Answer:
I try to speak but
My mind is deep in thought
They're calling me back to earth like I'm an astronaut
[someone who spaces out often]
or
I don't hate you
I just need some time alone
I'm sorry I can't stay
I'd rather be at home
[introverted]
Answer:
The children in the district are so poor and some of them so pathetic that I suppose the struggle to live has been so great you could not think much about what you fed the mind, but I came away feeling that right there, in one of the biggest and richest states in the country, we had a big area that needed books and needed libraries to help these schools in the education of the children, and, even more, to help the whole community to learn to live through their minds.
Answer:
Mattie and Grandfather learned about worsening condition of the city due to yellow fever.
Explanation:
Fever 1793, is historical novel written by Laurie Halse Anderson
. The novel is about yellow fever, an epidemic, that consumed many lives in Philadelphia in 1793. The novel revolves around the life of Mattie and her family during this epidemic period.
<u>In Chapter 8, when Mattie and Grandfather visited the newspaper office they learned that the condition is worsening in the city due to the yellow fever. And, that people are leaving the city and fleeing to other states. They also learned that death toll are expected to rise in Philadelphia.</u>
On the way back to home, Mattie and Grandfather encountered with a man carrying Mattie's mother's corpse.
