Tuesday, May 3, 2011

Final Projects - Five Parts

  1. Please write a lengthy paragraph on one of the following themes from The House of the Scorpion.

As usual include specific references to the book.

  • The Impact of Friendship
  • The Importance of Developing a Sense of Identity
  • The Value of Life (think in terms of cloning and life of clones)
  • The Impact of Our Decisions on Others
  • The Hypothetical Outcomes of War and Drugs
  • The Role of Religion
  • The Influence of Peer Pressure
  • The Impact of Stereotyping
  • Transitions of Adolescent Maturation

2.  Write a response paper about  the idea of  power, and how you would react to a sudden transformation resulting the gaining some type of power as Matt receives at the end of the story. Select and describe a change you would like in the area of power.  What would you have power over and how would you and the people around you react to your having that change in power.  What do you think the outcome of receiving that power would be?

OR

If you could be cloned would you want to be?  Why or Why not?  If you had family members who could be cloned would you encourage them to be cloned?  Why or Why not?

3.  Check out the following all parts of this website and write your reaction to the situation ( about a paragraph making specific references to what you learned in articles / map / pictures) and any suggestions for dealing with the situation:  http://projects.latimes.com/mexico-drug-war/#/its-a-war

4.  Write a sentence telling from what point of view the story in the book was told.

5.    Choose one of the following:
  •  Letter from Matt to another character explaining why he is a real boy.
  •  Letter from Celia to El Patron explaining why Matt is “mi vida”
  •  Letter from Rosa to El Patron justifying her actions
  •  Letter from Esperanza to Maria explaining her choice to leave her husband and children
  •  Letter from Old El Patron to Young El Patron justifying his actions
  • Assume the role of Matt’s political advisor, asking him to abolish one of the following:
Eejits
Opium (the drug)
Opium (the country)
The practice of cloning
  • Assume the role of Matt’s political advisor, asking him to keep one of the following:

Eejits
Opium (the drug)
Opium (the country)
The practice of cloning
  • Write a new constitution for Opium explaining its new laws and the reasons for their existence.




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