The House Of The Scorpion Quote Analysis

Scientists successfully cloned a sheep in July of 1996. Her name was Dolly. Even though scientists cloned a sheep, cloning humans is illegal. If someone tried to clone themselves, they might get a clone if the scientists complete the process correctly, but it is extremely wrong and illegal. The book, The House of the Scorpion, written by Nancy Farmer was about the life of a clone. The main character was Matteo Alacran, Matt. In other words the clone. The story takes place in the future. Matt lives at an estate owned by a drug lord. Matt is 1 of 7 clones. El Patron, the drug lord, uses clones to stay alive. Matt escapes the power of El Patron and survives. Throughout The House of the Scorpion the author analyzes the theme of acceptance and how happiness

We witness this when Celia takes care of Matt, the clone. Also, we see this when Maria wants to be Matt, even though she knows what he is. Finally, we view this when El Patron saves his clone from an abusive caretaker.
Celia is the very first person to accept Matt in his life. She accepts Matt all thought his life. First, Celia is Matt’s caretaker, but every day she has to go to work at the “Big House”. Matt hates this. He doesn’t like to be left alone all day while she is at work. Some days he even cried when she left. Nancy Farmer states on page 6, “ ‘Don’t cry, mi vida. I love you more than anything in the world.’ ’’ This shows the theme of acceptance because, Celia takes Matt into her arms to help him stop crying. She is one of the few people that don’t see Matt as a clone. She sees him as a little kid. Also, Celia accepts Matt when he escapes from Rosa. Rosa is who is very abusive to Matt when he is discovered by some children that were traveling the poppy fields. When Matt is put with Rosa, he is saved by Maria, one of Matt’s best