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The YA novel, House of the Scorpion, by Nancy Farmer is about a clone named Matt who was the only remaining survivor created as an experiment by a scientist named Eduardo, working to clone human cells. Ever since his birth, Matt lived with his caretaker, Celia, living a warm and cozy life in his cabin near the poppy field. But once Celia left one day, everything changed. Matt was taken to the Alacra estate without Celia’s knowledge, and had to survive through the brutal treatment of the members of the Alacran estate. Having no other option but to acclimate to his new life, Matt learned of his truths, all while others started catching up on who he truly was. But despite El Patron and the Alacran family’s efforts to eliminate

Matt was created as a clone, and cloning a human means genetically duplicating a person. This may prove to be useful, in some ways, because it gives scientists the opportunity to produce more of what is necessary before it runs out, goes extinct. and can provide a solution to the food crisis our generation faces. For example, genetically modified crops are cloned and this helps our society, however, the use of this experimentation on animals to create hybrids and organisms that are more powerful than what we currently have seems to be crossing the boundaries of what we can do as humans for the purpose of “science”, therefore making it unethical. As a result, the cloning of Matt and many others has raised questions on whether it was ethical or not, just like how we question cloning’s ethics, and if we should be able to have the power to do so. Another connection that can be made between the text, is to teenagers. Many teens may find themselves in a scenario similar to Matt’s. Ofcourse, they aren’t in the future living on a secret estate run by a powerful old man drug kingpin who controls clone - slaves, it's the emotional connection Matt and most teenagers might share because a the beginning of the book (Youth - chapters 1 - 14)

But despite its debate on ethics, the book helps teens and those who read it take out and grasp good morals and lessons about bravery, courage, strength, having forgiveness, controlling emotion and more. And though the book’s fictional setting may please the readers with the stunning plot and lore, our world might be starting to become more like the book itself, with us being more dependent on Artificial intelligence to run our society. So, why is it necessary for people to truly understand the Book “House of the Scorpion” in order to grasp if cloning humans truly is one small step forward for mankind, or just one giant a step closer to our impending