Characters

Major Characters:

Matt: Matteo Alacran, the clone
Personality Traits: Determined, Vigorous, Courageous
Physical Traits: Short brown hair, brown eyes, youthful

El Patron: The original Matteo Alacran, powerful drug lord
Personality Traits: Selfish, unreliable, dependent
Physical Traits: Fragile, gray hair, brown eyes

Setting

This is how you feel the Rock Oasis would look!
Where:
Country Called Opium: Strip of land between Aztlan(Mexico) and United States

When: Future (past for Matt)
-there are clones
-there is a country called Opium
-there are hover crafts that they travel in

Summary

-kids find Matt at the little house in the poppy fields
-Matt breaks window open and jumps out to meet kids
-hurts himself from the glass where he jumped
-kids carry him back to Alacran Estate
-Everyone figures out Matt is a clone
- Matt is kept in a room filled with sawdust
-Celia rescues Matt from the room
-Matt meets El Patron
-schooled by an Eejit
-Matt sees another clone
-El Patron gets an heart attack
-Matt runs away to US
-works at a plankton factory
-escapes with some friends
-meets Maria and her mom at the convent of Santa Clara
-Is sent back to Opium

Main Idea

I think the main idea of the book "The House of the Scorpion," is:
-persevere and believe and you can accomplish almost anything.