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    Recently I read a fictional book written by Nancy Farmer‚ entitled The House of The Scorpion. It was about a Boy named Matt that was made a clone so that his organs could prolong the life a ruler filled with power. It involved criminals becoming slaves and mind controlled with injections. It involved lies‚ deceit‚ power‚ isolation and death. It involved Matt having to make choices which ultimately formed his own identity. There is a debate going on today wherein they are considering removing

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    While reading The House of the Scorpion the reader sees that this book’s moral dilemma is being hated because he is different. The House of the Scorpion is about a boy clone named Matteo Alacran. In the book Matt faces numerous issues in his life do to the fact that he’s a clone. People have a hatred feeling because either cultural‚ religion‚ ignorance‚ skin color‚ uniqueness or reputation of others. Cultural can be for many reason such anti-Semitism in Europe. Religion can be seen in the Middle

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    Patron for body parts but Matt didn’t know that because he thought he was different and special. When Matt was young he didn’t know he was a clone until he got to the house of the Alcan when Mister Alcan told his children and the maid that he is a clone and Matt overheard them. Matt didn’t believe them though. They kick Matt out of the house over the night. Then they notice that he is El Patron clone and brought him back in and put him in a shed like place. That is when Matt realized that he is a clone

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    House of the scorpion 1. The story takes place in the fictional country of Opium. This country is located between the United States and Mexico. Opium‚ was established by a powerful drug lord named El Patron (which means "the boss" in Spanish). This story also takes place in the poppy fields‚ where Matt first lived. It also takes place in Alacarian Estate. 2. Matt- Matteo Alacarian‚ a clone‚ a very nice boy‚ but cries a lot. El Patron- The real Matteo Alacarian‚ a powerful drug lord

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    Have you been treated badly because you are different from other people? The House of the Scorpion‚ written by Nancy Farmer‚ is about a boy‚ Matt‚ who gets treated differently because he is a clone. In my opinion‚ the theme is that don’t treat other people badly because they are different compared to you. Evidence from the book has Rosa treating Matt like an animal‚ the priest not allowing Matt in church because he’s a clone‚ and the gardeners building barriers and filling sawdust in his cell. Furthermore

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    in The House of the Scorpion. In The House of Scorpion by Nancy Farmer‚ is a science fiction novel about a boy named Matt is followed throughout his life and how he grows up as a clone on the Opium fields‚ where the border between the  U.S. and Mexico exists today. He is a clone of El Patrón‚ a man much like a scorpion‚ the drug lord and king of the Opium empire. The story follows Matt as he grows up on the Alacrán estate and learns the repercussions of being a clone. Throughout The House of the

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    working on cloning living things. But they aren’t able to clone a human because that is not yet legal. In the book The House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer a boy named Matt is the clone of a powerful drug lord named El Patron. He is living with a woman named Celia when he got hurt and had to be taken to the Big House‚ then he ends up meeting El Patron and living in the Big House. Throughout the story Matt starts making friends with different people that treat him like a human instead of a clone‚

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    House of scorpions” by Nancy Farmer is a Fascinating stoy that should be read by all age groups. The story takes place in a in a country called Opium‚ a strip of poppy fields between the U.S and Mexico Matt is a misunderstood boy who is treated like trash just because he is unique After an encounter with some kids‚Matt finally learned the truth about who he was or what he was. He was a clone but know just any clone ‚ the clone of a rich power hungry man called El patron. Matt is sent to a house where

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    more than a shadow imprisoned in the dark. This is the way Matt‚ a clone‚ feels in a world of humans who despise his very existence. Unintentionally‚ Matt goes through what has been coined as The Heroic Cycle‚ and Nancy Farmer‚ author of The House of the Scorpion visibly depicts our troubled protagonist as a future hero of the deteriorating empire that is Opium. In spite of his sufferings‚ Matteo Alacran defeats all odds once discovering this new world and prevails through the hardships he faces. When

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    Have you ever thought about what it would be like if our society had mind control? Would it be ethical? In the book The House of The Scorpion an eejit is a person with a mind control inside their brain. When someone is turned into an eejit they have no mind of their own‚ instead they are ordered around‚ without a choice to disobey. Which is why it is so unethical. Creating eejits is unethical because they have a lack have freedom‚ others have to make choices for them and they can work themselves

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