Further into the story

In the last post, I explained the introduction of the book in which the author explains that Matteo Alacran or Matt was created in a laboratory and that he was to be raised in a house by a women named Celia. Celia and Matt developed a very good relationship being though Matt was to never to leave the house. The house was a small cabin like house on the property of a very big and wealthy home. After breaking out the house and injuring himself the few kids that found him carried him to the big house. When getting to the house on of the people who works in the building who was also the father of the children scolded them for going anywhere near Matt because he was "an animal". After taking the children away from Matt they locked him into a dark room by himself with a bed and a blanket. This left me as a reader with many questions as far as who Matt could possibly be, why he was created and how will he react when he finds out who he actually is.

As i continued to read throughout the story, it unfolded the secret of who Matt is but has yet it explain what his purpose is entirely. The doctor and a lady by the name of Rosa were the caretakers of Matt. Rosa wasn't very nice she caught on of the little girls, Maria, giving Matt dinner and lost it. Rosa barred her from coming near Matt ever again. The next day she had a pen built for Matt and they filled it with wood shavings and then place Matt in it. An animal, the title just seems to be more and more accurate. At least by the way that they treat him. Matteo really misses Celia and he hates the way that Rosa is treating him but he is young and polite so he abides by her rules. After a few days of being treated like a pest and being teased by a rotten kid named Tom, Celia arrives with a terrified aura. She alerts Matt that she is planning a way to get him out of there and into better conditions. Celia was planning him exodus.

The next day, Rosa is in a bad mood. She's in a hurry for some reason though. Rosa scrubs Matt clean and gets him ready for a visit. In came Celia and El patron. El patron was the mysterious owner of the very nice mansion. He is a very old man. When asked how old he was he replied 140 years old. Celia is irate at the way that Matt has been treated and she informs El patron of Rosa's actions. El patron has Rosa hauled off because this upset him as well. During Matt's talk with El patron we learn two important things. Matt really likes him and that El patron is thee Matteo Alacran. Matt is El patron's clone! This explains why Matt was addressed as a Matteo Alacran but it doesn't explain how many there is or were. Which brings me to my newer questions that i look to have answered in the next blog. Why do people not like Matt if he is a clone of their boss? Why is Matt a clone? How is El Patron 140 years old? How come Matt has grown out of his outgoing personality?

House of the Scorpion is a fictional story about a kid named Matteo Alacran or "Matt". House of the Scorpion starts at the birth of Matt. He was created in a laboratory and developed in the stomach of a cow with a few other babies but unlike the others, the injections that are designed to make the babies unintelligent we're not intended for him. Nor were they used on the other Matteo Alacrans; as weird as that may sound.The book starts out in Matt's youth. In addition to his unusual birth, Matt lived a very different life from other children. For example, Matt is being raised to stay in a house all day and to be taken care of by a women named Celia. When When Celia would go to work, he was to remain in the house alone and entertain himself until she returned. The house that Matt stayed in was as small house in a poppy field on the land of an owner of a really big amount of property. Which is where Celia works at. One day, Celia went to work and Matt was in the house and he decided to go to the window and inspect a noise outside. The noise was two kids that fled the scene when they spotted Matt in the window. They were named Emilia and Steven and they lived in the Big house where Celia worked. One day when the two respond with the a little girl named Maria, she got upset and began to cry. Which caused Matt to make a heroic move and break out of the house to get to them. The children take Matt to the Big house and when Stephen's father sees Matt, he refers to him as an animal and reveals to the children that Matt is a clone. When reading this book i had many questions. First off, why was Matt created in a lab and why was he any different than the others that were created there. Second, why did the lady in the lab say "Those injections aren't used on any of the Matteo Alacrans"? Why were there more Matteo Alacrans?  The reason for Matt's creation has yet to be announced. The fact that there were more of him before creates a really eerie feeling for me. I feel as though him and Celia have a mother and soon relationship even though Celia is not his biological mother and it is just her job to be his caretaker. I am pretty eager to find out what is the deal behind this whole situation with Matt and the big house.

What kind of feeling does this book give off?
What do you think the deal is with everyone in the book?
What do you think is Matt's Purpose as a clone a small isolated house?