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    Walter In the play Raisin in the Sun by Lorrain Hansberry there are quite a few characters that I can relate to without difficulty. The character I can relate to easily is Walter. Walter is a poor man who dreams big and always wants more for himself and his family. By dreaming big it also makes Walter very selfish and negligent. While he acts this way it causes a lot of pressure on the things that mean the most to him‚ his family and marriage. Throughout the play Walter‚ like a lot us in the

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    House of the Scorpion

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    Born in a laboratory from ancient cells‚ to live a life with sole purpose to be scrap parts to keep another alive‚ Matteo Alacràn‚ upon revealing himself to the estate he is kept on from his isolated habitat‚ at first‚ though he is to be the most important figure on the estate‚ is treated as a wild animal would be. When you find out that Matt is a clone you take a whole new perspective on how the book is going than from when you first start reading. Matt is a boy who starts out separated from people

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    Letter to the Dean

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    From: P. Sherman 42 Wallaby Way Sydney‚ NSW To: Gus Lava Lay FMC College Westward Ho Rd. Dear Esteemed Dean Lava Lay‚ I hope all is well with you and your thirty seven children‚ your deceased wife that you told me in your past letters still continues to nag you even though she’s been dead for about twenty-something years; and your new exotic‚ and very rare puffer-lung bird…is it still biting your fingers?. Since I’ve graduated from your grotesque college for the obese and mentally challenged

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    would be like to go through life as an outcast? The main character in House of the Scorpion was constantly treated as though he didn’t fit in. Although he was treated poorly‚ a few characters did feel differently about him. In the novel‚ the characters believe in different morals and have a wide range of views that are comparable to how people think and believe in today’s society. In House of the Scorpion‚ many of the characters share different morals and ways of dealing with things. For

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    With Power Comes Corruption Political corruption is one of the significant themes in the novel “The House of the Scorpion.” Political corruption is the use of power by government officials for illegitimate private gain. Everyday political figures and governments who we rely on to protect us betray us. Whether it is by bribery‚extortion‚ cronyism‚ nepotism‚ patronage‚ graft‚ embezzlement‚ criminal enterprise‚ drug trafficking‚ money laundering or human trafficking‚ political officials or governmental

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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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    which science is trying currently to decipher is the main cause of a parallel system filled with miracles and sufferings. Literature joined forces with science to highlight the reality and what is believed as in Nissim Ezekiel’s poem‚ Night of the Scorpion. One of the notable incidents to expose the clash of science and philosophy was the number 13. Unlucky for those who believe in history and means nothing actually in the light of science. And when people are given the freedom‚ everything turns into

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    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

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    Summary: The book is about a boy that is a clone name Matt. Matt was created by El 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

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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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