POST #4:
I DID NOT read the whole book yet, so what i say should be completely in the first 25 chapters.
At the beginning, I was really confused because I didn’t read the character connections thing, until about two or 3 chapters in that is, and after that, I came to the realization that... It still didn’t make sense! I am still confused about this, even after a complete rewrite of twenty five chapters, the book being well written, and having an easy to read interface, as well as trying to get people explain it to me. Although this is true, I can get both the basic, and advanced gist of the majority of the storyline The House Of The Scorpion provided I don’t need to be somewhat familiar with the family bonds and such of the characters. This being said, i still can’t understand a few of what i have come to realize are fundamental sections and mini stories of the book, prompting me to get into a infinite loop of more confusing content later on in the book, such as why Matt hates Felicia as a result of i really don’t know what. Thats only one example out of about 20, if someone could help me with understanding this, PLEASE DO.
The part where matt is being dumped into the eejit pens, my only thought was: “what in the world prompted you people to even consider doing that?” because in my eyes at least, even if I did have the rotten-child approach of El Patron, that is NOT what i would have done, and i don’t see any reason today, or in the near future popping up to create motives for these actions (short of creating eejits, and that's not going to happen).
Remember, I still need help.
At the beginning, I was really confused because I didn’t read the character connections thing, until about two or 3 chapters in that is, and after that, I came to the realization that... It still didn’t make sense! I am still confused about this, even after a complete rewrite of twenty five chapters, the book being well written, and having an easy to read interface, as well as trying to get people explain it to me. Although this is true, I can get both the basic, and advanced gist of the majority of the storyline The House Of The Scorpion provided I don’t need to be somewhat familiar with the family bonds and such of the characters. This being said, i still can’t understand a few of what i have come to realize are fundamental sections and mini stories of the book, prompting me to get into a infinite loop of more confusing content later on in the book, such as why Matt hates Felicia as a result of i really don’t know what. Thats only one example out of about 20, if someone could help me with understanding this, PLEASE DO.
The part where matt is being dumped into the eejit pens, my only thought was: “what in the world prompted you people to even consider doing that?” because in my eyes at least, even if I did have the rotten-child approach of El Patron, that is NOT what i would have done, and i don’t see any reason today, or in the near future popping up to create motives for these actions (short of creating eejits, and that's not going to happen).
Remember, I still need help.
Post #3:
Slightly before the start of chapter 15 Celia tells Matt about the past she has been through, and it wasn’t a good past at all. Basically (spoiler alert!) Celia’s past goes kinda like this; Celia was poor and worked in a factory, and eventually met a coyote that got her across the Mexico-Opium border illegally. She then met El Patron, and from the second sentence she said to him, he owned him, and everyone else who had crossed the border with her had a computer chip put into their brain that didn’t let them do anything unless they were commanded by someone (not an eejit). In other words, El Patron turned them into mindless jerks called eejits.
But from the book to reality now. On march 7th, 2012 the provincial government of British Columbia laid a legal charge with a Nationwide warrant on a man who is originally from Sri Lanka. for his Highly- illegal human-smuggling operation into Vancouver. His last docking was of 500 people, all of them sri lankans onboard the MV Sun Sea. The boat docked on August 7th, 2010, and some of these imported people still remain in Canada. although this is sad, it is not dislike the part in the book where El Patron is catching the “Illigals” to turn into eejits, but some still got through his fingers, into the US from Mexico or vice versa. These situations are similar, but instead of wanting to keep them as in the book, Canada wants to expel these illegal immigrants, and allow our homeland to be governed properly, with government records of everyone. Canadian people need protection, but the trade-off is that unless these people try to get a passport, or other official government document, they remain in canada. Don’t worry Mr. Illegal Immigrant Importer, We’ll find you
But from the book to reality now. On march 7th, 2012 the provincial government of British Columbia laid a legal charge with a Nationwide warrant on a man who is originally from Sri Lanka. for his Highly- illegal human-smuggling operation into Vancouver. His last docking was of 500 people, all of them sri lankans onboard the MV Sun Sea. The boat docked on August 7th, 2010, and some of these imported people still remain in Canada. although this is sad, it is not dislike the part in the book where El Patron is catching the “Illigals” to turn into eejits, but some still got through his fingers, into the US from Mexico or vice versa. These situations are similar, but instead of wanting to keep them as in the book, Canada wants to expel these illegal immigrants, and allow our homeland to be governed properly, with government records of everyone. Canadian people need protection, but the trade-off is that unless these people try to get a passport, or other official government document, they remain in canada. Don’t worry Mr. Illegal Immigrant Importer, We’ll find you
Post #2:
The reason I call characterization versatile is that it really
embodies all the things that make a good book, not just those that relate to
the character. Although information on the character such as their physical
appearance, and their daily lives is a large part of what characterization is, but
another large part of describing the character is the way that the the character
reacts to their environment. Although this may seem trivial at first glance,
the way someone reacts to their environment conveys many things about them.
Most of the time, this is how an author gives the reader a good idea of what a
given character in a given book is like, such as in the Harry Potter books, when Harry is battling Voldemort, you can tell
that Harry’s personality allows him to be very independent. In this book, (The House Of The Scorpions) Farmer (The
author) used this strategy to completely introduce all of the characters in
this book (at least up to page 100) and has done an amazing job with it!
Although characterization is the best, the other writing element
(setting) is close behind, and isn’t to be forgotten. The setting of a story
comes in two flavors: general, and scene-specific. The general setting would be
some place like a city or province, but not a building or small place.
Scene-specific on the other hand, is really only used in one scene, and is a
small, usually well-described place.
Post #1:
I'm wondering... not a whole lot to be honest. After this point in the novel, thereare really only two things. The first of these things is why is the book namend that's on page 21, where it's used as a logo for maids in aho"House Of The Scorpion" because there is so far only one scorpionmentioned, ausehold. This could be seen as the reference to the house they're in as"The House of The Scorpion". Maybe this will be confirmed later on in
chapters) Rosa gave him sawdust. Fromexperience (I used to have a rabbit that lived on wood chips) I don't ththe story, or maybe there's a stronger link to be introduced. I'm also wondering why when Matt was trapped in the jail (basically the first 5 ink that the story's author meant saw dust, but my best guess is that Nancy Farmer (the author) meant wood chips, although the difference is almost impossible to notice, but that is only a small inaccuracy. Last but not least, I'm wondering why he wanted clones in the first place, and why being a clone is such a badthing. So far, it does not explain these things, as if the whole book is justone big hook, or at least it is to this point.
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