Equality With Others Analysis

All Matt's life he has been treated called and named a monster, an inhuman, unworthy because he is a clone. Even his best friend, the one that cares most for him, Maria thought he had no soul. Maria came from a fairly religious background so that statement carried a significant value for her. Everyone believes clones are animals, the rules even say they are livestock. And yet Tam Lin reveals that the only thing that separates a clone from a human is the intelligence the humans rob from them and the tattoo on their foot. All those around him look down on him. So only Matt and a select few think that they are equal. So the worldview that Matt is often battling with is Equality with Others. It is the tritagonist, coming after the protagonist (Matt) and the antagonist (his situation.). Matt struggles with the concept of equality quite a bit. He wants to believe he and his “brothers” are people too. But he is constantly told they aren’t. It influences him in deep ways. It’s the understanding of what they did to clones that prompted him to try to escape with Maria. …show more content…
Why do illegals deserve to be turned into slaves will the family rules over them? Matt wonders. Why is it that clones and ejects are below them? Because they are different, and people fear difference. I think this may have been an intentional choice by the author. Discrimination because of difference plagues our world too. I think Nancy Farmer wanted to approach and address that subject in a way that kids understand. This can help kids think critically of Matt’s, Tam Lin’s, and the whole cast of characters choices and their intentions. Through the medium of the book, she has been able to explore the worldview through a child's perspective,