Forbidden City Life Quotes

Doon is one of the main characters in the story, City of Ember. Doon’s personality is described as being very strong and serious, with dark hair and dark eyes. For example, DuPrau describes, “ His hair looked rumbled, as if he hadn't combed it for a while. He had dark, thick eyebrows, which made him look serious at the best of times and, when he was anxious or angry, came together to form a straight line across his forehead,” (page five and six). This quotation is used to describe how Doon’s outside appearance is seen by others Doon is a dynamic character in the sense that at the beginning of the story you believe that is a angry, immature kid, but as the story starts to progress, we start to see that he truly cares about fixing his city and

In the book, The House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer, the protagonist, Matteo Alacrán was not born but harvested. As the book goes more in depth, Matt has an unbearable final battle and figures out his true identity, which turns him into the hero that he becomes.

In the book, The House of the Scorpion, by Nancy Farmer, the theme is that if all people are accepted everyone will benefit from each other. On page 304, Nancy Farmer stresses that Matt is accepted when she writes, "Then everyone started arguing about when they discovered Matt wasn't a wussy aristocrat and when they knew he was muy gente, a great guy." When Nancy Farmer writes this passage, she is showing that now Matt has friends and everyone is happy, and wishes they were his friends first. While sitting by Matt, Maria, Matt's best friend says in chapter 16, "'That's not the point. Saint Francis didn't say, I'm going to punish you for all the wickedness you've done, he said 'Brother Wolf today is a new day and you're going to turn over a

Matteo Alacrán is a clone, which are the roadkill of the land called Opium in the book The House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer. Matteo, also known as Matt throughout the story, is the clone of the Lord of Opium, who we later find out is a very evil man. At a young age, he had no friends besides his guardian, Celia, and lived in an isolated place in the farms of Opium. When he was six years old, he is found by 3 children. Steven is the original Matteo Alacran’s Great-Great-Grandson, while Emilia and Maria are the children of the Senator of the United States. At first sight, they believe Matt is an eejit, which is like a zombie, until Matt breaks the window and jumps out, landing on glass and passing out.

Greed is like old age it slowly consumes you, nobody can escape it, and it will eventually cause your demise. In House of the Scorpion, by Nancy Farmer, a clone named Matt is isolated from the world because in this time period clones are viewed as pets. He is the clone of El Patrón, the lord of Opium; opium is a county that runs in a narrow line between the USA and Aztlan. (modern-day Mexico) Clones are supposed to be brain dead, but El Patrón wanted to relive his youth through his clone, which allowed Matt to find a way to defeat El Patrón. Throughout this novel, Farmer conveys the message greed is eventually going to lead to demise.

Alex matures and grows through his experiences in China and is now aware of the human consequences that war has. Alex’s growth and maturity is shown when his dad is captured by PLA. Proof of this is when Alex and his dad are talking over the two way radio before Ted gets captured. He is very concerned for his Dad at this point in the book. This event is the beginning of Alex’s awakening. This event hits Alex hard and makes him realize the reality behind war. Another event that helps Alex articulate his new vision of war is when he sees Lau Xu die right in front of his eyes. He even describes the details of the shooting when he says “Crack! Lau Xu spun around, his arms flung skyward. Before he fell the AK 47 spit flame again and the burst blew Lao xu off his feet” (Bell 114). Another example of Alex’s growth leading up to his epiphany of hating war is when Xin-hua gets shot. This happens when Alex starts to beg the officer to let her go and says” Please let me talk to your commanding officer. I just want to-...CRACK. The sound of a single gunshot. I turned to look into the trees where they had taken Xin-Hua. Oh God no, I moaned. No, No ,Nooooooo!” (Bell 183). Alex is now fully aware of the horrible consequences of war after witnessing the death of his friends and his father getting

You thought clones were not real, well think again. Matt is a clone of the most powerful ruler in opium drug country. The theme we chose for this book “House of the Scorpion” by Nancy Farmer is that the people who truly love you will risk everything for you. The first reason is that Celia loves Matt and takes major risks for him. The second reason is the love Maria shows for Matt.

In the novel, The House of the Scorpion, by Nancy Farmer, we see the journey of one boy, named Matt Alacran. His life is turned upside down all because of his loneliness and curiosity. Going from ages 0 to 14, we are able to see what it means to be human and the value of life through the eyes of a clone. In the beginning of The House of the Scorpion, we see a scientist named Eduardo who is trying to grow 36 human cells, but in the end only one survives. That one cell is Matt, the clone of a drug lord of Opium named El Patron. From ages zero to six, Matt lives a life away from everybody with Celia, his caretaker, who works in the House of Alacran. As the novel continues, he is discovered by the kids who live in the House. From this point

The Journey “Sometimes it takes a painful situation to make us change our ways” (Proverbs 20:30). This relates to the main character Alex Jackson. In the novel Forbidden City Alex changed dramatically on his frightful trip to China because of everything that is going on. Before Alex went to China he was not aware of his surroundings and what was happening around the world; especially war. For example, Alex said, “I had been a nut about all aspects of military history” (Bell 3).

The passage from The House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer, depicts Tam Lin articulating to Matt that he is no different than anyone who he will meet in Aztlan. Nancy Farmer includes the sentences, “No one can tell the difference between a clone and a human. That’s because there isn’t any difference. The idea of clones being inferior is a filthy lie,” in order to introduce certain conflicts and theme.

When asked “What is important in his life” Alex responded with a solid answer being Faith, family, and friends. All three of these items play a big role in how Alex lives his life and enjoys it at the same time. Faith is about having complete trust or confidence in someone or something and is important to have whenever times get tough. Faith in God is what keeps Alex going because he says he knows that God has a plan for him. Friends are important to Alex because he sees his friends every day and they support and challenge him. Family is a big part of his life because they are the ones who helped shape him into the

ve you ever got treated badly because you are different? Matt did in the book, The House of the Scorpion, written by Nancy Farmer. He got treated badly because he a clone. This book is about using livestock to clone human beings. It describes the behavior and relationship between human beings when they are born through normal way versus clones. The theme I think best is people treat others with disrespect just because they are different. The first evidence from the book is when Rosa mistreats Matt because she found out that he was a clone. The second evidence is that Steven, Emilia and Benito are unfriendly to Matt because he was a clone. The third evidence that support my theme is that Mr. Alacran and Felicia treats Matt very bad because

In Night City by Elizabeth Bishop, Bishop hints at the fact that humans are ruining themselves through pollution, industrialism, and human greed. Human society is the main cause of all the problems associated with pollution and seems to trouble the health of planet Earth. In the fourth stanza, Elizabeth Bishop writes, “the city burns guilt”. This quote shows that even though humans may feel guilty about what they are doing, as long as their lives are becoming easier by harming the Earth, they are still willing to do so. Connecting with this point, Elizabeth Bishop writes, “Another cried a skyscraper up”. In this case, ‘Another’ is referring to the tycoon, which symbolizes greed, guilt, industrial development, and capitalism. By building a

“People will hate you, rate you, shake you, and break you but it’s not where you start, it’s how strong you are in the end.”~Unknown The quote is telling the reader that no matter what is going on in life, it does not matter as long as you end strong. Dictionary defines perseverance as “Doing something difficult in achieving success.” An synonym is “Countenance” An antonym is “Discontinuation” The common purpose is perseverance. Perseverance is important to literature by how the characters change over hard times in their life. In this world perseverance is shown by if bullied. Then stand up to that bully to achieve success through what people have done in the past. Another real world that perseverance shows how people give up because they are to afraid of rising up to make a change on achieve that next step to life. Maya Angelou is a girl that did not speak for five years because she thought her voice would kill people. When Temple Grandin was only four years old, she did not speak until she went to school and got help from her teacher and mother on her journey to define herself. The literature Warriors Don’t Cry is about how nine Black Americans went to an all white school. This is where their life got brutal until the last straw. The authors use nonfiction literature to influence the reader through perseverance by showing how much the literature grows from a start of brutal bullying, until the end where they achieve success.

The House of the Scorpion Author’s Craft Essay “He grew large and green until he shadowed over the whole forest, but most of his branches are twisted” (70) This example of dialogue from The House of the Scorpion is a powerful metaphor repeated throughout the book and is an accurate comparison with El Patrón. El Patrón grew more powerful until he controlled a whole pseudo-country, but his twisted branches symbolize his corruption and greed. The House of the Scorpion uses symbolism to develop El Patrón’s greed.