House of the Scorpion - Chapter 26
Chapter 26 – The Lost Boys
Upon making it across the border, Matt is taken in, cleaned up and given food by a group of guards called "Keepers." These keepers where black uniforms with an emblem of a beehive on the sleeve. Matt takes the last name "Ortega" to help disguise his identity and utters a fake story of his parents being captured by the farm patrol that Tam Lin had supplied him. Due to Matt's polite mannerisms, he is labeled an "aristocrat" by the keepers.
After a nights sleep, he is led to a room of other boys by a keeper named Raul. All the boys are working at different tasks and are repeat several phrases relating to work, including "Its hard, but its fair." We learn that this is an orphanage/word camp. Matt tries to follow El Patron's lessons of commanding respect/showing authority. Matt will be transported to a Plankton factory in San Luis with two other boys, Fidelito (a small boy of about eight years old) and a larger, more boisterous boy named Chacho.
- What name did Matt taken when he asked? Why?
- How was Matt welcomed in Aztlan?
- What is Matt’s cover story?
- Why was Matt asked about skills?
- Is Matt familiar with the new technology available? Why or why not?
- What does “The orderly production of resources is vital to the general good of the people” (p. 264), “Its hard, but fair” and “Attention to the welfare of the nation is the highest virtue to which a citizen can aspire” (p. 265) tell you about the priorities of the country of Aztlan?
- Why did the boys have to be locked in?
- What is a keeper?
- What kind of place does Matt find himself at?
Noah H. Group 3
ReplyDelete1) Matt took the name Matt Ortega
2) Matt's welcome to Aztlan was good when he got there, but it started getting worse and worse.
3) Matt's cover story is that both of his parents were taken by the farm patrol.
4) Matt was asked about his skill to see what kind of work he would get.
5) Matt is not familiar with the new technology because El Patron kept the Alacran Estate about 100 years in the past from the rest of the world.
6) It tells you that Aztlan is concerned with the quality of life for everyone and that all are treated equally.
7) So they couldn't run away from the center.
8) A keeper is a person who helps take care fo the orphans and teach them about good citizenship.
9) Matt is taken to a plankton factory in San Luis.
Can’t believe it’s been 10 years without a comment. Imma fix that.
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