How come people of higher class have more power in society? Throughout time, those living in lower classes have continually followed the leadership of the higher class. Nancy Farmer’s novel, The House of the Scorpion, is a story about a clone named Matt. He is a clone of El Patrón, the undying drug lord of a country called Opium. Matt’s purpose as a clone is to provide healthy body parts to El Patrón to keep the drug lord alive. Throughout the story, Matt encounters the imbalance of power in the societies he visits. In her novel, The House of the Scorpion, Nancy Farmer shows that high class people create systems to stay in power through MacGregor, the Keepers, and El Patrón.
First, Farmer shows that high class people create systems to stay in power through MacGregor. Matt began to wonder why clones were created after talking with his caregiver, Celia, and bodyguard, Tam Lin, …show more content…
Matt returned to the land of Opium and found only three people alive. They were Celia, a bodyguard named Doft Donald, and a music teacher named Mr. Ortega. Doft Donald explained that the people were celebrating El Patrón’s death and drank his special wine saved for the event. The wine was tainted and made all the drinkers die. Celia added, “‘All that time [El Patrón] was adding to his [possessions], and he wanted to be buried with it. (...) Unfortunately, [his possessions] included people.’” (376). El Patrón was the ruler of Opium for over a hundred years. He used body parts of clones to prolong his life and stay in power of Opium. Although it seemed El Patrón would never die, he still had plans to stay in power even after his demise. By getting everyone to drink his wine and join him in his death, no one else had the chance to rule the land. El Patrón highly valued his power and would not let anyone take control of his possessions or people. He devised a plan where no one else could take his