The House Of The Scorpion Quotes

‘“Fiction is a sort of inter-human magic, allowing you to travel into a scene and feel it tingle on your skin.”Fiction books help readers imagine 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 closer to Matt than anyone in the world.” The author wants the reader to understand Matt is a compassionate and deeply conflicted individual, and his love for El Patron is twisted and confusing. The quote proves my thesis because readers can read this novel and feel want the author wants them to feel.The author writes ”He understood the full extent of it now. It wasn’t only the drug addicts throughout the world or the illegals doomed to slavery. It was their orphaned children as well. You could even say the old man was responsible for the keepers.’’The author wants you to understand Matt’s …show more content…
The general argument made by Ronald Hecker Gram in his book is that he sees bullying as the outgrowth of a desire to be in relationship with another.Bullying is occurring all over the world in and outside of classrooms.The readers are able to see and understand how Matt get bullied and prejudged.“It thus becomes a spiritual crisis as well as a societal ill.” It is a spiritual crisis because they are losing humanity and compassion. The author is able to talk about world problems through a fictional book.The book The House of The Scorpion talks about real societal issues relevant to the readers like bullying and human