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What Is The Character OfThe House Of The Scorpion

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The main character of The House of the Scorpion is named Matt who lives in a place called Opium. Opium is a strip of poppy fields lying between the United States and what used to be called Mexico. There is one problem for Matt because he is the clone who was made in a lab by a scientist named Eduardo. In the real world people think clones are animals or monsters. He is a special clone because he is the clone of El Patron, a drug lord, who owns Opium. At the end, El Patron dies which then causes Matt to have the title, “The Lord of Opium”

In the book The House of the Scorpion there are many characters that stand out, but the one that stands out the most for me is Tom.Tom really stood out for me because he was one of the people that was really mean and rude to as well as a troublemaker to Matt the main character. For example it says, “You’re ugly, said the boy.You look like a pig in a sty. Matt wanted to reply, but the habit of silence had grown too strong. He could only glare at the intruder. In the hazy background of his mind, he recalled a boy named Tom, who was bad.” In this quote not only does it say that Tom was bad, but Tom was also saying some rude things to Matt like calling him ugly. As well as another quote in the story, “That got you, didn’t it? Wait’ll I tell your girlfriend how cute you are now.You smell like a pile of dung.” This shows that Tom is mean because he is telling Matt that he smells bad which I was thought to keep things to myself if they are mean.

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