Nancy Farmer

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House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer documents the journey of Matt, who is the clone of a powerful drug lord. After being injured, he goes to the Big House and meets this drug lord, who has lived for over 140 years. The Big House is where Matt learns that he was made to provide organs for El Patron, the drug lord. He will then attempt to escape, and become more than just a clone for spare parts. The most important central theme in this story is power corrupts. This theme is shown through several

In today’s society, we have created a distinct image of what constitutes as a vampire and what constitutes as a ghost. However, this distinction within the context of Medieval Europe, challenges that vampires and ghosts are two distinct entities. In fact, by looking at ghost stories and Icelandic sagas, it becomes evident that while vampires and ghosts each have distinct qualities, that there are a frequent number of similar characteristics between them. This ultimately helps voice the attitudes

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. The third reason is how Matt grows and develops traits of love and sacrifice for the people he cares about. In the beginning

through the tariffs that he had put in place, the establishment of the gold standard, the victory of the Spanish American war, and importance of foreign policy. William McKinley was born in Niles, Ohio with his dad, William Sr. McKinley, his mom, Nancy McKinley, and 7 siblings. William was enrolled in the Poland Academy. He attended Allegheny College, but didn’t complete because of financial issues. A good student, though not a brilliant one, he succeeded by dint of hard work and exceptional retention

“Good dialogue illuminates what people are not saying” -Robert Towne. Dialogue should be able to convey a message without directly stating it, and is very important to any story being told. Dialogue is a common method used by many authors to help add depth to the overall story and characters within it. In both the stories, “The Treasure of Lemon Brown” and The House of The Scorpion- the authors use dialogue to develop the characters and events. In “The Treasure of Lemon Brown”, The author Walter

me was Abraham Lincoln assassination. His Assassination changed the United States of America in many ways. Abraham Lincoln was born February 12th, 1809 in Hardin County Kentucky to Thomas and Nancy Lincoln in a one-room cabin on their farm known as Sinking Spring. Thomas Lincoln (Abraham's father) was a farmer and carpenter. In 1816 the family moved to Indiana where seven year old Lincoln helped his father build a log cabin. Two years later the family moved and his mother fell ill and later died of

From January 20 to 23, I went to Santa Fe and San Ildefonso in New Mexico with Dr. Laughlin and my classmates. I was totally surprised by the architecture of the housing and the rich collection of Native American cultures. I expected to see traditional suburbs but instead I found almost everyone has built houses resembling traditional adobe homes which I had never seen. Houses, businesses, government buildings including museums are almost built in this style. The colors seem to blend in with the

Virginia Woolf’s Orlando is a work that bends the rules in multiple ways. It plays with the idea of biographies, it questions the nature of fiction writing, it incorporates humor in bizarre ways. And on top of all that it brings into view certain controversial topics, and certain prejudices of Woolf’s time. The two prejudices this paper will be focusing on are homophobia and sexism. By looking at the character of Orlando and examining his/her relationships, romantic feelings, and place in society

Throughout the thousands of years that humans have been on this earth, hundreds of different stories have been told. Stories to explain creation, stories of ancient heroes, and mythology of the Greeks. However, the many years that these myths have been told, the stories began to change and the meanings of the stories began to change, this process is known as petrification. Petrification is when myths have lost their original purpose and meaning due to being told throughout the years. Whether it be