As previously said by Mark Twain, "Everyone is a moon, and has a dark side which he never shows to anybody." This statement illustrates how, no matter who, everyone can be influenced by negative aspects such as vanity, selfishness, arrogance and desire for power.
In the book The House Of The Scorpion, the characters are constantly altered by these negative traits, which often results in terrible consequences. Farmer's novel narrates the story of a boy who wishes to be included in society and later discovers he is the clone of an important figure, El Patron. Later on, Matt faces many challenges as he fights against others' discrimination and struggles to remain strong. Throughout the story, the author shows how vanity, selfishness, arrogance …show more content…
Despite their wealth, this particular clan is known for tormenting and discriminating others due to their differences, as what occurred to Matt. Tom, a young Alacrán integrant, finds pleasure in bothering and harming others not only emotionally, but physically, because of their distinctions. Matt, his main victim, is targeted because he is a clone and so, is relatively inferior to others as shown by the author when Tom declares, "I forgot. You're too dumb to talk. You're a stupid clone who wets his pants and barfs all over his feet. Maybe if I spoke your language, you'd understand." ( 45) Even though the antagonist may possess numerous objects, his discrimination with others shows that money doesn't guarantee one's soul to be pure. Another individual who segregates Matt is Steven, who up until the end of the story never showed any harmful behavior towards Matteo, with the exception of indifference. This point is proved by the writer when she portrays how "Steven said with a cold smile. "The law is very clear. All clones are classified as livestock because their grown inside cows. Cows can't give birth to humans." (226) At times, even though those who we believed would never abandon our side, may rebel against us and judge us based on others opinions. In addition, before anyone knew Matt's true identity, the treated him normally. However, when it was …show more content…
At first, he thinks that there, everyone is equal and he'll easily be able to forget his past, though, he soon realizes that this so-called revolutionary community is just like, if not worse than, El Patron's Empire. One of the reasons behind this is that the Keepers force the boys to live in a form of communism, while they are able to access various resources restricted to the general public. The writer indicates this selfishness when she confirms how, one of the boys named Ton-ton "knew what went on inside the Keepers' compound, which was surrounded by a high wall. The Keepers had holo-games and a television and a swimming pool. They had all-night parties with delicious food." (307) Though the Keepers claim to be enforcing an equal society, this is proof that they aren't sharing with other, which makes this an ironic situation. Another example of how this selfishness is displayed in Farmer's novel is when all of the boys can only eat plankton while the Keepers can consume any item they wish at any time. This is demonstrated when the author describes how, "The Keepers drink real milk, too, not ground-up plankton, and they eat chocolates wrapped in gold paper."( page 308) Due to that, we can clearly assume that the Keepers are actually hypocrites since they go against their own teachings and beliefs. In addition, another situation that proves the
In the book The House Of The Scorpion, the characters are constantly altered by these negative traits, which often results in terrible consequences. Farmer's novel narrates the story of a boy who wishes to be included in society and later discovers he is the clone of an important figure, El Patron. Later on, Matt faces many challenges as he fights against others' discrimination and struggles to remain strong. Throughout the story, the author shows how vanity, selfishness, arrogance …show more content…
Despite their wealth, this particular clan is known for tormenting and discriminating others due to their differences, as what occurred to Matt. Tom, a young Alacrán integrant, finds pleasure in bothering and harming others not only emotionally, but physically, because of their distinctions. Matt, his main victim, is targeted because he is a clone and so, is relatively inferior to others as shown by the author when Tom declares, "I forgot. You're too dumb to talk. You're a stupid clone who wets his pants and barfs all over his feet. Maybe if I spoke your language, you'd understand." ( 45) Even though the antagonist may possess numerous objects, his discrimination with others shows that money doesn't guarantee one's soul to be pure. Another individual who segregates Matt is Steven, who up until the end of the story never showed any harmful behavior towards Matteo, with the exception of indifference. This point is proved by the writer when she portrays how "Steven said with a cold smile. "The law is very clear. All clones are classified as livestock because their grown inside cows. Cows can't give birth to humans." (226) At times, even though those who we believed would never abandon our side, may rebel against us and judge us based on others opinions. In addition, before anyone knew Matt's true identity, the treated him normally. However, when it was …show more content…
At first, he thinks that there, everyone is equal and he'll easily be able to forget his past, though, he soon realizes that this so-called revolutionary community is just like, if not worse than, El Patron's Empire. One of the reasons behind this is that the Keepers force the boys to live in a form of communism, while they are able to access various resources restricted to the general public. The writer indicates this selfishness when she confirms how, one of the boys named Ton-ton "knew what went on inside the Keepers' compound, which was surrounded by a high wall. The Keepers had holo-games and a television and a swimming pool. They had all-night parties with delicious food." (307) Though the Keepers claim to be enforcing an equal society, this is proof that they aren't sharing with other, which makes this an ironic situation. Another example of how this selfishness is displayed in Farmer's novel is when all of the boys can only eat plankton while the Keepers can consume any item they wish at any time. This is demonstrated when the author describes how, "The Keepers drink real milk, too, not ground-up plankton, and they eat chocolates wrapped in gold paper."( page 308) Due to that, we can clearly assume that the Keepers are actually hypocrites since they go against their own teachings and beliefs. In addition, another situation that proves the