Symbolism In The House Of The Scorpion

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“There are thirty six of them, thirty six droplets of life.” In the story Nancy Farmer uses craft move to show patterns and exceptions. She uses Spanish words to show how the characters communicate, where the setting is, and to reveal their language. The protagonist in this book is Matt and the antagonist is El Patron, El Patron is growing drugs and making clones to keep himself alive. In the House of the Scorpion, Nancy Farmer uses Spanish words to show different meanings to the book. In the House of the Scorpion, most of the characters have Spanish names. El Patron, also known as Matteo Alacran both his names are Spanish. El Patron’s grandson is a very old man named El Viejo, he has a son that they call Mr. Alacran. Mr. Alacran is the husband

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