Year of Wonders Lesson Plan

Who are those that decide to leave the village in the face of the Plague? What happens to them? How do you account for these differences?

The entire Bradford family leaves the very day Michael proposes the village self-isolates itself so as to not spread the disease to neighboring towns. This is exactly what Colonel Bradford stated he would do at the dinner party, and Michael is unable to convince him to change his mind. The two others who decide to leave the village are Maggie Cantwell, the Bradford's cook, and her pantry boy, Brand. Maggie and Brand are both from Bakewell and decide to go there in the hopes that their relatives will take them in. In Bakewell,...