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The House Of The Scorpion Character Analysis

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The story, The House of the Scorpion, is written by Nancy Farmer. The main character is Matt and the setting mostly takes place in Opium. In the beginning of the story, a scientist is in a lab and puts a cell into the womb of a cow. This cell is from the DNA of El Patron, a powerful drug lord, and the beginning of Matteo Alacran. After nine months, the cow gives birth to Matt. Although all clones are given a induction to make them brainless, Matt was not given one. The main conflict is, evidently, Matt being a clone and his existence. The resolution of this story is Matt reigning El Patron’s ‘throne’ and becoming the powerful drug lord. Matt would have been killed, if it wasn’t for El Patron’s passing. There are many despicable characters …show more content…

This shows Matt’s disbelief and sort of a sadness. He saw the emptiness in a used-to-be person, with feelings. Although Rosa didn’t show kindness to Matt, she was a human. She had a soul somewhere. Matt saw how horrible it was to become an eejit by seeing Rosa. A lifeless, brainless, and ‘empty’ eejit. This book has many connections and personal similarities to my family and me. First of all, the culture and Mexican descent in the book is the same as my family. In the book, El Patron was very poor and from Mexico. According to the book, The House of the Scorpion, it states, “‘During Cinco de Mayo the ranchero had a celebration. --- The mayor of our village - dressed in a fine black and silver suit - rode on a white horse and threw money to the crowd. How we scrambled for the coins! How we rolled in the dirt like pigs! But we needed the money’” (Farmer 232-233). This is very similar to my Papa. Like El Patron, my grandfather was from Mexico and lived in a poor family. Him and his family traveled to America for a better life, farming. Second, the holidays celebrated in this book is also celebrated by culture. As claimed, “‘We’re so lucky! Of all the days we could’ve come, we picked El Dia de Los Muertos, the Day of the Dead.’ -- She put out shoes for the Wise Men to leave gifts at Christmas. She colored eggs for Easter. She served roast turkey on Thanksgiving and heart-shaped cakes on Saint Valentine’s Day” (Farmer 349). My family and I celebrate all if these

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