Review of the Book

Overall, I thought this was an excellent book about a person who was against the world. It teaches us about how there is people out there to support and love us even when we aren't the normal or even a clone. I am going to post the back of this book just so I can look back and show you exaclty how it is bland compared to the book. The book is detailed. It shows all the emotions, and its one of those books that you can truly picture like a movie. This book has sadness, an evil plot, romance, and an escape story.
I would deffinatly recommend this book to anyone that feels like a book they cant put down. It is one of those books that you can read it 10 times over and still not get bored. I would highly recommend this to anyone.

Free Choice Blog Post - Cloning

Okay, cloning is a wierd topic to discuss because it constitutes a question of:
Is this society today ready for cloning?
Now, scientifically we are still major strides away from cloning but it constitutes the philisopical qustion of why would we need it?
How is the behaviour and ethics of humans going to take it?
Now, cloning can become a genius idea for humans to make simple tasks more affective. However, humans ethically, would not appreciate the welcoming from a double such as a clone. It would seem wierd to humans. Just as it does in the novel House of the Scorpions. However, if society adapts and learns to live with it house would that be introduced to society now and in the future? Honestly, seeing two people at once would seem wierd at first. Thinking of how clones are just self copies of us. You wouldn't be able to tell the difference between the two therefore be confusing and open up the oppertunity to stealing identities and other conflicts. We aren't aquianted to the idea of cloning. So the ethics of cloning are deffinatly out of the question. We still have a long time to go and to adapt to cloning, but this book proves how far we are away from it.

Blog Post #3 - Real Life Farm Patrol

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So this topic dicusses how in places like Arizona, has a law to check the legal status of people they pull over for different reasons. THis tied in with Jessica's article about illegal immigration. Arizona embraces the law because of the 11 million illegal immigrants roaming around. How ever, the people call it an inaction to stop illegal immigration. They think by taking out this rule all that they are doing is just creating more work for themselves to help stop the fight against illegal immigrants. I related thius to the story about the Coyote because of Jessica's article of illigal immgiration. Looking on that side of the news aritcle people will do anything to leave there place and to go into Canada or The U.S. even trust a Coyote.    In this story the police greatly reflect the farm patrol as the opposing force.

The House Of The Scorpion Book Review

The House Of Scorpion Book Review

Matt has grown up just as any other child; only he has a secret, one that he doesn't even know about. He is a clone.

Although Matt doesn't know it yet, being a clone is nothing to be proud of. Clones are frowned upon and if there is one thing Matt doesn't like, it's being treated like anything other then a child. After all that's how Celia, his motherly nanny treated him. As Matt grows up he learns that being different is nothing to be proud of in his kind of world.

Matt learns that in order to live the life he wants he needs to stand out and be heard, he needs to let people know that he is just like them, that clones are not animals.

As Farmer allows us to travel through Matt's life with him, she teaches us how to love, not the love you have towards a dog, but the kind of love that’s unconditional, loving something or someone no matter what or who they are. She teaches us of heartbreak through Matt and Marias undying bond to each other and she teaches us that no matter what goes on, you will always have friends and family to support you.

Farmers heart felt novel brings us to enjoy the happiness of ones life along with the sorrow, heartbreak, and anger. 

Round Table #4 - Thoughts On The Novel

Blog Post #4 - Comparing Main Characters

When first thought of Matt and Vincent the first comparison that came to my mind was about the girls in there lives and what they were willing to do for them. Both individuals were willing to risk their lives to be able to be with the one they loved. Although that sounds very "General" I did have one specific incident in mind for both of the men that I found to be quite similar.

In The House Of the Scorpion Matt and Maria agree to meet in the secret passageway that Matt had found. For the first little while, in order for Matt to get here he had to sneak out and sneak past people who, if had seen him, would shave tried to hurt or kill him.

Although people were not trying to kill Vincent, the scene that I found most resembles thus of Matts was when Vincent was trying to cross the road without his contacts. Both gentlemen were aiming to be with the one they loved, or were falling in love with, and both risked their lives in a sense to be with that person.

Although these two characters lead very different lives being that in one, humans are the kings and queens of the world and the other, clones are taking over, these two people can relate very well. 

In Gattaca, Vincent is told that he can't do certain things like, go to space, because he is human. In HoS, Matt is told that he cannot do some things, like have a life outside of El Patrón, because he is a clone. In order to prove these people wrong, both individuals try to hide their genetic make-up in order to prove a point to the world and the people who disbelieve in them. 

The final aspect that I found most important between the two is that in the end of both stories, even though the two are very different, one being human the other being a clone, both takes over the originals identity. Matt being the clone of El Patrón, as soon as he dies Matt is the rightful owner of his identity now, and takes his place in the world, not at "Matt The Clone" but has the new and improved El Patrón. 

As for Vincent, his ending is the same but in a different way, if that makes sense. Vincent is not a clone, or rather, un natural baby. He is himself and no one else is like him. So because he has been pretending to be someone else, and that someone has now passed, Vincent is unable to get the supplies he needs to continue to portray the image of him being Jarome for very much longer. 

This being a problem is means that although for a little while, both individuals will be similar in the fact that they have the only copy of specific DNA on the planet at that moment, Vincent will only be able to keep up the faćad for so long before everyone will know his secret.