The Scorpion Quotes

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.

‘The Secret Life of Frogs’ is a poem that delves into the childhood perception of war, in particular World War I, and the experiences of their fathers. ‘The Secret Life of Frogs’ deals with the idea of misunderstandings incurred when children attempt to understand adult concepts. This is evident through the use of punning. The term ‘Frog’, which is frequently used throughout the poem adds amusement to the text because to the readers, it not only translates literally to a frog, but also represents the rival French people in the war through a negative light. However, the narrator, who is also one of the children in the poem, does not understand this other meaning attached to the term ‘frog’. This can clearly be seen in the final sentence

The House of The Scorpion is a dark plot written by Nancy Farmer about a young boy named Matteo Alacrán. He lived in isolation with his caretaker, Celia who works for the highly compelling and affluent Alacrán family, of which El Patron is the head. El Patron is the drug lord ruler of the dystopian country, Opium. Later on in the story, Matt finds out he is the clone of El Patron and his life takes a turn for the worse. Through the characters of El Patron, the keepers, Tam Lin and Celia, Farmer shows us that those bestowed with power have the ability to use it however they please, for better or for worse.

Meanwhile, Amy Salinsky, Russ Thompson, Ron Thompson and I were walking through the towering jungle that was our backyard. Suddenly…. We see this monstrous machine with blades coming at us and we run away and Russ tells me twerp you better start running for the hills if you wanna live and Ron said bro stop being a jerk..The fierce wind scaring my sister Amy, and then Russ tells everyone to follow him and then knowing that we could die we run the opposite direction of this thing with monstrous blades. Then something or someone scared the thing away.

The House Of The Scorpion is a science fiction novel about clones and many other interesting topics. Matteo Alacran, the main character, could be described as a hero in many different ways. Matt could be described as your average hero like those in books and movies because many plots have the hero growing up with a rough childhood and is mostly isolated from others. When Matt was young he was abused and locked away from everyone, didn't have nearly any friends, and by the time he was fourteen, he had dealt with near-death experiences, hatred and prejudice, and a lot of violence. Average superheroes also have a power that makes them different from everyone else. But in this case, Matt is a clone. For almost all of

A long time ago in a plain forest a group of squirrels was sitting around talking then the bear showed up. When he showed up all one of the bears said here comes the weirdo and they all laughed. The squirrels picked on him because they had fur and they didn't. The bear got really tired of the squirrels picking on him and he wanted it to stop so he went to the swamp and ask the wise one. The wise one was a small slimy frog that knew everything. The bear asked the frog why don’t i have fur like the squirrels I really want to have fur. The frog said if you want to get fur it will be a big risk to take. The bear replied I will do anything for fur then the frog said you will have to climb to the

A man of the society grew very bitter about the removal of the tree and accidentally pushed the great chiefs daughter into the hole. Soon after news had spread about the chiefs daughter, the people were frightened and decided to accommodate themselves to help her. Upon the brave helpers were the turtle and the toad. The toad swam to the bottom of the water to search for soil which was placed on the turtles carapace as a template for the world down under. The great chiefs daughter then grew healthy and quickly had a daughter .

Loyalty is essential for Matt in The House of the Scorpion. So many things in his world are erratic, making him rely on the people who are everlastingly steadfast in spite of any bumps down the road. Because of his social status, Matt is unable to make many deep connections with people as they seem to hate him. The relationships he does have and the connections he does make are the most important, as the bonds he has with these people can never be broken. We depend on one another, without even knowing it. Unconsciously, people become accustomed to the relationships in their daily life, not realizing how much they need the people they talk to every day. When someone does not interact with others regularly, instead conversing with the shadows,

in a world where talking crickets and painting insects exist, there was a house. inside the house there lived a family of 4, james, his mom, and his dad and then there was marvin. Little Marvin was a cricket, he lived inside a little cupboard inside the kitchen of the house. Marvin loved to paint and dance. One day he was discovered by a little boy named James, when james first saw marvin he was scared and tried to squash him, but then marvin started to speak. After talking marvin and james became best friends.

He finds a guide named Romilayu, the two of them travel for days until they finally reach the Arnewi tribe. While visiting the tribe he meets and befriends the prince Itelo and learns of their frog infestation in the water supply and decides to do something about it. "Meanwhile my heart was all stirred and I swore to myself every other minute that I would do something, I would make a contribution here. 'I hope I may die,' I said to myself, 'if I don't drive out, exterminate, and crush those frogs.'" (p. 68) Henderson goes through phases where he would rather die than not do something correct. He makes a bomb to kill the frogs but ends up destroying the wall holding the water supply together and drains the entire reserve. He later leaves the Arnewi tribe in search of a new one with different meanings of

One day while I was hunting, I met a man named Orion who had two dogs with him. Their names were Canis Major and Canis Minor. We became close friends. We hunted and were always together. My brother Apollo had grown jealous of our relationship. One night, Orion dreamed of a scorpion that had skin that couldn’t be pierced. He fought it all night, and before he could get stabbed in the heart he awoke. When he got out of his house, he saw the same scorpion in his dream. He started fighting the scorpion, and had ended up having to jump into the sea to try and escape it. Meanwhile, Apollo had told me that a man named Candaeon had sexually assaulted one of my maids. He told me that the man was trying to escape by swimming across the sea. In fury,

The murderers that Macbeth hired to kill Banquo have done their job and go to tell Macbeth what they have done. One murderer interrupts the feast that is taking place and explains that Banquo has been killed but his son has escaped. But Macbeth does seem to be too worried, he thinks Fleance is too young pose a threat to him. Macbeth compares Banquo and his son to a father snake to its child, using a biblical reference to how the snake is clever creature. The snake theme continues to be present in the text. As used by Lady Macbeth in Act I scene 6 “But be the serpent under ‘t…” She wants Macbeth to look like he is the friend is everyone when in reality he is plotting against them in secret. Also we see some more religious imagery with snakes,

Long ago, but somehow in the future, there lived a frog named Woggle, and his much more interesting brother named, Wiggles. One day Woggle and Wiggles where tired of living out in the wilderness, they didn’t want to be like the other frogs they wanted to live in city, because they knew the city would contain many opportunities, but they lack the knowledge of the dangers in the city. They eventually made up their minds and they went to the big city. When they arrived at the city they didn’t like what they saw, large trucks, loud traffic and crowds of people, they didn’t like any of it. Though it was bad they still had hope, so Woggle took a deep breath and took his first step out into the street, but then, all of the sudden a runaway train burst through a building and ran onto the street. Woggle screamed and sacked the train.

Although the fable of the scorpion and the frog is only presented twice in the movie, the fable acts as a central theme to the overarching plot. The actions of many characters, but specifically Fergus, can be explained by their “nature” as either a frog or scorpion. Initially, Fergus is surrounded by the

Rather the frog has nothing important to say and it words are meaningless. Emily’s sense of humor certain stings the point across and is one of her great attributes to her style and writing that shines