In my opinion, the theme in the novel "The House of the Scorpion," would be that where you come from and how different you are should make no difference to anyone. Also that the people who dont accept you for who you are arent worth trying to please because its the people who accept you for your flaws and abilitys who are worthy of the title friend.For example when Matt was found in the field, Tom, Emilia, and Maria were interested in who he was but when they found out he was different the only personb to stick around and be a true friend.
1. Why was Maria the only person to stay friends with Matt after everyone found out he was different?
2. Why did El Patron not care that matt was different?
3.What made MAtt so different from everyone else?
4.Why did nobody treat matt the way they treated El Patron?
5.What did El Patron treat everyone like no matter who they were ( Once you work for El Patron you become his ________ ) ?
6.Why did Matt follow Maria to Saint Luis?
7.Why did Matt despise Tom most of all?
8.What reaction did Chacho and Felipe have to Matts confession?
9.When the Keepers brought Matt into the orphanage why did he try so hard to keep his identity a secret?
10.Why did Celia take Matt in as her own?
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ReplyDelete2. El Patron did not care that Matt was different because Matt was his clone therefore wants Matt to be treated as his son.
ReplyDelete3. what made matt different from everyone else was the fact that he was a clone, not born but bred. At first, they treated him with respect but as soon as they cleaned his wounds and noticed his label they threw him out because he was a clone.
ReplyDelete5. El Patron treats everyone equal, exept for Matt. He treats everyone equal because in his eyes, once you are on his property, you become his property. You will also become part of his "Dragon Hoard"
ReplyDelete4. Nobody treated Matt like El Patron because everyone hated clones and thought they were beasts. when El Patron was present people treated him with respect but when he left matt was hated once again.
ReplyDelete7. Matt despises Tom most of all because he sees Tom as an evil little boy. He has even heard stori3es from Celia about the evil spirited things he does. Such as peeing in a cup and telling Maria that its apple juice, and waching her reaction. Aswell as shooting Matt with a pea shooter when Matt was in his "prison" and could not defend himself.
ReplyDelete5.El Patron treats everyone equal but gives Matt more freedom and respect. Once you are on El Patron's territory you then become his property, a servant or an eejit.
ReplyDelete2. El patron did not care that Matt was a clone, and in fact treated him beter than everyone else, for two reqsons. First is because Matt is HIS clone, and as such shares a special bond one can only have with ones self. The other is that if El patron is to get into an accident, he can use Matt and his organs to save himself.
ReplyDelete1. Maria was the only person to stay with Matt after everyone knew that he was a clone because Maria was the only one that didn't care that he was a clone. She loves him for who he is, not "what" he is.
ReplyDelete9. Matt tried so hard to hide his identity because he didn't want them to judge him just because he's a clone. If they were to find out, they might be shocked and treat him differently.
ReplyDelete3. Matt was so different because he was a clone. Either than that, he was incredibly intelligent for his age and was much smarter than other kids his age although he did not know this because he was not able to interact with other children. He found math and science tremendously easy and was very talented at the piano.
ReplyDelete7. Matt despised Tom the most because Matt saw through Tom fake personality. Tom acts all nice and polite around adults but deep down, Tom was an evil little child. Tom did evil little things like pee in people's drinks and nail the legs of frogs to the ground so other animals could come and eat them.
ReplyDelete9. He tried so hard to keep his identity a secret because if they knew he was a clone, he was afraid they would treat him like Rosa. And if he kept it a secret, he would get the chance to see what it was like to be treated like a real boy. As well, he was afraid that he would lose his new friends if they found out.
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