The House Of The Scorpion Summary

In the story The House of the scorpion, written by Nancy Farmer, the main characters are Matt, El Patron, Celia Maria Tam Lin. The Main setting is in the future, in Mexico, On an opium farm. In the beginning of the story we meet Matt who is a clone of El Patron. Who has never known anyone else but Celia. In the story the main problem is that Matt is a clone And is not seen as an equal because he is a clone. The solution is When El Patron died, he was the only copy of him, so with the law Matt was the new drug lord El Patron. At the end of the story Matt finds out every one of his enemies died by drinking of wine but in that process of losing all his enemies he loses his close friend Tam Lin.

My judgement is that Matt should love Maria the reason I think Matt should love her is because she is the only one around his age that likes him And doesn't think he's bad because he's a clone. In the story, it says“Is she you're little girlfriend? Why shouldn't Maria be his girlfriend?” (109) This shows that Matt likes Maria and he wants her to be his girlfriend. He is also feeling a little jealous because he doesn't see anything wrong with Maria being his girlfriend. Another reason I think This is true is because on it states “One more thing, Matt said. I demand a birthday kiss.”(109) When Matt said that and asked for the kiss it
In the book it quotes “ If you survive the landing, Matt, i'll do everything in my power to make you the new reigning drug lord….” and “Only you must promise me that once you're in control you'll destroy the opium empire and tear down the barrier that has kept Aztlan and the united states apart for no longer.”(367) Matt has to promise to Esperanza that he is going to destroy the opium empire and to destroy the barrier when he is in charge. In return, she will do everything in her power to make Matt the new lord of