Scorpion

The House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer My rating: 5 of 5 stars The House of the Scorpion is an incredible novel and is one of the best, if not the best, book iv 'e ever read. The story of the novel takes place in the fictional country of Opium, a dystopian independent country between the US and Mexico. The story centers around Matteo Alacran, a young boy and the clone of a the ruler of Opium (and drug lord), whose name is El Patron. Matteo is treated as sub human throughout his child hood…

Scorpion Recce Jet – Textron AirLand Unveils The Air Beauty Fighting in the air is not sport. It is scientific murder. — Captain Edward V. 'Eddie' Rickenbacker, USAS In the race of falcons, new bird with all its devastating beauty and efficiency confront itself. The king of techs in airforces, USAF announced that it had signed a unified research and developed a settlement (CRADA) with Textron Airland, under which the service is going to conduct an airworthiness assessment of Textron’s scorpion…

My favorite constellation is Scorpius ("The Scorpion") due to the fact that I am a Scorpio (my birthday is November 15th). Scorpius is the southernmost constellation out of all the Zodiac constellations and is near the center of the Milky Way. Also, the red star, Antares, is located where the Scorpion's heart is supposed to be. The star is red because it should be going out soon. The Scorpion's heart may either turn into a black hole (which many describe our hearts to be like) or a new star.…

The pair of scorpion appendages that appear to be adapted for grasping prey are their chela (claws). The claws have a movable finger and an immovable finger. The movable finger is what clamps down and grasps onto prey. The first pair of legs appear to be extremely long, yet thin, much smaller than the claws that they have. They appear to be the smallest appendages that the scorpion has. The function that they may serve is to help stabilize the scorpion as it is walking around. They might also…

tail jerked upright. And at that moment the laughing Coyotito shook the rope and the scorpion fell.” (Steinbeck, 5) That quote shows the braveness of Kino trying to save the life of his innocent baby Coyotito from a deadly scorpion and risking his own to save his little baby. Now that shows braveness risking your life to a deadly scorpion How Kino shows love is when Coyotito is then stung by the deadly scorpion. Kino does everything he can to get his son better. Kino and Juana take the baby to…

The Twisting of the Branches: Corruption in House of the Scorpion Throughout all of history, there have been governments, and throughout all of government, there has been corruption. The similarity between all of these misled regimes is that they all had immense power, too much for one rule. The blackening of powered authorities is represented in Nancy Farmer’s dystopian fiction book, The House of the Scorpion. In The House of the Scorpion, Matt is a clone of the drug lord El Patron. He grows…

being in certain places, times, and events. This quote means that fiction books can take you to certain places and make you feel a certain way. The school board needs to reconsider taking away fictional books. The author of The House of The Scorpion gives the novel a theme of compassion and forgiveness. In the book the author writes ”He wasted no tears on the Alcrans or their slaves Felicia, Fani, and Emilia. But he wept for El Patron, who deserved pity less than anyone but who was…

Another way the theme is shown throughout both books, is through contrast in characters. In The House of the Scorpion, two contrasting characters are Celia and El Patrón. Celia is a kind chef, who raises the protagonist of the story, Matt. Celia is not rich, but cares for and loves Matt like he is her own son. Together Celia and Matt are happy, but not wealthy. Due to this, Celia must sneak food and other supplies from the Alacráns to give to Matt. “...feel happy...they wouldn’t notice if I took…

clammy like the clam I am, and my eyes were on the scorpion. Beneath it is my child our child Coyotito,reaching and giggling, in the handing in the box underneath the deadly scorpion. Coyotito reaching up at it it sensed danger and shot its tail upward like the shotgun in a rodeo. I stood perfectly still. I could still hear Juana whispering her ancient old magic. Coyotito playfully trying to catch the scorpion. I could not move until the scorpion moved. My hand moved forward very slowly and…

In the novel, The House of the Scorpion, by Nancy Farmer, a young boy by the name of Matt is clone of the well respected and shriveled man by the name of El Patron. These events take place in poppy fields lying between the United States and what was once called Mexico. As Matt grows into a young boy, he faces many struggles. Even though El Patron loves Matt as he loves himself, his power-hungry family and dangerous army of bodyguards do not. Matt needs to escape in order to survive. Escape from…