"Sometimes, even to live is an act of courage" - Seneca
The novel Fever 1793 is a book by Laurie Halse Anderson. In the novel, the young character Mattie is battling through the yellow fever epidemic in Philadelphia. Mattie's mother catches the fever and leaves the city to get better. Many people are dying due to the fever and the town turns into a ghost town. Mattie decides to stay with her Grandfather. This is story is about Mattie trying to survive and get through the fever epidemic and find her Mother. One theme in the book is survival. I understand them there about this novel, but I'm here to say that the best and most backed-up one is "Some people will be willing to do ANYTHING to survive". The reasons this is the best are: People can