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    While reading The House of the Scorpion the reader sees that this book’s moral dilemma is being hated because he is different. The House of the Scorpion is about a boy clone named Matteo Alacran. In the book Matt faces numerous issues in his life do to the fact that he’s a clone. People have a hatred feeling because either cultural‚ religion‚ ignorance‚ skin color‚ uniqueness or reputation of others. Cultural can be for many reason such anti-Semitism in Europe. Religion can be seen in the Middle

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    House of the scorpion 1. The story takes place in the fictional country of Opium. This country is located between the United States and Mexico. Opium‚ was established by a powerful drug lord named El Patron (which means "the boss" in Spanish). This story also takes place in the poppy fields‚ where Matt first lived. It also takes place in Alacarian Estate. 2. Matt- Matteo Alacarian‚ a clone‚ a very nice boy‚ but cries a lot. El Patron- The real Matteo Alacarian‚ a powerful drug lord

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    working on cloning living things. But they aren’t able to clone a human because that is not yet legal. In the book The House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer a boy named Matt is the clone of a powerful drug lord named El Patron. He is living with a woman named Celia when he got hurt and had to be taken to the Big House‚ then he ends up meeting El Patron and living in the Big House. Throughout the story Matt starts making friends with different people that treat him like a human instead of a clone‚

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    I have finished the book‚ The House of the Scorpion‚ by Nancy Farmer‚ and I will be presenting readers with a book review of this book. As there are many spoilers in this review‚ if you are planning to read this book‚ I suggest you to turn back‚ and read the book first. Now‚ if you ignored my warning‚ it’s time to read the book review! The story begins with the protagonist‚ Matt‚ in his youth years‚ when he is 0 to 6 years old. It starts off with Matt arguing with his caretaker‚ Celia. When she

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    We all grow up at some point in our lives‚ but when you are forced to make mature decisions before they have all the necessary skills can make your childhood unpleasant as well as difficult. Matteo Alacrán‚ a boy from the nation of Opium‚ was not brought into this world like the rest of us he was placed inside the womb of a cow‚ where he grew‚ until being cut out. This changed the way many people would look at him in his life. He was a clone to many until his world was turned upside down by “himself”

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    in The House of the Scorpion. In The House of Scorpion by Nancy Farmer‚ is a science fiction novel about a boy named Matt is followed throughout his life and how he grows up as a clone on the Opium fields‚ where the border between the  U.S. and Mexico exists today. He is a clone of El Patrón‚ a man much like a scorpion‚ the drug lord and king of the Opium empire. The story follows Matt as he grows up on the Alacrán estate and learns the repercussions of being a clone. Throughout The House of the

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    more than a shadow imprisoned in the dark. This is the way Matt‚ a clone‚ feels in a world of humans who despise his very existence. Unintentionally‚ Matt goes through what has been coined as The Heroic Cycle‚ and Nancy Farmer‚ author of The House of the Scorpion visibly depicts our troubled protagonist as a future hero of the deteriorating empire that is Opium. In spite of his sufferings‚ Matteo Alacran defeats all odds once discovering this new world and prevails through the hardships he faces. When

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    Have you ever thought about what it would be like if our society had mind control? Would it be ethical? In the book The House of The Scorpion an eejit is a person with a mind control inside their brain. When someone is turned into an eejit they have no mind of their own‚ instead they are ordered around‚ without a choice to disobey. Which is why it is so unethical. Creating eejits is unethical because they have a lack have freedom‚ others have to make choices for them and they can work themselves

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    mirror. They study the details of their face‚ the curve of their nose‚ and maybe think of what they might look like with just minor changes to their features. In the book‚ The House of the Scorpions‚ Matt is a clone of the master of the Alacran Estate‚ El Patron. Matt’s image in the mirror reflects the humanity theme of the book – while Matt knows he is a clone‚ he doesn’t feel any different than his DNA donor El Patron. In fact‚ he is treated in many aspects like he is El Patron himself. As

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    warning others that if one person is given too much power‚ there will likely be consequences. He also stated when someone is given absolute power‚ there is not a doubt that person will become corrupted. In the same fashion‚ characters in The House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer‚ abuse power or are affected by the abuse of power. In the beginning of the book‚ Matt‚ a young boy‚ leaves the confinement of his home for the first time only to realize he is a clone‚ which causes him to be isolated and treated

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