Thursday, October 27, 2011
The House of Scorpions by Damien
In the novel I have chosen The House of Scorpion we follow
the story of Matt Alacran. At this point in the story he is a little older than
7 and is beginning to realize what it means to be a clone of El Patron. While
people will always look down on him for being a clone, they can never treat him
as they did before because El Patron has forbade it. El Patron is the leader of
the family and since Matt is his clone El Patron treats him better than the
rest of his family. However El Patron is no fool he knows of his families’
hatred towards Matt and has given him a bodyguard. Matt however begins to learn
of how El Patrons’ family talks bad about him behind his back. Matt initially
thought everyone must love El Patron but as he talks to his bodyguard and
watches the behavior of the other family members he notices a lot of resentment
towards El Patron. We also get a look into the behavior of a boy called Tom.
From outward appearances he would seem to be like a polite individual. However
he does certain things out of earshot of elders that would suggest otherwise.
He by far treats Matt worse than anybody in the family. At one point in the
book Tom just sits there shooting Matt with a peashooter as Matt is trapped in
a cage.
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It sounds like a very fascinating novel Damien. It's definitely a very unique story. My book sort of relates to your book based on the fact that Matt is an outcast. In my book a teenager name Jersey Hatch attempts to kill himself. However, he survives the injury and ends up mentally impaired. As a result, he becomes the outcast at school and none of his previous friends want to associate with him anymore. Like Matt, Jersey is no longer ‘normal’ after the incident and is isolated from his friend groups. Jersey also has a bodyguard-like figure similar to Matt’s. Leza, one of Jersey’s friend’s sisters, protects Jersey from others and is the only real friend that Jersey has at school. We need more people like Leza in the real world because they provide courage and kindness to others no matter if they are risking themselves in the process.
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