Tam Lin

Evidence for pro-metastatic role of TAMs: Genetic studies in mice have shown decreased rates of tumor growth and metastasis are associated with decreased TAM numbers. Lin and colleagues crossed a transgenic mouse susceptible to mammary cancer with mice containing a recessive null mutation in the CSF-1 gene (Csf1op) and compared tumor progression in wild-type and mice lacking CSF1. Of note, CSF1 is an important survival factor for macrophages. They observed that the absence of CSF-1 significantly

Throughout both The House of the Scorpions and On the Doctrine of the Feeling of Power, there are many differences. These two articles are like comparing apples to broccoli as Mrs. White, my eighth grade gifted English teacher, puts it. However, once you dig down deeper into the meaning of these writings, you can find many similarities not easily seen on the surface.     Conceiving of power, as Nietzsche puts it, is more of a deceitful process. Nietzsche’s process might be more for someone who is

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. This phrase does an exemplary job of achieving the element of conflict. During the entirety of

In the story “House Of The Scorpion”, written by Nancy Farmers, the main character of the story is Matteo (Matt) Alacran. The main setting of the story takes place in the country of Opium. In the beginning of the story, it describes a man named Eduardo who delivers a baby Matt from birth from a cow. There were thirty six split cells of life in the beginning, but only Matt was the droplet that lived. The main conflict of the story is Matt himself; he is a clone of the one of the most powerful drug

The House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer is a book mainly set in the future, in a country in between the U.S. and Mexico, named Opium. The main character Matt Alacran lives in Opium, under the control of the powerful drug lord El Patron. El Patron makes money off of selling opium, so he kidnaps people, implants them with computer chips, and programs them to work. Matt is not one of these eejits, but he is a clone of El Patron that was birthed by a cow. Throughout the story, Matt “evolves” as a character

Matt, the main character of the book, The House of the Scorpion, goes through his life being criticized and tormented because of one thing that sets him apart from most people. He is a clone, but not just any clone, all the other clones minds were wiped and destroyed and they were called eejits and they only do things on command. Matt is the clone of a very rich man named El Patron. El patron wanted Matt to have a normal life as a boy but Matt found out why El Patron really did this for him. All

He’d protected him and given him Celia and Tam Lin for company. He hired Mr. Ortega to teach Matt music. The old man took great pride in the boy's accomplishments. That was not the behavior of someone who planned to murder you later.” This displays how Matt thought he could trust El Patron because

free from literal captivity to escaping the confinement of prejudice, the novel’s continuous theme of escapism is displayed in different ways. Including, El Patron’s various attempts to escape death, Felicia’s drug use to get away from reality, and Tam Lin’s flee from guilt and crime. In early stages of novel, “Matt never saw anyone except Celia and, once a month, the doctor” (Farmer 7). Matt was restricted to Celia’s shack with almost no human interaction. “When Matt was younger, it hadn't seemed

luxurious prince and orders everyone to pay him respect. The reason he acts this way is because Matt is actually the clone of El Patron. Matt goes through the next period of his life living in the mansion along with many people and his body guard, Tam Lin and his fate of learning to live as a clone. Soon after a period of time, El Patron becomes extremely ill and Matt finally finds out that he is one of many of El Patron’s clones that are to be used for his

The main character of The House of the Scorpion is named Matt who lives in a place called Opium. Opium is a strip of poppy fields lying between the United States and what used to be called Mexico. There is one problem for Matt because he is the clone who was made in a lab by a scientist named Eduardo. In the real world people think clones are animals or monsters. He is a special clone because he is the clone of El Patron, a drug lord, who owns Opium. At the end, El Patron dies which then causes Matt