Themes



THEMES The House of the Scorpion

1. Good friends can help you get through any situation. Examples: When Matt is trapped in the boneyard in Aztlan, he is helping his friend Chacho, and when they think they are going to die then Ton-Ton comes and rescues them. In the Big House, everybody hates Matt and makes him feel bad, except for Maria who is his friend.

2. Too much power corrupts people. Examples: El Patron hates the thought of giving away his posessions or money to anybody, even though he is extremely rich. On Matt's birthday, he uses the power he gets from El Patron to humiliate Maria and make her give him a birthday kiss.

3. All people should be treated fairly and humanely. Examples: The eejits in the opium fields are treated like slaves, and nobody cares about them because they can't think for themselves. Clones like Matt are discriminated against because apparently they are non-human, but actually they are the same. In Aztlan, the factory workers are all treated equally, but they are not treated fairly.

4. No matter what the person is made of, no matter where they come from, or what they are destined to do, they all have feelings and you cannot disregard them.