Scorpion

In the story The House of The Scorpion, by Nancy Farmer, the main character is Matt and this mostly takes place in Opium. In the beginning it takes place in a lab that creates clones. The embryo of Matteo Alacran is put into a cow, the cow gives birth to it like a normal baby. But with all clones they are given something that stops them from having any intelligence but this one does not. The main conflict of the story is Matt’s existence, for he is a clone. At the end of the story the solution…

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…

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…

graduate to and from college, till the day you get married. She gives you more than she gives herself. She wants better for you than herself. She loves you more than herself. It kills me to see a family that doesn 't have that. In The House of the Scorpion, by Nancy Farmer, María experiences that with her mother, Esperanza. The Scientific Fiction novel, takes place in the future in Mexico, known as…

look around. The warehouse's walls were dyed red and puddles of blood were staining the concrete floor. Ever since I became head of the clan I had to get used to scenes like these. The elite of the elite, the strongest martial artist on Earth, Scorpion Rey at 322 years old I still have idiots pointing either their fist, gun or blade at me. Fools. The Sorpion clan are just as worthless. When I was a simple elder about 160 years ago, power struggles and politics…

Lucas once said, “Power corrupts, and when you're in charge, you start doing things that you think are right, but they're actually not.” This theme is very evident and important in House of the Scorpion as some of the characters are very powerful and cannot properly handle their power. House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer documents the journey of Matt, who is the clone of a powerful drug lord. After being injured, he goes to the Big House and meets this drug lord, who has lived for over 140…

In the novel “The house of Scorpion” by Nancy Farmer the novel begins with the main character Matt, who is a young boy “clone”. The novel follows Matt’s difficult journey to finding his identity. Matt is a very timid and lonely character who in a way doesn’t know who or what he is. He doesn’t know where he came from or who gave birth to him. All he knows is Celia his caretaker shelters him away from everybody. As the novel progresses, we see that Matt is a clone of El Patron a merciless drug…

found myself being dragged out of bed. I got ready and our parents helped us pack everything we needed. Soon, everyone was set and ready to go. The trip to Marble Forest took eight hours so to pass time, I was reading a book called The House of the Scorpion. It was such a good book. It didn’t feel like eight hours had passed by but they sure did. Just when I reached the best part, I realized my parents were calling me. We finally reached the cabin. The exterior of the cabin looked….…

The book “ House Of the Scorpion “ is a book everyone should read. The story takes place in the future in Opium, a country which separates Aztlán (formerly Mexico) and the United States. The book is about an artificial clone born from a cows womb. Matt the protagonist is the clone of the ruler and drug lord El Patron. The Story is about the struggle of being a clone and no one sees him for who he is, but what he is. This fiction book is very interesting, recommendable book, and there's no…

“On the Doctrine of the Feeling of Power” gives some excellent insight on what power really is and how much humankind will give up to gain more of it. His philosophy is demonstrated throughout civilisation, including Nancy Farmer’s The House of the Scorpion. These two things help explain power to us, be it the ideas of power, corruption of power, or similarities between these two writings and other events and documentations worldwide. Power…