THE HOUSE OF A SCORPION

Characters

• Matt- is a clone of El Patrón
• El Patrón- a powerful drug lord
• Celia- The cook, and Matts guardian
• Tam Lin- Matts body guard/ gives him supplies to run away
• Maria- treated him like a human

Characters continued

• Tom- makes Matts life horrible
• Alacráns treated Matt like dirt

Theme

• You can not cheat death

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SCORPIAN

CLONES

• El patrón harvested organs from his clones to replace his own

CONFLICTS

• Man vs. society
• Just because of the fact that Matt is a clone he is constantly hated
• Man vs. self
• Matt is identical to El Patron which in a way makes it person vs. self
• Matt is fighting for his life against his life against El Patron

LT 1

• "He also found a wicked-looking machete in a leather sheath" (Farmer 250).
• PERSONIFICATION
• wicked is a human characteristic and a machete can't be wicked because it is not living

LT 2

• "It was like the roar of the fire in Celias stove"(Farmer 254).
• SIMILIE
• They are comparing the sound to the stove

LT 3

• "... a rock squirrel whistled..." (Farmer 235).
• PERSONIFICATION
• Squirrels can't whistle
• using personification you get a more visual image'

LT 4

• " 'Mi abuelita says peoples souls are like gardens'" (Farmer 312).
• SIMILE
• Uses like to create a more visual image

LT 5

• "'Soccer sounds a lot like war'" (Farmer 175).
• SIMILIE
• Uses like to describe soccer

CONCLUSION

• You should always try to be your best person
• In the end you have to make your peace with God