It seems that no matter what happens, good will always trump evil in any circumstance. There is always a battle going on in society, some social mess, but always fight for what you believe is correct and moral and persevere. No better example of this truth is more prevalent than The House of the Scorpion, a book written by Nancy Farmer. The House of the Scorpion is a true marvel of the “good vs evil” setup in storytelling. This book is about a young boy named Matt, who happens to be a clone. Not just a normal clone, oh no, the clone of a drug lord and owner of a country called Opium, El Patron. Clones are discriminated against and are only used for organs in this world, so he must work his way through and overcome all evil along his journey.…show more content… Good will always win over evil, that is what this book has taught many. This can be seen in many places in the book, including the death of the Alacrans, the victory over the Keepers, and, most importantly, the death of El Patron. Karma seems to have a way of taking revenge in this novel.
Fairly late into the book, we learn of the death of all of the Alacrans, El Patron’s family. This retribution was in order for a long time for their great amounts of bad karma they stockpiled in The House of the Scorpion. It was quite clear that they were antagonists who we were not to find likable. One example of their evil behavior is in the chapter Property of the Alacran Estate, the third chapter, page 23, where Mr. Alacran states that, “(Matt is bleeding) ‘All over the sheet! We’ll have to burn it. Take the creature outside now.’ ” This established the Alacran family quite quickly, they were cruel mean people who would let a child bleed to death before allowing a clone in the house. Not only does Mr. Alacran act disgusted, so does much of the staff and family upon Matt’s arrival in the Big House. When the family dies, it is not a particularly sad moment due to the nature of the people who were killed; evil people who
