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This book takes place in 1793 so the revolutionary war has just ended and America is still recovering. People don't have much money since a lot of it went to the war so people can't buy things such as sugar even if you are rich. For example, in the text it says, "We have ugly days ahead of us. No sugar for anyone, rich or poor, no-no." This shows that no matter what you can't afford some things such as sugar and later other more basic needs as well.

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Right now the economy of the country is based on farming so everyone is relying on that. Now that there is the fever farmers from the country are afraid to come into the city because they think that they are going to get sick. This is a problem because now farmers aren't getting as much money and the city of Philadelphia isn't getting enough food.

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The grandpa seems content and settled, he doesn't want to leave his home and doesn't think he has to. He thought it would all blow over. It wasn't until he was almost destroyed that he left, showing his other trait. Compassion for family. Even if he didn't want to, he left to keep his family safe.

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Matilda's mother as a character is interesting in her relation to her daughter, she seems mean and scolding to Matilda but that's just because she's hardened and doesn't want to make connections. And it is very clear that she loves Matilda very much. She tells her to leave for fear of her getting sick even though she's in pain.

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There seems to be a cultural and monetary divide. The rich leave and let the poor stay behind and die. Not to mention they have wildly different tendencies and lifestyles. Our main characters can't keep up!

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the setting is a small, poor town in Philadelphia in wartime. currently the setting is changing for Matilda and she is moving through the country. now she is back to her hometown and going to the coffeehouse again after going to the newspaper place.

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Currently, the people in America are recovering from the Revolutionary War. Some people are still doing well, but other are struggling financially.

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30 years before the story took place, there was a yellow fever in Philadelphia. Now, a fever is spreading again and people are fleeing to the countryside or anywhere away from the city. The yellow fever in the past may have been very bad and the people who witnessed that are probably impacted by that severely. So as soon as the fever started to become more serious, memories came back to haunt the citizens of Philadelphia and they escaped it as soon as possible.

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The people in this country have a lot of challenges to face. So many families are suffering from fever victims. Some sick people are being thrown out of their own houses so their family won't get sick. The fever has gotten so bad, that people are abandoning their own family members. Also, kids were getting stranded and alone since their parents died from fever. Many orphanages had become too full to handle many children.

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Now, everyone across the country is super cautious of the fever. When people were trying to go to the countryside to flee the chaos of the fever, the roadside security guards wouldn't let anyone who seemed a little sick in. For example, when the farmer was riding with Matilda and Grandfather to the country, the roadside security guards stopped them to make sure nobody had the fever. When Grandfather started coughing (which isn't even a fever symptom), the farmer lied about Matilda and Grandfather, leaving them behind and carrying on with his own life. Later, Matilda and Grandfather were left to survive on their own in the woods.

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the setting is very depressing because the yellow fever is going around. this is effects Matilda because it is making her mom sick. the setting also effects the conflict because 30 years ago in the town the yellow fever was going around and now it is coming back, so the conflict would not be the yellow fever if this wasn't the setting. now in the book the setting affects some more of the conflicts. for example grandfather died because of the robbers and the setting has turned into a town with lots of poor unhappy people who only can get things from stealing other peoples things.

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the weather in the setting is hot and humid. this makes the fever spread easily because in the text it states, "the cold air stops the fever from spreading". now the weather is affecting the setting a conflict more because its October and it is still super humid and hot out.

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They are in a time period after a war, so even though the war was many years ago they are still recovering. This means that the town is kind of poor and maybe not in the best condition.

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Matilda is developing very interestingly as a character, and I fear she will leave untrusting all adults. Every one has led her away, died, or steered her down the wrong path and I do not think Eliza alone can change that. It just goes to show that children were over looked and considered stupid in compared to adults back then more than now. And I think Nell shows how Matilda wants to be around younger people, or to be in charge.

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During this time period the government was very new since the colonies recently gained freedom from Britain. At this time George Washington was the president of America and many people in Philadelphia trusted him to get them out of the fever. For example, Matilda's grandfather was saying that he and his family would not run to the country if George Washington wasn't going to. This shows how people trusted the president a lot.

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from august to October, in 1793 the yellow fever breaks out again after another breakout 30 years ago.

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Since the fever has grown, it has been a great time for robbers and roadside trouble makers. Matilda and Grandfather returned home to see the coffeehouse was robbed. They ran into several mischievous people throughout the story. For example, there were two robbers that came into the coffeehouse when Matilda was sleeping. They were the ones who were looking for money and ended up killing Grandfather.

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George Washington is an influential character from the time, he also got the coffeehouse up and running and basically got the plot jump started if the Grandfather is to be trusted. Not to mention it´s clear Washington is idolized by the Grandfather in the story, and works his personality.

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There is some discrimination between the two genders in this story, near the start we see it brushed off but the poem for one of the chapters shows it clearly, highlighting the best thing for a woman to be is a housewife. It really depends on the social class. It seems as if for wealthy classes, women could just stay at home. But for the lower classes, women probably had to work hard since their families didn't have much money.

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Religion exists in this book but it never is really brought up or practiced except in small christian bursts by Matilda and the occasional other character. There may be a divide between religions or it may be nothing, but it´s hardly ever brought up.

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There aren't quite divisions with age groups. Since the fever is such a big problem, people are more concerned with staying healthy. However, families do care a lot about children and when children get sick, the doctors also seem to be more sympathetic towards the patients.

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Eliza is dark skinned but there does not seem to be any bad blood or slave undertones. Maybe I just missed something but I don't think she's a slave per-say. Still, she works hard for little pay and it's treated as normal. So there is probably some segregation happening here.