The House Of The Scorpion Quote Analysis

I believe power can corrupt the mind; it corrupts the allowance of the urge to hold power to consume your morals. The author of “The House of the Scorpion” writes, “‘Well, Matt. Do you have any personal shortcomings you’d like to share?’ ‘No,’ said Matt… the man hurled himself across the room and struck him with a force that almost made him pass out with pain.” (Farmer 301-303). In the story, “The House of the Scorpion”, a man in a position of power brutally assaulted a child because he stole something. Moments later, the same man attacked another child, because after experiencing the rush of power, he had been corrupted. The compulsion to wield this new power consumed the man’s morales. In a different article, Nietzsche writes, “Whether… even if we stake our lives, as martyrs …show more content…
The text states, “‘I could kill you,’ Rosa said quietly. ‘I could bury your body under the floor-and I might do it.’...’Or I might not. You’ll never know until it’s too late. But one thing you’d better understand: I’m your master now, and if you make me angry-watch out!’” (Farmer 39-40). Rosa uses pain, in this case mental pain, “to make her power perceptible” (On the Doctrine of the Feeling of Power, Nietzsche, 1882). She uses pain to gain power from the one who was threatened. Further into the story, the author writes about Matt and El Patron’s birthday party, “‘Get it now,’ said Matt in the same cold, deadly voice… ‘One more thing,’ Matt said. ‘I demand a birthday kiss.’... ‘It’s my party too,’ said Matt, ‘and I can have anything I want…’” (Farmer 109). This is the only day Matt can utilize power, and once he does, he becomes caught up in the feeling of being in power. Because no one grants him respect, he uses this newfound power on everyone, excluding El Patron. This correlates with the article. Not only does Nietzsche’s philosophy accord with “The House of the Scorpion”, but also accord with real