Tuesday, October 27, 2009

House of the Scorpion - Chapter 19


Chapter 19 – Coming – Of – Age

Matt’s voice cracks [changes] when singing to El Patron. He is now fourteen years old. Celia and Tam Lin decide to celebrate this. Tam Lin, after a few drinks, decides to finally tell Matt the truth of his origins despite the cameras. He also says hundred of thousands of Eejits have died during El Patron’s lifetime.


Matt begins to realize why he was created, but still holds on to the believe that he is different and not intended to be spare parts – that’s why he was allowed to keep his intelligence, learn music, etc.


  1. What happened to Matt when singing? What does this signify?

  2. The statement “clones fall to pieces when they get older” is said once again. Why?

  3. Why does Tam Lin want to tell Matt the truth despite the watching cameras?

  4. What does Tam Lin say about how they’re treated?

  5. How many eejits have died in 100 years?

  6. What did Matt begin to realize about the role of clones?

  7. Why is it ironic that El Patron refers to Matt as Mi Vida?

  8. Why did Matt feel he was different?

  9. What did Matt have to “look in the eye?”

  10. How old is Matt now?

6 comments:

  1. 1- matt's voice cracked

    2- that is because matt had second thoughts about it

    3- that was because he was drunk

    4- tam lin said that they were bad

    5- tam lin said tousands hundreds of thousands

    6- matt realized that clones were used to make spare body parts

    7- that is because el patron cares about him

    8- that was because he could choose for himself

    9- he looked at tam lin in the eye

    10- matt is now 14 years old

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  2. 1 His voice cracked, it shows he is growing up

    2 That saying comes from the fact that clones were originally ment for repair parts

    3 He doesnt care and he was drunk

    4 Like slaves would

    5 Some thousand

    6 That clones are made to help others live longer, by having their parts takin away

    7 How El Patron is calling someone else his life

    8 Hes treated differentely and in bad ways

    9 He needed to see the truth and think on it

    10 A teenager

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  3. 1. He went through an embarrising crackle. WHAT A DORK!!!

    2. The thought ran through his head once again.

    3. He's a dirty drunk!

    4. Similiar to slaves.

    5. A lot...

    6. That clones are looked down upon, and are basically not considered part of the human race, but rather an alien of some sort.

    7. Because El Patron never hardly shows his feelings.

    8. He's treated both negativelly and postivelly.

    9. He needed to face facts.

    10. A teenager, dawwwg

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