Question

The Yellow Fever always begins in the lowest part of a populous mercantile town near the water, and continues there, without affecting the higher parts. Which character in Fever 1793 represents this idea? A) Eliza B) Andrew Brown C) the print shop apprentice D) the man pushing a cart

Answer 1

Answer: The character in Fever 1793 that represents this idea is D) the man pushing a cart.

Explanation: Fever 1793 is a novel written by Laurie Halse Anderson and published in 2000. It focuses on the yellow fever outbreak that developed in Philadelphia in 1793. One of its characters is the man pushing a cart, who is poor and belongs to the lowest part of the populous mercantile town. It is this man the one who helps Mattie to take her grandfather's body to the place in which he will be buried. In contrast, Eliza, Andrew Brown and the apprentice belong to the higher parts of society.