House of the Scorpion - Chapter 20
Chapter 20 – EsperanzaMatt begins the chapter with a fever. He contemplates the fact that he is fourteen years old, and from his perspective, an adult.
Matt returns to the oasis, where he continues to read more about the history of Opium. He learns that eejits are made from illegal immigrants trying to get from Mexico to the United States, having to pass through Opium. El Patron continues to be described as evil. Matt learns that Esperanza Mendoza is Maria’s mother –Maria was told her mother was dead. He plans on telling Maria her mother is alive.
Could Tam Lin and Celia be working on a plan to save Matt? El Patron is growing weak again and thinks Matt is Felipe, his dead son. He begins to think about running away to Atzlan, but not until Emilia and Steven’s wedding – he had to see Maria again.
- How did knowing he was 14 make Matt feel?
- Why did Matt further study Tam Lin’s books and Maps?
- Why did El Patron come up with idea of Eejits?
- What happened to dead Eejits?
- How did they lose their humanity?
- What is Matt’s reaction to what he read?
- Who wrote the book? What was the author’s relationship to Maria?
- What did Matt plan to do with his new knowledge?
- Who had once lived at the Oasis?
- Who was Felipe?
- Why can’t Matt escape to Aztlan yet?
arbour guthrie: group one chapter 20
ReplyDelete1. How did knowing he was 14 make Matt feel? - He felt like an adult.
2. Why did Matt further study Tam Lin’s books and Maps? - He looked at it again to learn more about what Esperanza said about El Patron.
3. Why did El Patron come up with idea of Eejits? - Why there are Eejits is because the real people felt pain and emotion causing them to run away. Robots can’t tell emotion or pain so they do what they are told.
4. What happened to dead Eejits? The dead Eejits are used for fertilizer for the opium plants.
5. How did they lose their humanity? - They lost their humanity by loosing there soul and feelings.
6. What is Matt’s reaction to what he read?- he is shocked and somewhat offended by the book yet hurt about what El Patron has done
7. Who wrote the book? What was the author’s relationship to Maria? - The author of the book is Marias mother Esperanza.
8. What did Matt plan to do with his new knowledge? - He planned to tell Maria.
9. Who had once lived at the Oasis? - El Patron once lived at the oasis.
10. Who was Felipe? Felipe is el patron’s son.
11. Why can’t Matt escape to Aztlan yet? Before he escapes to Aztlan he needs to tell Maria.
Noah H. Group 3
ReplyDelete1) Being 14 made Matt feel like an adult
2) He wanted to learn more about the history of Opium and learn about Esperanza, Maria's mother.
3) The U.S and Atzlan governments let El Patron make Opium because he could stop the illegal immigrants from going across the border. After the farm patrol caught the immigrants they could turn them into eejits, a free labor source.
4) When eejits die, they are buried under the soil in which the opium is planted to act as fertilizer.
5) They can't think for themselves, they do what they are told. They don't have any emotions or feelings, a computer chip controls them.
6) Matt is offended at what he read, he even threw the book into the pond. Although he didn't like what he read it made him start thinking about the whole operation of Opium.
7) The author of the book, Ezperanza, is Maria's mother.
8) He was going to tell Maria at the wedding.
9) El Patron lived at the Oasis with his son Felipe.
10) Felipe is El Patron's son.
11) Before leaving for Aztlan, Matt has to inform Maria of his plan and about her mother.
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