Matt Kaizer

He slowly stars talking again after his disturbing event. Matt meets everybody in the Alacran family. He quickly adjusts to his new lifestyle, and befriends Maria and Tam Lin. He becomes enemies with Tom. Matt learns to run Opium and studies music.

First, Matt grows up by accepting his identity. In this book Matt faces a bunch of problems that have to deal with him being a clone. Everybody besides a select few, discriminate against him for

While Celia, his care taker, went to work, Matt would sit in his room and read his book to his toys. He would quickly realize how lonely his home was and when the kids of the Alacran House appeared at his window, he was very excited. He broke the window and climbed out, injuring himself. He was willing to be friends with anyone that he trusted all of them until they began treating like an animal when they realized he was a clone. He searched for true friends, but many saw Matt as a lab project. People wanted to get rid of him except Maria, Celia, Tam Lin, and El Patron, so Matt was determined to show others he was more than just a clone. He wanted to be respected and treated like a human being, but to reach his goals he runs into many obstacles that lead to unexpected

We wouldn't ever disappoint ourselves because if we never gave up we would eventually reach our goal. Now Mattie was only one of the many characters who was showed the pride in never to give up. Grandfather was one as well. In the story him and Mattie end up in a shelter after Mattie becomes sick. Well when she all better they try putting her in a orphanage because she supposedly doesn't have any family members. But grandpa comes and saves the day by not giving up on matte because he fights for her right to stay with him. He could have just had her stay in a safer place but he knew she wouldn't like that at

‘What about the doctor?’” This quote indicates how kind of a heart Matt has. It introduces guilt to the reader of the man lying there and a little pleasure of knowing that the main character isn’t soulless. It helps add feelings and depth of the understanding of the reader when reading this dialogue. Secondly, when Celia, Matt’s guardian is leaving for work, says,“‘What’s this?’ the woman said. ‘You’re a big boy now, almost six. You know I have to work.’...

At first Matt had no idea how to get in, until Ezperanza explained, “You can’t have two versions of the same person at the same time. … But when the original dies the copy takes its place.” (Farmer 367). Ezperanza was saying how Matt was El Parton and due to his DNA being identical to El Parton he could get in. Maria then asked, “Matt’s human?” and Ezperanza answered, “He always was.” (Farmer 367). Matt was never not human, instead he was a copy of someone, like a twin. Once Matt finally understood that he was human the whole time, he started to believe in himself much more. This made him confident, and made him realize that only he was capable of going in there due to his relation to El Patron, which means that he is the only one who able to put a stop to this insanity.

Mattie was smart. She remembered everything her grandpa taught her. She saw Willow trees and remembered this trick: find a Willow tree and you will soon see water nearby. She saw raspberries, and knew that rabbits were nearby. She is the reason why her and her grandfather survived. Her personal traits that helped her get through this was the

Although they are saying this in front of him, he stays positive. He entertains himself with the sawdust, and becomes friends with the bugs that start to live in the sawdust with him. He constantly thinks about Celia and Maria to stay happy and content with his new life.Matt stays positive by finding happiness in everything and not holding grudges. On page 147, Matt finds out that Rosa had been turned into an eejit because of the way she treated him. Instead of saying that she had it coming, he feels bad for her because she got the life sucked out of her body. Every time he got a horse, he would try to talk to her, to see if she would respond, but she never did. Finally, Matt made friends with people who believed him and believed that even though he was a clone, it didn’t matter, and this kept him

‘Stop that.’” When the reader is reading the quote they feel sympathy for Matt and a bit upset with Celia for being so strict for not taking him and being so harsh. Finally, when Matt is being hunted down, his friend María is helping him, they say, “‘What am I supposed to do?’ Matt said. He felt drained of willpower.

Mattie is there for others when the going gets tough, whether or not they think

Matt favors fall. He is “too much fall-wet brown leaves under a darkening sky” This quote shows he resembles fall because he has dark hair and dark eyes.

When Matt is finally needed for organs, he manages a narrow escape with the help of Tam Lin, but the danger isn't left behind in Opium. Near death awaits him at the border of Aztlan, luckily Matt is able to hop the border, and land right in the arms of the Keepers. Conformity was the key to surviving with the lost boys, but Matt did not conform easily. Had he been ignorant to the ways of the world –like the other lost boys- Matt would've been like a sheep following a shepherd. However, Matt was not a sheep, he had seen more of the world than the orphans could dream of, and could not be easily brainwashed. In the end, Matt's individualism caused a lot of trouble, almost killing the frail Fidelito and himself. If Matt had compromised his integrity, nobody would've been hurt. On the other hand,

Matt was born a clone. This made things very difficult for him. Some people thought of Matt as an animal. Because of this, for a period of time, he also got treated like one. When Matt was first brought to the Alacran Mansion Rosa was assigned to watch him, and she didn’t treat him well. Matt was put into a room; with barred windows and rough cement floors. The room was later filled with chicken litter. This series of struggles taught Matt to have patience. For an extremely long time one day, Tom, a rude member of the Alacran family, shot peas at Matt. Matt dealt with Tom with much patience. “He instinctively understood that if he refused to react, Tom would lose interest.” (Farmer 46) This patience helped him climb out of a bone pit and deal with outrageous

Matt is a middle class man who becomes obsessed with the need to get revenge on his son’s death. His son Frank is killed by a man named Richard. He is the husband and dads father of the women his son is in love with. This is what leads Matt into killing someone he wants pay back for his son death. Matt kills because he loves.

In the beginning of the story, Matt is bad, impolite, and basically the worst kid on the planet, “He could belch whenever he wanted to, and did, a lot. Spitballs, booger flicking, wedgie yanking, it was all wicked fun for Matt.” When he is dared to pick up road kill, he will do it, without a moment