If I had to pick a place to live I would choose Opium. To be more specific, I would choose to live in Celia’s home. Living in Celia’s home would be a convenience because it is isolated from the main city. An advantage to being isolated is that there aren't people that could put me in any circumstance fraught with peril. Page 6: “He’d played with his toys and watched the television. He looked out the window where the fields of white poppies stretched all the ways to the shadowy hills.” This excerpt describes the environment the Small House is in. Being in the Big House, you never know who's watching you and whether or not you can trust someone, thus instigating a very untrustworthy environment. I believe that this untrustworthy environment is created because of how power-hungry, and egotistic El Patrón is. Page 375: “I had a glass of wine, wrote Daft Donald, but Tam Lin came up to me and said, “Don’t drink it, laddie. Ive got a strange feeling about this
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Matt gave him a wallet that had looked good in the catalog and now seemed shabby next to the other presents.” I believe that this excerpt describes how El Patrón is respected and how people treat him.
In Aztlán the living conditions aren't very ideal. I say this because right as Matt crosses the border, the scenery is describes as dull and bare. Government wise, Aztlán is rather similar to Opium but instead of having El Patron as a decision maker, there are the Keepers. The Aztlán people, they say they have a communist environment but in reality they do not portray that. For example, when Jorge punished Ton-Ton for taking the holo-game. Page 299: ““You!” Barked Jorge so suddenly that several boys flinched. He pointed at Ton-Ton. “M-Me?” Squeaked Ton-Ton as though he couldn't believe it.
“You stole a holo-game from the Keepers’ rooms! We found it under a pile of rags in the kitchen.”
“I, uh, I,
Matt gave him a wallet that had looked good in the catalog and now seemed shabby next to the other presents.” I believe that this excerpt describes how El Patrón is respected and how people treat him.
In Aztlán the living conditions aren't very ideal. I say this because right as Matt crosses the border, the scenery is describes as dull and bare. Government wise, Aztlán is rather similar to Opium but instead of having El Patron as a decision maker, there are the Keepers. The Aztlán people, they say they have a communist environment but in reality they do not portray that. For example, when Jorge punished Ton-Ton for taking the holo-game. Page 299: ““You!” Barked Jorge so suddenly that several boys flinched. He pointed at Ton-Ton. “M-Me?” Squeaked Ton-Ton as though he couldn't believe it.
“You stole a holo-game from the Keepers’ rooms! We found it under a pile of rags in the kitchen.”
“I, uh, I,