“Fatal Fever”, a nonfiction story written by Gail Jarrow shows how weak human beings are when facing such a deadly pandemic and how this disease can easily ruin millions of lives. This story happens in 1907,  when the outbreak of the typhoid fever has started. And our protagonist, whose name was Mary Mallon, was a typhoid carrier. Mary had passion for cooking, but her passion has killed many people. People who ate her food all caught typhoid fever, and because she was too dangerous, the health department had to come in and take her away.

This page on the left shows different facts I found from the book to support my thinking: “The typhoid fever is hard to prevent and highly contagious.”

This page here on the right shows my thinking about the cause and effect relationship between the environment, the disease, why Mary was caught, and how she tried to fight for her freedom.

The page at the bottom marks the start of this new unit and the themes, central ideas, and social issues that I have found in the first few pages of this book.