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First, Matt grows up by accepting his identity. In this book Matt faces a bunch of problems that have to deal with him being a clone. Everybody besides a select few, discriminate against him for

Confusion is an archetypal storytelling motif, seen in such classics as Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare as well as modern television. This motif, whether it’s referenced as the fog of war, confusion, or simply misconceptions, has progressed intriguing plots for centuries. Often, confusion follows one seeking to find transparent, black and white truths where they don’t exist. In modern literature, a prime model of the effects of confusion can be seen in Ian McEwan’s Atonement. Atonement, being a novel founded upon a principle of varied versions of reality created through misunderstandings triggered by adolescence and a lust for control, shows how the act of seeking clear black and white answers in a gray world often leads to a loss of control

Matteo Alacran’s life was full of many hardships. He was born a clone which made all things even more difficult for him. All these struggles Matt had to face only made him stronger. Now all these new strengths he learned can be used to help him during different challenging times. Throughout his whole life he had to endure many challenges including having to live in a pen for multiple days, escaping from his home unnoticed, and working in a strict Plankton Factory. These struggles only helped Matt to face other challenges he may come across.

1. “In any war story, especially a true one, it’s difficult to separate what happened from what seemed to happen. What seems to happen becomes its own happening and has to be told the way. “ (71)

In the story House of the Scorpion, written by Nancy Farmer, the main character is Matt Alacran. The main setting is in the future in the opium fields and Atlzan. In the beginning of the story, we meet Matt in Celia's house. The main conflict in the book is Matt being a clone, the whole entire book Matt worries about being a clone and that people will know and what they will do. The solution to the conflict is that all the Alacran died and he is now a real person since El Patron died.

Arnetta Arnetta is girl leader of the African American Girls Brownie troop. She is the only girl who believes that the white girls said a racial slur. She is the leader so has attributes of a leader. She is the one who plans the plan. Little does she realize is that the white girls actually have “special needs”.

Everyone needs friends who they can trust and rely on to always have their back. The House of the Scorpion is a dystopian fiction novel written by Nancy Farmer, is about a clone, named Matt, of the powerful drug lord, El Patron. When he is brought into a world ruled by El Patron, he is hated by everyone in the big house, except for a sweet girl named Maria, who lightens Matt’s day with just her presence, his bodyguard who becomes more like his father, and Celia, the woman who has taken care of Matt since he was made into a clone. He learns what it is like to live in a world full of social hierarchy and in his adventure he goes from the top to the bottom and everywhere in between. He is constantly being judged on who he is and is learning more about his identity, though mostly learns about love and loyalty . In this adventure of The House of the Scorpions, Matt finds that loyalty with friends is one of the most important things to have. Farmer shows many aspects that point to this theme.

O’Connor takes her main characters through an epiphany in which therefore helps the characters to become aware of their own ignorance. The characters eventually gained knowledge or better yet became self-aware of their attitudes towards others through some form of an unexpected tragedy. O’Connor wants her readers to see how no matter how much you try to cover or justify your ignorant ways whether it be through grace, judgment is still imminent. “In A Good Man is Hard to Find”, O’Connor reveals in this story both grace, redemption and pride. The

The author’s use of a heron’s catching of an unsuspecting snake is to show the powerlessness one has against the inevitability of fate. One has no way to account and

Although Gwendolen is occasionally rebellious towards her mother she shows the quantities of her mother, lady Bracknell; a strong-minded, sophisticated and a presumptuous woman. In the first act Jack, as Earnest, questions Algernon whether he thinks about the possibility of Gwendolen representing her mother: ”You don’t think there is any chance of Gwendolen becoming like her mother in about a hundred and fifty years, do you Algy?”. The quote firmly is questioning if Gwendolen represents her mother. When Gwendolen first met Cecily Cardew, Jack’s tutelage, she presents herself in a kind manner but after hearing that she will be marrying her Earnest, Gwendolen begins to imperious herself to feel empowerment over Cecily. This scene shows some

Matt is the only clone that has a normal functioning body and mind. Matt is a clone that has been living with a mother-like figure named Celia. Celia goes to work while Matt stays in his home and is instructed not to speak or interact with anyone. One day a couple of kids come to the window in his house while Celia is away at work and they want to play with Matt. Matt is overjoyed by the attention

In this quote, Achebe addresses Okonkwo’s behavior and state of mind after the death of Ikemefuna. The author uses imagery when describing Okonkwo’s demeanor by stating that Okonkwo “felt like a drunken giant walking with the limbs of a mosquito” (Achebe 63). This depiction of Okonkwo’s behavior reveals the guilt, anguish, and inner struggle he feels after having witnessed and taken part in Ikemefuna’s death. Okonkwo’s behavior in this passage also reveals a vulnerable and caring side to his usually bitter and severe character. Okonkwo feels divided about his decision to take part in killing Ikemefuna because he considered him to be his son, and loved him deeply. However, he decided that it was more important to comply with his tribe’s decision

Briefly, near the book’s middle, Echlin loses this specific “you” and slips into the generic instead, directly asking the reader to imagine the cruelties of Cambodia. This change is distracting, turning a mesmerizing ballad into a history lesson. But these faults detract little from this exquisite novel. Early on, when a young Anne complains to her father about having no mother, he tells her, “Think of yourself as a solitaire, . . . the philosopher’s stone.”

They think everything is perfectly fine until at once it all comes to them. In "Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night" it is said “ Grave men, near death, who see with blinding sight Blind eyes could blaze like meteors” this means death and a serious time in one’s life. They now see actions of what they do more serious, but in The House of the Scorpion Matt is blinded by everything El Patron has given him. El Patron gave him an education, and a luxurious life. When El Patron is dying he tells Matt that he was just like the other eight clones he had for organs, Matt was just his heart donor.

In contrast, “The House of Asterion” shows a character, while in no way in perfect upstanding personality, with a little bit of humanity. Disproving the notion of a mindless