Quick Write- Power

In the House of the Scorpion, there are a lot of examples of power. The person who has more power than anyone else is El Patron. Because of this, he has control over them, but only to a certain extent. What he doesn't know is that there are people who he can't control all the time. An example of his power is when Celia is talking to Matt she says "Once El Patron decides something belongs to him, he never lets it go." (139 Farmer). Since Matt is El Patrons clone, he also has power over people, but this doesn't mean he has control because there is no one who listens to him. Instead, he's treated like livestock, but he still has power. This is showed when El Patron says "Anyone-anyone- who messes with Matt will be dealt with severely. Do I make myself clear?" (63 Farmer). In this way, Matt can do whatever he wants, and no one can stop him or get in his way unless they want to be turned into eejits. Later on Matt realizes he only has power because people are afraid of El Patron and no one want's to be a living robot. When El Patron dies though, Matt has to escape and has no power whatsoever. This is because there is no El Patron to protect him, and no one knows who Matt is. The Keepers at the Plankton Factory have power too. That is, until Matt comes and proves to be smarter than all of them. They get mad at him and try to control him. "I think the aristrocrat needs to understand why his behavior needs to be controlled." (318 Farmer). But, since Matt used to be the one with the power, he got out of everything the Keepers tried to do, including kill him. When Matt gets back to Opium, Ceclia says "We all belonged to him- the Alacrans, the bodygaurds, the doctors, Tam Lin, me, and you. Most of all, you." (372 Farmer). This shows how people had power throughout the book, but not always control. Matt got away.