The House Of The Skorpion

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The Hope That Keeps Us Going In the Book “The House of the Scorpion” by Nancy Farmer a boy named Matt is told that he is an animal because he is a clone. Celia tells him to not care what others tell him and to believe what his heart tells him. Matt never gave up hope, not even when Rosa locked him up in a room that was full of sawdust. He always hoped that Celia would come and rescue him. The theme to this book is don’t give up hope. Matt was born from a cow and later taken by Celia to her home. When he later gets older and meets some kids from the Alacran Estate and they ask him to come out. He breaks the window and gets shards in his feet. He is taken to the Estate and a man makes the maids move him outside onto the grass. They later heal his wounds and keep him in a cell. In chapter five Matt is happy but speechless when Celia finds him and his thoughts were “He wanted to go. He had dreamed of nothing else, but now that the moment had actually come, he couldn’t move.” He wanted to see them, but when the moment came he didn’t know what to do. All he ever wanted when he was locked up was to see Celia and Maria. He waited six months for this moment and now that he had it he was left paralyzed and speechless. He thought it was too good to be true, but he never lost hope. Later, a man makes everybody who lives in the estate treat him good. The man gives him a bodyguard and his name is Tam Lin. The guard takes him to many places and helps him learn about the family. He gets older and El Patron needs a heart transplant and they need to take Matt’s heart, Maria helps him hide and tries to help him escape. In chapter 25 Matt remembers what his friend Tam Lin and imagines what he would tell him “You can do it, he imagined Tam Lin saying. I guess I have to, thought Matt, turning to look one last time at the quite meadow.” He knew that Tam Lin

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