as possible. (4) When I was taking care of Mother I had to make sure she was getting all she needed to recover. Even when I was taking care of Grandfather, I had to make sure he was given all he needed to feel better. Now I have to take care of myself so I don’t need to recover from the fever again or even die. I need to survive. So i’ll make sure I am being the bigger person here in this situation. (5) In the movie, Lion King simba’s dad was killed by his rude and evil uncle. This led to simba living all alone in the jungle. He had to learn to take care of himself and make sure he survives like Mattie needs to learn as well. (6)
I have another connection to relate to. In Supernatural, the two main characters are brothers. Their father isn't necessarily dead until they are adults, but he is always on hunts and never home. The elder brother, Dean, has to adapt to the situation and learn to take care of himself and his brother. I made this connection in a previous blog post, but I think it works great here and connects very much to yours. Dean, Simba and Mattie are all alike in that way!
Grandfather and I just got back from Bush Hill. The coffeehouse was broken into while we were gone, the thieves took all of our food, but luckily they kept the safebox. I was trying to find good enough food to eat, while grandfather would be sleeping. (1) Mother is missing, no one has heard from her for weeks, I am worried, I hope she is doing ok. I believe she has recovered and traveled to the Ludington's to find Grandfather and I. Other thieves who came to the coffeehouse, while grandfather and I were there, came and killed Grandfather!(2) It was horrifying, it's only me now. I can’t believe it, Grandfather is dead and mother is missing! I have to find mother and figure out a way to survive. Most of the food in town has been taken by robbers, I cannot find any decent food to eat. (3) Yellow fever is dangerous, anyone would know to stay far away from it. So many lives and families are being taken because of it. I am scared, what if I never find mother, or Eliza. I would be all alone struggling to survive.(4) I have come a far way since the beginning of the Summer. It feels as though it was yesterday, working at the coffee shop with mother, grandfather, Eliza, Polly, and Nathaniel. But now I am covering up my grandfather and trying keep the tears from falling, I am a lot more responsible and stronger than before.(5) In The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Kimmy is trapped in an underground bunker without her family and has to stay strong until she could get out. She had to figure out how to cope and survive. This connects to Mattie because she lost her family and has to stay strong and learn to cope and survive.
I really like your connection! It relates to the book very well because Mattie does have to learn how to get food, water, learn how to not have any one to depend on and cope with the loss of her grandfather, just as Kimmy has to depend on herself.
(1) I’ve survived the fever, and it is finally safe to go home. Arriving at the coffeehouse is abnormal. Walking in was a ripped yellow cloth hanging from the door. Shattered pottery, and fine dishes were scattered across the floor. The only thing that had been saved was the strongbox. “Robbers” I had thought to myself. (4)There is no one left. The streets I had once walked, and houses I had saw were all silent. As quiet as a mouse. This fever had really killed our town. (2) After finally settling in, I heard peculiar footsteps in the house. Mumbles haunted the empty hallways. I decided that I should go and see what it was. Two men were searching through cupboards and pantries. I tried to be quiet, but they caught me and captured me. I tried not to make a sound so I wouldn’t have to wake grandfather up. It was too late, there he was in the doorway with a gun in his hands ready to shoot. (6) The robbery reminded me of home alone, and i’m the main character kevin. Robbers tried to invade my house, and I had to use my prior knowledge to figure out a way to get them to go away. (5) I fought for him. Slashed one of the robber’s shoulders. I knew that I had to protect grandfather with all of my life, even if that meant me dying. But it was too late. Grandfather had been shot, and was lying on the floor dead. (3) Dead. I couldn't form the words with my mouth. How could he be dead? Just seeing his lifeless body makes me shiver. What made it worse was that his last words were a mumbled “I love you”. I decided to cover him in a tablecloth, and keeping him in his nightshirt because I know that is what he would want. I covered his mouth but made sure not to cover his eyes, they were too kind to cover. I would have to learn to live alone.
I really really like your connection to Home alone. This is a great movie and I can see how they both connect. Both kids in the book and movie took charge and tried to fix the problem and chase away the robbers. This is a great connection ! Good job Mikayla !
Tiye J I feel scared i’m in my own home and I don't feel safe it’s sad but I love it here, well I should say loved what was once a house of people and a happy family is now a house of the sick scoundrels and people who are looking for goods , It is September now only a few months before the frost but it is not coming fast enough by the time the frost comes there will be more dead maybe even me and now all there is an empty space in the house no grandfather no Eliza and especially no mother(2) I was almost in an orphanage and it is just getting worse I went out to the garden to find the some food it was all dried and there was little to eat but, I still managed to find some food for me and grandfather but soon it was going to get even worse I went to bed in the sitting room and I woke up to two men coming into the coffee house I tried to escape and the men seen me the little one said to let me go but the taller one wanted to know where was our goods when I tried to tell him that we didn’t have any because we had previously been robbed the did not believe me so he hit me three times till grandfather came downstairs with his rifle and shot the power knocked him down the hoodlum jumped on him and without thinking I grabbed grandfather's sword and swung it and hit cut the hoodlum right in the shoulder.(3) My thoughts well I had just cut a man in the shoulder and it is scary to know that I Mattie Cook had did something like that so scary to save my grandfather. I felt scared to know that grandfather was dead and to know what mother was not found yet. She may be stubborn and may be mean at times but that is what I miss mother and her witty ways.(4) In there chapters there are not any instances on yellow fever.(5)(third person) Mattie has matured by helping her grandfather and going out to the garden and finding food for the both of them with the garden being almost empty and there being little food and the soil being completely dry. She still manages to get food for her and grandfather to eat. She also matured by when she seen that grandfather was in danger she stepped up and cut the man that was hurting her grandfather. Lastly when grandfather had died had jaw to keep his mouth closed and then she had to put a nice table cloth over his body and when they had got to the burial grounds she had pushed one of the workers so that she could get their respect and then she prayed upon all of the bodies in the site.(6) I can relate Mattie to King T'Chaka from Black Panther, The king had hurt his own brother for his country and for his people ,like Mattie she hurt the guy who tried to kill and hurt her grandfather because she loved him so much and she felt that any crime was ok to help her grandfather just like the king from Black Panther when he heard that Vibranium was being stolen by someone from the inside.
(1)Chapters 15-19 have 2 major settings, and a more minor one. The two most memorable are the coffeehouse and Bush Hill. The section starts with Mattie recovering in Bush Hill. She has already pulled through the sickness; she is just gaining back her strength. They then take a carriage ride in chapter 16, this is the minor setting we see for less time. They arrive back at the coffeehouse, and stay within its walls for the rest of chapters 17-19. It is still 1793, September specifically, and in/around the city of Philadelphia. (2) Mattie faces many problems and grief-provoking experiences. For one, she and Grandfather have to convince a man not to send her to the orphanage. They said that he was too old, and Grandfather did not put up with that. Secondly, they arrive home to the coffeehouse broken into and items stolen off of the ground floor. She has to put everything back and check all of the important things, like the safe. She is then hit with two more issues, Grandfather still has the summer grippe and there is not much food. Mattie has to scavenge the dead, eaten garden for any food. She finds potatoes, but not much otherwise. After all of that, she is faced with her biggest conflict yet. 2 armed men enter the house with the intent of robbing everything. After a hard decision, we see Mattie take action. She tries to scare them off, only to end up fighting them. Grandfather fights back and he passes away. In my opinion, this is the biggest challenge throughout the whole book so far. Her kind, loving grandfather was gone and she has to come to terms with that. (3) Mattie’s emotions were a roller coaster in these chapters. At Bush Hill, she is actually able to be happy. She is recovering and she gets to stay with Grandfather, which is an obvious win. When they first get home, she feels astonished and aggrieved. People were taking every single thing from their home and taking advantage of the sickness. She also feels a little bad for them, because hopefully people going to that extent were truly in need. Lastly, Mattie feels downcast, vengeful, melancholic, and even heartbroken. She has to cover the body of one of the most trusted people in her life, and we see her crying by his side, “praying that morning would come.” (4) Yellow Fever doesn’t directly affect affect Mattie as much as in the past, but it still causes many of the conflicts she has. She is in a barn full of other people recovering from Yellow Fever , for starters. She was almost sent to an orphanage full of kids whose parents and guardians were killed by the fever, and she is on a carriage with those kids. Most importantly, those men would not have intruded the house and killed Grandfather without Yellow Fever. Besides the beginning, we don’t see it directly. But indirect doesn't necessarily mean important. (5) In terms of both this section and the book in totality, we see major growth and maturity in Mattie. She goes through an old dirty garden to find food, even infested with bugs and worms. Mattie also takes the time and honors Grandfather, covering his body with a tablecloth. Even when tragedy strikes, she takes care of him and herself. She also binds up his jaw, and thinks about what he would want. Given the situation and timing, this shows immense growth and maturity from Mattie who wouldn’t get out of bed to taking care of her Grandfather who passed away in an epidemic. (6) I can relate the latest events of chapter 19 to a very short snipped of lyrics from Panic! At The Disco’s “Death of a Bachelor”. The chorus says “A lifetime of laughter at the expense of the death of a bachelor.” This could connect or not connect depending on how you look at it. In the case of those intruders, Grandfather hitting his head (which was fatal) scared the men away. If we equivalate Grandfather to the ‘bachelor’, he protected Mattie. This will allow her to ‘live a lifetime of laughter’.
I believe that Mattie tried to scare the robbers off because she is so brave and empowered. I also think she was trying to protect Grandfather and all of the items that were important in the house. Instead of fighting, she probably decided scaring them was the best non-violent option until it had to be.
September 22nd, 1793 (Mattie’s point of view) I thought about stories a lot while I was in the hospital, as I had gotten yellow fever. 1) The hospital was filled with victims of the fever. It smelled of death. 2) On the tenth day of being in the hospital, a french doctor, Dr. Deveze. He told me that I will live, and to move me to the barn the next morning. The barn hadn’t been what I had expected, it smelled faintly of manure, but the floor and walls were clean. Grandfather helped with many of the committee meetings and the burning of filthy mattresses and rags. He also kept busy by helping organize the food. I think being around the sick made him uncomfortable. I was getting more and more worried about mother, as she wasn’t answering any of the letters from Grandfather. I can’t believe they wanted to send me to the orphanage! Grandfather would not allow it though, we had got a carriage back home. I talked to this nice lady, she had tried to take me to the orphanage as well though, to help with the younger kids. Grandfather and I got home to a mess. Someone had robbed our coffeeshop and took everything, even the food! Grandfather and I cleaned up and survived off the garden for a while. A few days later, I woke up to the sound of two strange men in the house. They had taken Grandfather’s chess set, I was furious at this point. The tall thief had picked up Grandfather’s sword, slashing it through the air, I had screamed and ran. They had tried to catch me, but I had gotten out of the house, running for my life to the gate. They had caught me just before I had gotten out, they had tied my hands. I spat at him, but the tall man had slapped me across the face. Grandfather had awoken from my scream, I had lied by saying the rest of my family had died from the fever and that it was just my cat. Grandfather had yelled at them while pointing his rifle straight towards them. One of them had then shot Grandfather, and punched and choked him to the ground. I had threatened, and then slashed his shoulder with Grandfather’s sword. I had threatened again, they had left. I had chased them about a block, but I had to get back, for Grandfather. I went back to him, but he was almost gone. I had prayed and prayed, but his last words were “Love you”. He’s gone, and i’m now alone. I had covered him with a cloth respectively. 3) I was scared, and alone. I felt like a baby girl just learning to walk, but the ground was shaking and I had nothing to hold onto. 4) I had gotten sick from the fever, and successfully recovered, but it was hard, and now I feel weak again. 5) I think Mattie is becoming stronger because she chased off the thieves and took care of Grandfather respectively after he had passed and it takes a lot of strength to do that as a teenager alone. 6) I can connect mattie to Simba from the Lion King because thieves killed her Grandfather and she was alone and Scar killed Mufasa and Simba was alone for a long time and it was a hard thing to go through as such a young child. -Audrey K.
Reese W. I like the connection that you made to the Lion king and I think it compares great to our book. Do you think because your grandfather died your going to have to take on more roles as a character and become more independent because of his death?
Mattie’s Point of View The date is September 22, 1793 and it has been a rough last couple of days. It all started at Bush Hill when I spent days and nights listening to stories told by the Free African Society. Today I am back at the coffee house in Philadelphia. (1) I was diagnosed with yellow fever, that’s why I was at Bush Hill. I had a nice nurse named Mrs.Flagg who took great care of me and Grandfather. I was surrounded by lots of other sick people. I was one of the many to recover from it with the help of the doctors there. I was also relieved to hear that Grandfather did not have yellow fever, just his heart acting up from old age. (4) When we had shown up at the coffee house the door had been open and a window shattered. When we walked in King George’s cage had been smashed to pieces, broken pottery covered the floor, Eliza’s crocks of preserves as well as the sugar cone and her spice cabinet were missing. Even more disastrous the coffee and tea canisters laid on their side and the dried beans, meat, and onions were gone. (2) Grandfather and I were starving and tired. So, he went up to bed and I went out into the garden to look for some food. But, I was amazed to see that the entire garden had been destroyed. All those years of getting up early to tend to the garden all for it to be completely destroyed. I was able to find a few things such as a couple strings of beans, four stunted crookneck squash and a few sour cherries. I was able to make a decent sized meal for Grandfather and I, but nothing large. (3) Although, these are all little things compared to what has most recently happened. Grandfather was up in bed and I had fallen asleep on the kitchen floor. I woke to a startling noise. Someone had broken in. I hid until they found me and starting asking me where we hid our silver. I didn’t tell them so the tall man holding me smacked my face. I screamed, and Grandfather must have heard because a few moments later he came down with his rifle. The tall man attacked him before he could shoot and bashed his head to the floor while his partner ran. I grabbed a sword and told him to let go. He didn’t listen and hit Grandfather one last time. I swung the sword at him and cut open his shoulder. He then fled just like his partner. Grandfather was dying and I couldn’t help him, all I could do was sit there with him. After he had said his final words I decided to be as mature as I possibly could about the situation, so I grabbed the table cloth and covered his body with it like they do in funerals. I had also decided to leave him in his nightshirt because he had always said how much he liked it. After all if death really was an eternal sleep than why not sleep in your most comfortable clothes. (5) I can connect chapters 15-19 of Fever 1793 to the disney movie Moana. In the movie Moana right before her grandmother dies she tells her to follow her heart and go to the ocean like she has always wanted to. This relates to Fever 1793 because when Grandfather dies he tells Mattie how strong she is and that he knows that she can make it through without him by her side. (6)
I am sitting all alone in struck and horrible. Grandfather was my only hope and my last person taking care of her. I feel so tired but I can’t get over Grandfather and how he is really gone. (1) Grandfather was killed and it was the worst sight ever. I miss him so much already. I have no one to love or care for me. Mother oh Mother I must find her but I don’t know how … I’ll find a way, I know I will. I won’t stop until I find her. (2) I getting stronger and more confident. I miss Grandfather and Mother so much. I want Grandfather back. I need to find Mother and I need to tell her what happened. I feel very overwhelmed with all of this, I need help, I need support… I need Grandfather and Mother. (3) I am fully recovered from yellow fever. Grandfather has died but not from the fever. Mother still has the fever but I have no clue where she is. No one else I know of has the fever, that’s a good sign. (4) I feel I am becoming more independent. I feel more confident with myself and how i handle myself. I’m not the same little girl I used to be. I am older and more independent. When I Stood up to those robbers i felt like a whole new person. (5) ... (Third person) A real-world connect I can make to something I read in these chapters is the movie “Up”. I can connect the chapters and “Up” because, in Up the main character's wife passed which is someone who he was close with and the only one who he had left. This is the same way Mattie feels about her Grandfather. (6)
Yes I do think Mattie will fiind her Mother again and things will go back to normal. Mattie and Mother will work in the Coffee house together once again.
1.The settings of these chapters would be the Bush Hill hospital. Then the setting changes the Coffee house when Mattie and grandfather go back home.(15 and 17)
2.One of the major problems in these chapters would be when grandfather passes. This was a very hard time for Mattie. Now she has to survive on her own. (19)
3.Mattie’s responds to the pass of grandfather by raping him up and getting he ready to be buried. She starts to really hope that it all was a nightmare. (19)
4.Some instances of yellow fever in these chapters would be when Mattie gets yellow fever and has to stay at the Bush Hill hospital.(15)
5.Mattie is maturing in these chapters because at the end she didn’t cry over it and run for help and she didn’t scream whenever the intruders came in because she knew she could care for herself and she didn’t want grandfather getting hurt. Mattie tried to help keep grandfather out because then he has a chance of getting majorly hurt, then he said had his time to go. (19)
6. A connection to a real-world event for an event in this novel would be “To all the boys i’ve loved before.” I could connect these two novels to each other because Lara Jean is trying to hide something from her older sister Margot because she doesn’t want her to get hurt. The same thing happens to Mattie but in different means, but the same way. Lara doesn’t want Margot to feel hurt while Mattie doesn’t want grandfather to get physically hurt.
Mikayla H. Great connection! I can also comapre TATBILB to "Fever 1793" because she did not just want grandfather/margo to be physically safe, but they wanted them to be safe from danger. For example, Lara Jean hid her letter because she didn't want her sister margo to find out that her younger sister had a crush on her ex-boyfriend, and in fever 1793 Mattie tries to stay quiet while facing the robbers so she did not wake grandfather up and have him try to fight the robbers.
TJ Renicker 1St person for Maddie The date is Sept.26th 1793 and I am at the coffee house still with grandfather and Silas the house is still ransacked from when we first got back.(1)Last night something terrible happened 2 robbers can through our window taking the remains of what we had and the worst part was that they killed grandfather the only person in the house killed dead and it was all because of one robber that was strangling and beating him but he did not leave without me fighting back I took grandfather's sword and swung for his arm got a slash in his shoulder but now I am alone taking care of myself now.(2)I am am so upset now because I am really on my own now no grandfather he died last night, mother left to find someone to care for herself , and Eliza she went to care for her family.(3)Because of me getting yellow fever in Bush Hill when we got back they insisted I go to an orphanage because they did not believe grandfather could take care of me but I still left to come the see the coffeehouse destroyed.(4)Every since we got back I had to help make food and take care of me and grandfather with little resources and it makes me feel like a real adult by making food from the garden and what was ever left behind.(5)(Third person)My connection is with the purge because for 12 hours you can do whatever you want and stay alive and that is how it is in Philadelphia because everyone he scavenging for stuff because everyone is gone or is sick with the fever and the serving part comes Maddie trying to survive.(6)
It was late September 1793, Mattie and grandfather had just arrived back at the coffee house. Mattie had fully recovered from yellow fever at Bush Hill, so they were safe to go home.(1) When Mattie finally recovered from yellow fever, grandfather and Mattie headed back to the coffee house in Philadelphia. The town had fallen apart there was dead bodies and robbers that had broken into houses. Including the coffee house, the robbers had stolen everything. After, Mattie had made the coffee house look nice again, in the night two more robbers had broken in. It began to be a disaster, everyone was fighting and one of the robbers had banged grandfather’s head onto the ground. Grandfather’s injury was unpleasant and he was in pain, after a little while grandfather had passed away from his injury.(2) Everything was going well for Mattie and grandfather. Mattie had recovered from yellow fever and they had gone back to the coffee house. Mattie even found food from the garden to survive. But, then the robbers had broken in and injured grandfather which had lead to his death. After grandfather’s death Mattie became scared because she was now by herself with only a small amount of food.(3) Mattie had recovered from yellow fever and is back at the coffee house. Grandfather did not pass away from yellow fever, but he did pass away from a injury given by the robbers. Grandfather was now one of the bodies being thrown into a hole in the ground. (4) Mattie is becoming more independent now that grandfather has passed away because she has to live by herself with only little food. Mattie is also becoming stronger because when grandfather died she had left him in his nightshirt because it was his favorite. She had also wrapped him in cloth so he would be ready to be buried. This was hard for Mattie because she had loved grandfather so much and he had helped her through a lot. (5) These events connect to the Lion King because Simba’s dad was killed by his evil uncle, which lead to Simba living in the jungle by himself. Just like when the robbers had injured grandfather and he had passed away. Now Mattie has to live by herself as well. (6)
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DeleteWhat do you think Mattie will soon do in order to get food?
Reese S,
DeleteI believe that someone that Mattie knows will return to town and help Mattie find food and to survive.
Nick T. Why did the robbers break in and rob them?
DeleteNick T,
DeleteThe robbers broke into the coffee house and robbed them because at this time there were many fever victims and people were fleeing from the fever. People were not in town to keep out the robbers. So, people would just break into people's homes because they were not there.
Reese S.
ReplyDelete(Mattie’s Point of View) Sitting here, on my lonely bed at home, darkness surrounding me, I can’t help but think of all the memories Grandfather and I had made together, and all the plans we had. I can’t believe he’s gones. I would usually be fast asleep, exhausted from the day, at this time, but sleeping seems to be the last thing on my mind.(1) I just keep replaying the image of my grandfather’s life hopelessly fading away in my arms, and there’s nothing I can do about it. Maybe if I would have locked up better, then those mangy thieves wouldn’t have gotten in. Or, maybe if I wouldn’t have screamed, then Grandfather would still be here. No Matilda, that’s not a burden you should not have to carry. Something my mother would’ve said if she were here. Oh do I wonder where she is. I’m desperate to find her, or anyone for that matter.(2) I’ve tried to stay strong here on my own, but my Grandfather, the only one left to care for me and protect me, is gone, and I haven’t seen my mother in weeks. Maybe this is a hopeless situation after all. But, I still miss them, and this is not the way to act resolute. I will find my mother, whatever it takes.(3) But for now, I must take care of myself. There is no one left near me, and not a single soul at the market, except for those pesky rats. Everyone has fled the city and taken off as far away from Yellow Fever as they possibly can. Even I, a former ‘fever victim’, am happy to be away from Bush Hill.(4) Bush Hill… I wonder how Mrs. Flagg is doing. What would she do now, knowing Grandfather is dead. At least hopefully she would be somewhat proud of his burial. I tried my hardest to honor him the best I could, and respect his rightful position. Even though it was no funeral I would’ve ever imagined for Grandfather, it was more than watching him being thrown into a pit like a sack of potatoes, joining the other limp bodies.(5) (My point of View) These chapters remind me of the movie The Purge. They remind me of The Purge because, like in the movie, the city of Philadelphia is now locked up tight, there’s no one around for blocks, and thieves are on the street and in people’s houses doing whatever they want.(6)
When you say "I'm desperate to find her, or anyone for that matter." Who can be the other people that she's desperate to find apart from her mother.
DeleteI like your connection to the purge. It is similar to my connection to the fallout series. All three societies fell into anarchy. Good connection.
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Lucas,
DeleteI believe Mattie could be desperate to find Eliza, or even Nathaniel Benson, but she wasn't very close to too many people.
Reese S.^
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DeleteThis is an amazing blog post! You can really relate this to Mattie and the way you described it made the whole post really flow ! Do you think Mattie will find Mother in the rest of the book.
Brock W
ReplyDeleteSeptember 26th, 1793, Mattie is back at home with Grandfather.(1) Two men came in attempting rob them but Mattie had to fight them off after Grandfather was attacked by one of them.(2) She took her Grandfather’s sword and stabbed his shoulder in attempt to save Grandfather before the robber killed him.(3) When Grandfather and Mattie are riding back from bush hill they are in a wagon with some fever victims.(4) Now that Grandfather has died Mattie has to try and to survive on her own so Mattie has to be mature enough to take care of herself.(5) This reminds me of Batman’s beginning story when his parents died even though I haven’t seen the movie(s) I know that he had to survive on his own up until adulthood.(6)
Nick T, I like your connection it reminded me of Batman and I almost used it until I saw that you used it.
DeleteHow is it that she has to be more mature to take care of herself? Hasn't she already displayed maturity when she got food and water on her own when grandfather was ill?
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Reese S.
DeleteWhen fighting the robber, do you think Mattie truly thought she could handle him and save Grandfather?
Do you think Mattie was scared while attempting to fight off the burglars? Do you think she had to think twice before grabbing the sword? -Audrey K.
DeleteNate, I know that she was mature and responsible then but now if she were to pass out with nobody to carry her the hospital she would have died but luckly Grandfather was there to do that
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Audrey, I almost know that she was scared and had to make a quick decision on what to do. She probably didn't think twice because Grandfather was going to be killed and Mattie had to get the robber off of him and I think that in Mattie's mind that stabbing a robber in the shoulder is worth saving Grandfather.
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Do you think that even though grandfather did not die from the fever that he still had it and if so how do you think he got it. -Aly E
DeleteNick T, (1) September 26 1793 we were on our way back to the coffeehouse (2)(4) On our way back to the coffee house we had seen many dead bodies of people who got yellow fever. When we got back two robbers had broken into the coffeehouse and took all of our food and destroyed things and after I had cleaned everything up two more robbers broke into the house and me and grandpa had to fight them off while we were fighting them one of the robbers banged grandpa's head on the floor. (3) After a while grandpa had passed away and I was devastated I didn't know what I will do without him and he was the only one I had left. (5) Mattie is going to have to become even more independent than she already is and since grandpa passed away she has to take care of herself. (6) One connection I can make is to the jungle book where both of Mowgli's parents die and Mowgli has to take care of himself even though there's animals living with him he has to learn how to adapt.
ReplyDeleteWhy does she have to be more independent?
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Nick T to Brock W, because now she doesn't have someone to help her and care for her so she has to care for herself.
DeleteThat's a very good connection! Both Mowgli and Mattie have to learn how to survive in the new environment and learn to adapt to their surroundings. Good Connection!
DeleteReese W.
DeleteI like the connection you made to the jungle book and how Mowgli became more independent since his parents died just like how Mattie has to become more independent because of Grandfathers death and she still doesn't know where Mother is!
(Matties point of view) chapters 15-19
ReplyDeleteI started these few days in the hospital. It wasn’t fun being in that smelly place full of the decaying citizens of Bush Hill. Eventually Mrs. Flagg and the other physicians said that I was well enough to go home. I was excited to sleep in my own bed and eat in my own kitchen, but when Mrs. Bowels asked if I could help her in the orphanage I felt bad and wanted to lend a hand but I also had my own priorities and those come first. Eventually I went back home but that only brought bad news. The coffee shop area was all ruined and barren. Later intruders came and killed grandfather. This was the worst moment of my life.(1)
I had a lot of bad things happen to me these past 4 days. First, I spent 2 days in the hospital and was eager to leave. Second, I came home to a empty messy house and third, My great, loving, grandfather passed away.(2)
When I was in the hospital, all I could think about was leaving and going home back to where I felt normal and happy, but I returned to a mess. This made me feel so disrespected and I couldn’t believe that someone would do that! Lastly, Grandfather died. This was probably the worst moment of my life and I still can’t believe that he’s gone.(3)
Yellow fever is a dangerous, miserable sickness, and I know from experience. This fever is probably the worst thing ever encountered in Philadelphia. It caused me, my mom and our business a lot of harm.(4)
Like last time I wrote, I have become more responsible. I managed to clean our house and the coffee shop as well as taking care of Grandfather until the unspeakable happened.(5)
I made the connection with chapters 15-19 and Aladdin and the king of thieves. The connection between these two is that they both get robbed unexpectedly. In Aladdin and the king of thieves, Jasmine and Aladdin get robbed at their wedding and in Fever 1973, Mattie gets robbed when they are away from the coffee shop.(6)
Wy did the robbers destroy the house?
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Brock W,
DeleteThe robbers destroyed the house because they were scaviging through the house while stealing and they didn't care that they made a mess.
Do you think that the robbers were worried about catching yellow fever? Great post!
DeleteHope Buck,
DeleteI don't think that they were scared because they were desperate and poor and needed the materials.
During these chapters, Mattie is in the coffee house, the market, and on the streets. The time is late september. (1) During these chapters, Mattie's grandfather dies, and her house is ransacked. (2) When grandfather was killed, Mattie felt extremely sad and mournful. She was discouraged when she saw that all of her food was gone. She was also resourceful whenever she scavenged for food in the garden. She was making the best out of the situation that she found herself in. (3) During these chapters, an instance of yellow fever is when philadelphia descends into total anarchy. It transforms into a lawless society were people must raid houses and murder in order to stay alive. (4) Mattie is developing as a character by feeling a wider range of emotions than usual. For example, she felt sad when her grandfather died and fearful when the thieves where inside their house. (5) A real world connection that I can make to these chapters is the Fallout game series. They connect because the Fallout series takes place in a post apocalyptic world where the government has collapsed and society has fell into anarchy. This connects to Fever 1793 because Philadelphia has also collapsed and people are stealing and scavenging for resources.
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Why was mattie's house ransacked?
ReplyDeleteMattie's house was ransacked by thieves who needed the supplies and food in the coffeehouse to survive.
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In what ways does she scavenge for food. -Aly
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I woke up in a bed next to me were more beds a dead body lay next to me. 10 days later a doctor came to see me.I am sick with yellow fever the doctors confirmed that. I hope i make it through but more i hope mother is ok.I also fear for grandfather he seems to be weak . We made it back to the coffee house i prepared a meal while grandfather rested.Two invaders came in grandfather died trying to protect me.I can't believe he is gone how is he gone. I can connect this to the lion king where mufasa saved simba from the stampede.
Mattie's point of view
ReplyDeleteThe year is 1793 and I have spent my days in bush hill but it is now time to go back to the coffeehouse.(1) We finally arrive and the coffeehouse is a mess. There are broken shelves, pottery, and all of the food was gone. I knew we had been robbed.(2) I was terrified. I wondered if they took anything from upstairs and that made me very anxious.(3) Before we walked in we saw that ugly yellow scrap on the door and we were awaiting the beautiful clean coffeehouse that we know and love. But that is not what we found. It was a mess and didn't smell like baked goods and delicious food, but rather the smell of sickness that was coming from the room that mother was in. (4) I was shocked and couldn't keep myself together but I stopped myself and knew I was being a child.(5) I watched a movie once called “Tangled” and in the beginning three men robbed a castle. This was like my situation because I knew by the looks of the coffeehouse that we had been robbed too.(6) -Aly Eash
Great connection! Tangled does connect to Fever 1793 in different ways like Rapunzel was there when the castle was broken into. So, Rapunzel had to help herself just like in fever 1793. Mattie tries to fight the robbers so they would go away. What you stated is also a great way to connect Tangled to Fever 1793.
ReplyDeleteThank you hope. I was having trouble coming up with a unique connection so I really appreciate that.
Delete^^^^Aly Eash.
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In chapters 15-19 Mattie and Grandfather left Bush Hill and arrived back at the Coffee house in Philadelphia (1) During these chapters Mattie experiences many different things including getting robbed, losing grandfather, and becoming a more independent character. (2) Mattie feels many different emotions at different times in these chapters. In the beginning Mattie and grandfather are doing fine Mattie is recovering from yellow fever. Towards the end of the chapters robbers intrude the Coffee house and grandfather ends up dying. This affects Matties emotions tragically, Mattie became sad and scared because she was all alone and lost someone so close to her. (3) Mattie recovers from yellow fever in these chapters and Grandfather passed away however not from yellow fever but from the robbers. (4) In chapters 15-19 Mattie develops as a character through many ways. She recovered from a deadly fever and lost someone close to her. When grandfather died she made sure he was buried in the proper way. Mattie is all by herself now so she has to become more mature to survive alone. (5) These chapters connect to the purge movies because philadelphia has become reckless and people are committing crimes on the daily just like the purge. (6)
Reese W. ( Third Person )
ReplyDeleteThe date was December 26th 1793, Mattie and Grandfather return home back to the coffee house after leaving Bush Hill after Mattie previously was infected with Yellow Fever. 1.) On the way back to the coffee house, the town of Philadelphia was totally torn apart there were robbers and dead bodies everywhere. When they first arrived back at the coffee house the house was a mess because somebody had robbed it while they were gone. Later Mattie decided to tidy up the house take a bath change in clean clothes and try and make dinner out of what they had left to eat at the coffee house, later in the night two more robbers broke in it was complete chaos. Everyone started to fight and one of the robbers banged Grandpa’s head on the ground after he tried shooting at the robbers and missed. The internal head injury lead to Grandpa passing away, and Mattie was completely devastated and didn’t know if she would be able to survive by herself without Grandfather and Mother. ⅔) Mattie had recovered fully from Yellow Fever but grandfather had later died of injury given to him from one of the robbers, and Mother is still sick with yellow fever but no one knows where she was. 4.) Mattie as a character has greatly matured throughout the chapters, now she doesn’t have a choice and has to become more independent to survive since Grandfather is dead and no one knows where Mother is still. 5.) I would connect these chapters to the movie The Purge because during The Purge everyone locks up and people are getting killed and the town was getting vandalized. In these chapter everyone was dying and robbers were vandalizing the town of Philadelphia when they robbed the houses. 6.)
(3rd person pov) (1) September 27 1793 mattie is at bush hill. (2) Mattie has yellow fever but has survived it. (3)mattie has felt very tired because she has been recovering from yellow fever.
ReplyDelete(4) Mattie has yellow fever (5) Mattie is becoming more independent because she is taking care of herself and grandpa. (6) I can relate to mattie because when i recovered from the flu i was exhausted and almost able to walk upstairs.
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(Mattie’s Point of View)
(1): “During that wagon ride, passing by dead people being piled on top of each other and being thrown into a hole. Passing by a beautiful house with a dead body on the marble steps. Walking into our house, seeing it raided, teared down. Everything gone, except hope. Then once again smelling that horrible smell of some...fever and no mother to be seen. Worst of all Grandfather motionless-dead.”
(2): “Experiencing everything I saw within the last four days was horrendous. Passing by people being thrown into ditches. Passing by that beautiful white house, marble steps, and with a dead body on the steps. Coming home to a raided place with no Mother in sight, but the smell of fever in the air. Being put in a life or death situation and surviving. Then worst of all watching Grandfather perish right in front of me. Nothing should ever go on now that he’s dead. Nothing.”
(3): “I have felt great, and very, very shocked. Reason being that I felt great was that I beat the awful yellow fever. Then when I had gotten home it just looked like a battlefield. Everything torn from its place. All the food gone. Broken windows. Everything, just ruined. Except for the upstairs thankfully they hadn’t gone upstairs. Then again surviving with the scraps and taking a bath for what felt like too long. Then during the night being held captive just felt shocking. Why would they want to kill me over some simple money. Worst of all seeing that tall man beating my Grandfather. Then slashing that horrible man and having to see Grandfather die right in my hands. Goodbye Grandfather.”
(4): “The only time I had experienced yellow fever is during that wagon ride and when Me and Grandfather had walked upstairs in Mother’s room and had smelled the fever. When during that wagon ride I had saw men being thrown into ditches piled onto one another. Then seeing that man on the steps of a 3 story house motionless. Then when we had walked into our warzone like house and walked up their mother wasn't to be seen but the smell of the fever she has was still their intoxicating the air.”
(5): “I still feel like I am maturing, taking care of me and Grandfather, and refusing to tell the robbers like some little frightened girl would. When we had walked into our house that looked like I mentioned before, a war zone, I had to find scraps of food and utilize our old well to survive. With the scraps I had found I actually cooked with them. Then when the robbers had gotten hold of me and were hurting me and hitting me I had refused to say anything like a little 5 year old would. So I still feel like i’m maturing.”
(Third Person)
(6): For my real world connection I can connect this to like a modern day place like Florida that experiences hurricanes. To start off when the hurricane hits land it destroys most of peoples houses and takes lives like yellow fever and how that came in and badly inflicted most of philadelphia and took people's lives. After the hurricane people start to loot places because they have nothing, no food or water. Just like how people loot the families impacted from yellow fever taking everything they had.
Nora Salem
ReplyDelete(Mattie’s Point of View) Sitting here, in my coffee house, thinking about all the fun and good time memories I have had with Grandfather makes me think of how all the plans we had together are not existing anymore. I can’t believe I loss Grandfather. I don’t know how I am going to survive without him by my side. (1) I can not but help think of Grandfather and how he was by my side my entire life. I can’t do anything about how he is gone and try to do something to bring him back. If I could only have done something to prevent this from happening. Or maybe, if I would have screamed or made a loud noise then Grandfather would still be here. No Matilda! Stop think you could have done something. You did all you could do at the time. (2) I feel so confused and abandoned. I have no one here to live with and I have to take care of myself now. I don’t know what to do about food and how to survive right. I have to be very careful in order to not get the fever. I really miss Grandfather and I am so sad he is gone. (3) For now on, I have to take care of myself. I am alone now and I have to make sure I can stay as safe as possible so i don’t get the fever once again. I am a former “fever victim” after all. So many people from the city has fled off and is trying to get as far away from the fever as possible. (4) When I was taking care of Mother I had to make sure she was getting all she needed to recover. Even when I was taking care of Grandfather, I had to make sure he was given all he needed to feel better. Now I have to take care of myself so I don’t need to recover from the fever again or even die. I need to survive. So i’ll make sure I am being the bigger person here in this situation. (5) In the movie, Lion King simba’s dad was killed by his rude and evil uncle. This led to simba living all alone in the jungle. He had to learn to take care of himself and make sure he survives like Mattie needs to learn as well. (6)
I agree with your connection because both Simba and Mattie have to adapt to taking care of themselves. Great Connection!
DeleteIzzy Ramey
DeleteI have another connection to relate to. In Supernatural, the two main characters are brothers. Their father isn't necessarily dead until they are adults, but he is always on hunts and never home. The elder brother, Dean, has to adapt to the situation and learn to take care of himself and his brother. I made this connection in a previous blog post, but I think it works great here and connects very much to yours. Dean, Simba and Mattie are all alike in that way!
Do you think Mattie will do a good job of taking care of herself? -Chelsea W
DeleteWhere did Mattie get cured of yellow fever, and do you think she would have tried harder to get mother to go there to if she knew where she was?
DeleteLandrey D (first person, Matties point of view)
ReplyDeleteGrandfather and I just got back from Bush Hill. The coffeehouse was broken into while we were gone, the thieves took all of our food, but luckily they kept the safebox. I was trying to find good enough food to eat, while grandfather would be sleeping. (1) Mother is missing, no one has heard from her for weeks, I am worried, I hope she is doing ok. I believe she has recovered and traveled to the Ludington's to find Grandfather and I. Other thieves who came to the coffeehouse, while grandfather and I were there, came and killed Grandfather!(2) It was horrifying, it's only me now. I can’t believe it, Grandfather is dead and mother is missing! I have to find mother and figure out a way to survive. Most of the food in town has been taken by robbers, I cannot find any decent food to eat. (3) Yellow fever is dangerous, anyone would know to stay far away from it. So many lives and families are being taken because of it. I am scared, what if I never find mother, or Eliza. I would be all alone struggling to survive.(4) I have come a far way since the beginning of the Summer. It feels as though it was yesterday, working at the coffee shop with mother, grandfather, Eliza, Polly, and Nathaniel. But now I am covering up my grandfather and trying keep the tears from falling, I am a lot more responsible and stronger than before.(5) In The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Kimmy is trapped in an underground bunker without her family and has to stay strong until she could get out. She had to figure out how to cope and survive. This connects to Mattie because she lost her family and has to stay strong and learn to cope and survive.
I really like your connection! It relates to the book very well because Mattie does have to learn how to get food, water, learn how to not have any one to depend on and cope with the loss of her grandfather, just as Kimmy has to depend on herself.
DeleteMikayla H.
ReplyDelete(15-19) (Mattie's POV)
(1) I’ve survived the fever, and it is finally safe to go home. Arriving at the coffeehouse is abnormal. Walking in was a ripped yellow cloth hanging from the door. Shattered pottery, and fine dishes were scattered across the floor. The only thing that had been saved was the strongbox. “Robbers” I had thought to myself. (4)There is no one left. The streets I had once walked, and houses I had saw were all silent. As quiet as a mouse. This fever had really killed our town. (2) After finally settling in, I heard peculiar footsteps in the house. Mumbles haunted the empty hallways. I decided that I should go and see what it was. Two men were searching through cupboards and pantries. I tried to be quiet, but they caught me and captured me. I tried not to make a sound so I wouldn’t have to wake grandfather up. It was too late, there he was in the doorway with a gun in his hands ready to shoot. (6) The robbery reminded me of home alone, and i’m the main character kevin. Robbers tried to invade my house, and I had to use my prior knowledge to figure out a way to get them to go away. (5) I fought for him. Slashed one of the robber’s shoulders. I knew that I had to protect grandfather with all of my life, even if that meant me dying. But it was too late. Grandfather had been shot, and was lying on the floor dead. (3) Dead. I couldn't form the words with my mouth. How could he be dead? Just seeing his lifeless body makes me shiver. What made it worse was that his last words were a mumbled “I love you”. I decided to cover him in a tablecloth, and keeping him in his nightshirt because I know that is what he would want. I covered his mouth but made sure not to cover his eyes, they were too kind to cover. I would have to learn to live alone.
I really like your connection to home alone because of the burglars and the fact that both Kevin and Mattie had to chase them off. -Audrey K.
DeleteThank you! - Mikayla H.
DeleteJada A.
DeleteI really really like your connection to Home alone. This is a great movie and I can see how they both connect. Both kids in the book and movie took charge and tried to fix the problem and chase away the robbers. This is a great connection ! Good job Mikayla !
Tiye J
ReplyDeleteI feel scared i’m in my own home and I don't feel safe it’s sad but I love it here, well I should say loved what was once a house of people and a happy family is now a house of the sick scoundrels and people who are looking for goods , It is September now only a few months before the frost but it is not coming fast enough by the time the frost comes there will be more dead maybe even me and now all there is an empty space in the house no grandfather no Eliza and especially no mother(2) I was almost in an orphanage and it is just getting worse I went out to the garden to find the some food it was all dried and there was little to eat but, I still managed to find some food for me and grandfather but soon it was going to get even worse I went to bed in the sitting room and I woke up to two men coming into the coffee house I tried to escape and the men seen me the little one said to let me go but the taller one wanted to know where was our goods when I tried to tell him that we didn’t have any because we had previously been robbed the did not believe me so he hit me three times till grandfather came downstairs with his rifle and shot the power knocked him down the hoodlum jumped on him and without thinking I grabbed grandfather's sword and swung it and hit cut the hoodlum right in the shoulder.(3) My thoughts well I had just cut a man in the shoulder and it is scary to know that I Mattie Cook had did something like that so scary to save my grandfather. I felt scared to know that grandfather was dead and to know what mother was not found yet. She may be stubborn and may be mean at times but that is what I miss mother and her witty ways.(4) In there chapters there are not any instances on yellow fever.(5)(third person) Mattie has matured by helping her grandfather and going out to the garden and finding food for the both of them with the garden being almost empty and there being little food and the soil being completely dry. She still manages to get food for her and grandfather to eat. She also matured by when she seen that grandfather was in danger she stepped up and cut the man that was hurting her grandfather. Lastly when grandfather had died had jaw to keep his mouth closed and then she had to put a nice table cloth over his body and when they had got to the burial grounds she had pushed one of the workers so that she could get their respect and then she prayed upon all of the bodies in the site.(6) I can relate Mattie to King T'Chaka from Black Panther, The king had hurt his own brother for his country and for his people ,like Mattie she hurt the guy who tried to kill and hurt her grandfather because she loved him so much and she felt that any crime was ok to help her grandfather just like the king from Black Panther when he heard that Vibranium was being stolen by someone from the inside.
Izzy Ramey, Third Person
ReplyDelete(1)Chapters 15-19 have 2 major settings, and a more minor one. The two most memorable are the coffeehouse and Bush Hill. The section starts with Mattie recovering in Bush Hill. She has already pulled through the sickness; she is just gaining back her strength. They then take a carriage ride in chapter 16, this is the minor setting we see for less time. They arrive back at the coffeehouse, and stay within its walls for the rest of chapters 17-19. It is still 1793, September specifically, and in/around the city of Philadelphia. (2) Mattie faces many problems and grief-provoking experiences. For one, she and Grandfather have to convince a man not to send her to the orphanage. They said that he was too old, and Grandfather did not put up with that. Secondly, they arrive home to the coffeehouse broken into and items stolen off of the ground floor. She has to put everything back and check all of the important things, like the safe. She is then hit with two more issues, Grandfather still has the summer grippe and there is not much food. Mattie has to scavenge the dead, eaten garden for any food. She finds potatoes, but not much otherwise. After all of that, she is faced with her biggest conflict yet. 2 armed men enter the house with the intent of robbing everything. After a hard decision, we see Mattie take action. She tries to scare them off, only to end up fighting them. Grandfather fights back and he passes away. In my opinion, this is the biggest challenge throughout the whole book so far. Her kind, loving grandfather was gone and she has to come to terms with that. (3) Mattie’s emotions were a roller coaster in these chapters. At Bush Hill, she is actually able to be happy. She is recovering and she gets to stay with Grandfather, which is an obvious win. When they first get home, she feels astonished and aggrieved. People were taking every single thing from their home and taking advantage of the sickness. She also feels a little bad for them, because hopefully people going to that extent were truly in need. Lastly, Mattie feels downcast, vengeful, melancholic, and even heartbroken. She has to cover the body of one of the most trusted people in her life, and we see her crying by his side, “praying that morning would come.”
(4) Yellow Fever doesn’t directly affect affect Mattie as much as in the past, but it still causes many of the conflicts she has. She is in a barn full of other people recovering from Yellow Fever , for starters. She was almost sent to an orphanage full of kids whose parents and guardians were killed by the fever, and she is on a carriage with those kids. Most importantly, those men would not have intruded the house and killed Grandfather without Yellow Fever. Besides the beginning, we don’t see it directly. But indirect doesn't necessarily mean important. (5) In terms of both this section and the book in totality, we see major growth and maturity in Mattie. She goes through an old dirty garden to find food, even infested with bugs and worms. Mattie also takes the time and honors Grandfather, covering his body with a tablecloth. Even when tragedy strikes, she takes care of him and herself. She also binds up his jaw, and thinks about what he would want. Given the situation and timing, this shows immense growth and maturity from Mattie who wouldn’t get out of bed to taking care of her Grandfather who passed away in an epidemic. (6) I can relate the latest events of chapter 19 to a very short snipped of lyrics from Panic! At The Disco’s “Death of a Bachelor”. The chorus says “A lifetime of laughter at the expense of the death of a bachelor.” This could connect or not connect depending on how you look at it. In the case of those intruders, Grandfather hitting his head (which was fatal) scared the men away. If we equivalate Grandfather to the ‘bachelor’, he protected Mattie. This will allow her to ‘live a lifetime of laughter’.
Why do you think when Mattie tried to scare off the robbers they didn't leave? Landrey D
DeleteIzzy Ramey
DeleteI believe that Mattie tried to scare the robbers off because she is so brave and empowered. I also think she was trying to protect Grandfather and all of the items that were important in the house. Instead of fighting, she probably decided scaring them was the best non-violent option until it had to be.
September 22nd, 1793
ReplyDelete(Mattie’s point of view) I thought about stories a lot while I was in the hospital, as I had gotten yellow fever. 1) The hospital was filled with victims of the fever. It smelled of death. 2) On the tenth day of being in the hospital, a french doctor, Dr. Deveze. He told me that I will live, and to move me to the barn the next morning. The barn hadn’t been what I had expected, it smelled faintly of manure, but the floor and walls were clean. Grandfather helped with many of the committee meetings and the burning of filthy mattresses and rags. He also kept busy by helping organize the food. I think being around the sick made him uncomfortable. I was getting more and more worried about mother, as she wasn’t answering any of the letters from Grandfather. I can’t believe they wanted to send me to the orphanage! Grandfather would not allow it though, we had got a carriage back home. I talked to this nice lady, she had tried to take me to the orphanage as well though, to help with the younger kids. Grandfather and I got home to a mess. Someone had robbed our coffeeshop and took everything, even the food! Grandfather and I cleaned up and survived off the garden for a while. A few days later, I woke up to the sound of two strange men in the house. They had taken Grandfather’s chess set, I was furious at this point. The tall thief had picked up Grandfather’s sword, slashing it through the air, I had screamed and ran. They had tried to catch me, but I had gotten out of the house, running for my life to the gate. They had caught me just before I had gotten out, they had tied my hands. I spat at him, but the tall man had slapped me across the face. Grandfather had awoken from my scream, I had lied by saying the rest of my family had died from the fever and that it was just my cat. Grandfather had yelled at them while pointing his rifle straight towards them. One of them had then shot Grandfather, and punched and choked him to the ground. I had threatened, and then slashed his shoulder with Grandfather’s sword. I had threatened again, they had left. I had chased them about a block, but I had to get back, for Grandfather. I went back to him, but he was almost gone. I had prayed and prayed, but his last words were “Love you”. He’s gone, and i’m now alone. I had covered him with a cloth respectively. 3) I was scared, and alone. I felt like a baby girl just learning to walk, but the ground was shaking and I had nothing to hold onto. 4) I had gotten sick from the fever, and successfully recovered, but it was hard, and now I feel weak again. 5) I think Mattie is becoming stronger because she chased off the thieves and took care of Grandfather respectively after he had passed and it takes a lot of strength to do that as a teenager alone. 6) I can connect mattie to Simba from the Lion King because thieves killed her Grandfather and she was alone and Scar killed Mufasa and Simba was alone for a long time and it was a hard thing to go through as such a young child. -Audrey K.
Reese W.
DeleteI like the connection that you made to the Lion king and I think it compares great to our book. Do you think because your grandfather died your going to have to take on more roles as a character and become more independent because of his death?
Mattie’s Point of View
ReplyDeleteThe date is September 22, 1793 and it has been a rough last couple of days. It all started at Bush Hill when I spent days and nights listening to stories told by the Free African Society. Today I am back at the coffee house in Philadelphia. (1) I was diagnosed with yellow fever, that’s why I was at Bush Hill. I had a nice nurse named Mrs.Flagg who took great care of me and Grandfather. I was surrounded by lots of other sick people. I was one of the many to recover from it with the help of the doctors there. I was also relieved to hear that Grandfather did not have yellow fever, just his heart acting up from old age. (4) When we had shown up at the coffee house the door had been open and a window shattered. When we walked in King George’s cage had been smashed to pieces, broken pottery covered the floor, Eliza’s crocks of preserves as well as the sugar cone and her spice cabinet were missing. Even more disastrous the coffee and tea canisters laid on their side and the dried beans, meat, and onions were gone. (2) Grandfather and I were starving and tired. So, he went up to bed and I went out into the garden to look for some food. But, I was amazed to see that the entire garden had been destroyed. All those years of getting up early to tend to the garden all for it to be completely destroyed. I was able to find a few things such as a couple strings of beans, four stunted crookneck squash and a few sour cherries. I was able to make a decent sized meal for Grandfather and I, but nothing large. (3) Although, these are all little things compared to what has most recently happened. Grandfather was up in bed and I had fallen asleep on the kitchen floor. I woke to a startling noise. Someone had broken in. I hid until they found me and starting asking me where we hid our silver. I didn’t tell them so the tall man holding me smacked my face. I screamed, and Grandfather must have heard because a few moments later he came down with his rifle. The tall man attacked him before he could shoot and bashed his head to the floor while his partner ran. I grabbed a sword and told him to let go. He didn’t listen and hit Grandfather one last time. I swung the sword at him and cut open his shoulder. He then fled just like his partner. Grandfather was dying and I couldn’t help him, all I could do was sit there with him. After he had said his final words I decided to be as mature as I possibly could about the situation, so I grabbed the table cloth and covered his body with it like they do in funerals. I had also decided to leave him in his nightshirt because he had always said how much he liked it. After all if death really was an eternal sleep than why not sleep in your most comfortable clothes. (5)
I can connect chapters 15-19 of Fever 1793 to the disney movie Moana. In the movie Moana right before her grandmother dies she tells her to follow her heart and go to the ocean like she has always wanted to. This relates to Fever 1793 because when Grandfather dies he tells Mattie how strong she is and that he knows that she can make it through without him by her side. (6)
I really like your connection from chapters 15-19 to the movie Moana I think it is very similar to the book fever 1793 good connection!!
Delete^^^ Chelsea W
DeleteI like your connection, it connects to the book well. Mattie really did follow through with what Grandfather told her. Landrey D
DeleteThank you Chelsea and Landrey! I really felt that Moana and Fever 1793 connected well too.
DeleteTJ R.
DeleteDo you think Matties maturiority comes from her mother pushing her so much.
Jada A.
ReplyDelete(Mattie´s point of view)
I am sitting all alone in struck and horrible. Grandfather was my only hope and my last person taking care of her. I feel so tired but I can’t get over Grandfather and how he is really gone. (1) Grandfather was killed and it was the worst sight ever. I miss him so much already. I have no one to love or care for me. Mother oh Mother I must find her but I don’t know how … I’ll find a way, I know I will. I won’t stop until I find her. (2) I getting stronger and more confident. I miss Grandfather and Mother so much. I want Grandfather back. I need to find Mother and I need to tell her what happened. I feel very overwhelmed with all of this, I need help, I need support… I need Grandfather and Mother. (3) I am fully recovered from yellow fever. Grandfather has died but not from the fever. Mother still has the fever but I have no clue where she is. No one else I know of has the fever, that’s a good sign. (4) I feel I am becoming more independent. I feel more confident with myself and how i handle myself. I’m not the same little girl I used to be. I am older and more independent. When I Stood up to those robbers i felt like a whole new person. (5) ... (Third person) A real-world connect I can make to something I read in these chapters is the movie “Up”. I can connect the chapters and “Up” because, in Up the main character's wife passed which is someone who he was close with and the only one who he had left. This is the same way Mattie feels about her Grandfather. (6)
Mikayla H.
DeleteGreat blog post! Do you think that Mattie will ever find her Mother in the remainder of the book?
Jada A.
DeleteYes I do think Mattie will fiind her Mother again and things will go back to normal. Mattie and Mother will work in the Coffee house together once again.
Kaidyn Watson
ReplyDelete(Third person)
1.The settings of these chapters would be the Bush Hill hospital. Then the setting changes the Coffee house when Mattie and grandfather go back home.(15 and 17)
2.One of the major problems in these chapters would be when grandfather passes. This was a very hard time for Mattie. Now she has to survive on her own. (19)
3.Mattie’s responds to the pass of grandfather by raping him up and getting he ready to be buried. She starts to really hope that it all was a nightmare. (19)
4.Some instances of yellow fever in these chapters would be when Mattie gets yellow fever and has to stay at the Bush Hill hospital.(15)
5.Mattie is maturing in these chapters because at the end she didn’t cry over it and run for help and she didn’t scream whenever the intruders came in because she knew she could care for herself and she didn’t want grandfather getting hurt. Mattie tried to help keep grandfather out because then he has a chance of getting majorly hurt, then he said had his time to go. (19)
6. A connection to a real-world event for an event in this novel would be “To all the boys i’ve loved before.” I could connect these two novels to each other because Lara Jean is trying to hide something from her older sister Margot because she doesn’t want her to get hurt. The same thing happens to Mattie but in different means, but the same way. Lara doesn’t want Margot to feel hurt while Mattie doesn’t want grandfather to get physically hurt.
Mikayla H.
DeleteGreat connection! I can also comapre TATBILB to "Fever 1793" because she did not just want grandfather/margo to be physically safe, but they wanted them to be safe from danger. For example, Lara Jean hid her letter because she didn't want her sister margo to find out that her younger sister had a crush on her ex-boyfriend, and in fever 1793 Mattie tries to stay quiet while facing the robbers so she did not wake grandfather up and have him try to fight the robbers.
TJ R.
DeleteHow do you think Mattie felt being independent and getting able to make each meal by her self.
TJ Renicker
ReplyDelete1St person for Maddie
The date is Sept.26th 1793 and I am at the coffee house still with grandfather and Silas the house is still ransacked from when we first got back.(1)Last night something terrible happened 2 robbers can through our window taking the remains of what we had and the worst part was that they killed grandfather the only person in the house killed dead and it was all because of one robber that was strangling and beating him but he did not leave without me fighting back I took grandfather's sword and swung for his arm got a slash in his shoulder but now I am alone taking care of myself now.(2)I am am so upset now because I am really on my own now no grandfather he died last night, mother left to find someone to care for herself , and Eliza she went to care for her family.(3)Because of me getting yellow fever in Bush Hill when we got back they insisted I go to an orphanage because they did not believe grandfather could take care of me but I still left to come the see the coffeehouse destroyed.(4)Every since we got back I had to help make food and take care of me and grandfather with little resources and it makes me feel like a real adult by making food from the garden and what was ever left behind.(5)(Third person)My connection is with the purge because for 12 hours you can do whatever you want and stay alive and that is how it is in Philadelphia because everyone he scavenging for stuff because everyone is gone or is sick with the fever and the serving part comes Maddie trying to survive.(6)
Izzy Ramey
DeleteWhy do you think the robbers killed Grandfather?
TJ R.
DeleteI think they did that to try and get Mattie to pay attention to grandfather for them to have an escape.
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