What happens at the end of the book Fever 1793?
At the conclusion of the novel, Mattie’s mother returns from the country and is reunited with her daughter. Mother’s hands are “withered and limp” (29.50). She’s not her usual feisty self, and it looks like she won’t be back to running the coffeehouse. Clearly, things can’t go back to the way they were before.
What happens to Mattie at the end of the chapter 13?
Mattie again fetches water and finds more food, then returns to her grandfather and makes a fire to keep him warm. Mattie searches for more food and then becomes lightheaded and sick. She tries to return to her sleeping grandfather but becomes increasingly disoriented and finally collapses in delirium.
What does Mattie give to Turtle?
To cheer up Taylor, Mattie invites her and Turtle inside and gives Taylor coffee and Turtle apple juice and crackers.
Why does Esperanza try to kill herself?
Esperanza attempts to commit suicide. That’s what she gets for telling him a suicide story when he probably wanted to get his mind off it. Estevan tells Taylor that he and Esperanza had a daughter named Ismene.
What was turtles first word?
Bean
Why does Taylor find Jesus is Lord used tires and 1 800 the Lord so humorous?
Taylor gently pokes fun at religion. The names Jesus Is Lord Used Tires and 1-800-THE-LORD tickle Taylor because they use God to sell commercial products. Another mild subversion of religion is Mattie’s garden, reminiscent of a topsy-turvy Garden of Eden. Mattie’s garden also reaffirms the importance of setting.
How is it ironic that Taylor finds help at a tire shop?
The irony is that Taylor is afraid of inflated tyres due to seeing Mr Hardbine’s accident. The wall of tyres is to hide the neighbours who are offensive to women, pornographic.
Who does Taylor meet at the Burger Derby?
Sandi
Why does Taylor decide she wants to stay in Arizona?
She is weak with things involving her husband. She is strong concerning that she is going to be a single mom. How does Taylor decide to stay in Arizona? Because the scenery is the best she saw in years.
What is Lou Ann’s conflict Chapter 4?
Chapter Four dramatizes Lou Ann’s desire to both live in familiar surroundings with her family and to live with the absent Angel. Lou Ann’s mother and grandmother annoy her, but she feels sad to see them go. Angel has left her, and she feels tempted to fall back on her provincial, comfortable childhood.
Why did Taylor name the baby turtle?
They go to a hotel, and while bathing the baby, Taylor discovers that the baby, a girl, has been abused and sexually molested. She names the baby Turtle because the girl clings to things like a mud turtle.
What is special about the purple beans that Mattie is growing in her garden?
The beans that grow in Mattie’s garden are also transplants from another place, coming from China. These bean trees will become very meaningful to Turtle, another immigrant to Tucson.
How do Lou Ann and Taylor meet?
Taylor doesn’t know what to do. She decides to care for the baby, but she’s alone and doesn’t know anyone in town. Until, that is, she meets Lou Ann, a local young woman who posted an ad in the local paper in search of a housemate to share expenses.
Who comes to see Mattie and seems a little jumpy?
Taylor thinks that the priest seems “a little jumpy,” and notices when he leaves that “there was a whole family packed into the back of his station wagon,” and “[t]hey looked like Indians” (3.71). After Mattie gets back with Turtle’s juice, she starts checking over the waiting client’s car.
What does Lou Ann worry about most regarding Dwayne Ray and herself?
What does Lou Ann worry about most regarding Dwayne Ray and herself? Lou Ann’s worried that Dwayne Ray won’t live past the year 2000.
Where does Lou Ann find a new job?
Lou Ann gets a job at the Red Hot Mama’s salsa factory, where she puts her heart and soul into her work. Although the factory reminds Taylor of a sweatshop, Lou Ann loves her job and brings home all kinds of salsa and new recipes.