SSR #2

The House of the Scorpion
Nancy Farmer

This is such an interesting book, because it is about this boy named Matt who lives in the future and is the clone of a man named El Patron. This is an extremely rich man who grows opium in Azaltlan which is essentially Mexico. Matt used to live in a small house with his guardian Celia, but later escaped through braking a window of the house (since they were all locked). Then he cut open his hands and feet and was brought to the main house that El Patron lives in. But once it is discovered that h is a clon he is taken to a tniy room with a bed and a matress with no sheets. Then the bed is removed and replaced with chicken litter. This is very sad because after all he is still a human. In this society the clones are looked down upon.... Once El Patron know what has become of his clone Matt, he makes friends with him and has him live in a room in the "Big House." Matt gets his own body-guard and a teacher who soons gives up on him. Therfore he starts to learn off of the t.v. Then Matt is caught by his bodyguard playing the piano and is given a teacher who is deaf because no other will teach a clone. When Matt has done well he is not rewarded but instead when he is bad he is scolded. Matt becoms very good at piano and succeeds in all of his classes.