Why does Matilda say, “What was wrong with the world? Would I not next see birds flying backward, or cows crocheting doilies?” (page 93) How do people react towards the sick? How would you react if you someone like the farmer and you encountered someone s

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Why does Matilda say, “What was wrong with the world? Would I not next see birds flying backward, or cows crocheting doilies?” (page 93) How do people react towards the sick? How would you react if you someone like the farmer and you encountered someone s

Why does Matilda say, “What was wrong with the world? Would I not next
see birds flying backward, or cows crocheting doilies?” (page 93) How do
people react towards the sick? How would you react if you someone like the
farmer and you encountered someone sick? Why would you react in this
way?

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Answered by jill d #170087 on 5/27/2020 11:42 AM

While walking back to Philadelphia, Mattie and her grandfather are shunned. Hospitality and assistance has disappeared, they are treated like the plague itself.