Setting


 * Setting **

Fever 1793 starts out in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in August 1793. The narrator and main character, Matilda “Mattie” Cook, is first shown in her room of her mother’s coffeehouse that her father built. A few days later in the book, the setting shifts to the markets on the streets of Philadelphia and returns back to the coffee shop. The story proceeds to the bounds of Philadelphia when her grandfather fails the medical inspection to get out of town. When heading back to the coffeehouse, Matilda catches yellow fever, and after fainting, Mattie wakes up in a hospital. Grandfather and Mattie hitch a ride and go back to Philadelphia specifically the coffeehouse, where Grandfather eventually dies in a robbery. The setting moves to many places after that, like to the streets and to Eliza’s house. Fever 1793 finishes up in the coffeehouse when Mother comes back.

The book cannot be in a more perfect place. The settings of the book relate to what is going on and creates a mood for the scene/ chapter. Without the carefully placed settings, the story and the feeling of the book would be different and would not compare to how it is now.

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