House of the Scorpion (5)

Matt rose from the floor and saw that the room had darkened. Chacho and Fidelito were watching him from the top bunks near the ceiling. Someone was going to be sincerely sorry that he put Fidelito on the top bunk. Chacho pointed at the door and made an extremely rude hand gesture. Fidelito lifted his nightshirt and mooned the missing Jorge. Matt had to swallow hard to keep the tears from rolling down his face. He wasn't alone after all. With friends like these, he would triumph, as El Patron had triumphed over poverty and death so long ago.

Throughout the book, Matt has always been neglected and isolated because of who he was: a clone of El Patron. In this society, mindless slaves were common, however clones who were here for the original's protection were not common and were often alone because they were different from the rest. Matt has struggled to fight against this government and he hasn't gotten the support he needed at first because the society has trained the people to oppose those who were different. The government has complete control over the people, however they do not control Matt. Because he is free from El Patron's brainwash, Matt is the only person who can fight against the government and its ideologies.

Matt was taken to Lost Boys, an orphanage for children who lost their parents on the frontier. This transfer gave the chance for Matt to make his move against the El Patron and his government. Matt faces a struggle against El Patron throughout the book. Since he is the clone of El Patron's life, Matt is bound to fall under his footsteps. El Patron triumphed to get to where he is: the ruler of Opium and the Mexican-American border, so it is obvious that Matt will triumph in what ever he wants to accomplish. Matt faces isolation in Opium, but he takes the negative times in life and overcomes it when he makes big accomplishments. Matt works towards the freedom of the Lost Boys, and he is able to reach that goal. Matt works towards the freedom of the people in Opium, and he is able to succeed in that. Like El Patron when he was young, Matt overcame all the obstacles presented to him and rose to the top.Because of his determination to triumph like El Patron, Matt put an end to the corruption of the government of Opium and set everyone free for El Patron's control.