• What you
wondering about?
I wonder
why Matt was kept in the poppy fields for the first six years of his life.
Celia seems to be worried that he will hurt himself if he leaves the house even
though she is not her mother. I also wonder why clones are regarded as animals
and treated as such. Matt seems like any other boy his age and when the kids
learn that he is a clone they are disgusted by him. The fact that he was kept
in a cell for six months shows how little anybody cares about him. I wonder
weather Matt will find anyone who can look past him as a clone and more as a
human.
• Has
anything struck you about this section?
I was
shocked at how they made the clones as they are born from the womb of a cow. It
seems that no one wants to carry a clone in her belly for nine months. I also
find it odd that Mr. Alacran was angered so much by Matt’s presence in his
house and that his blood got onto his carpet. I was stunned at the conditions
that Rosa kept Matt, this seemed more like torture then keeping a clone healthy.
It does seem wired that Matt was kept all alone in the Poppy fields with only
Celia to watch him.
Why is Farmer making the choices that she is in this first section?
I think that the author is trying to show the reader how tough it is to
be a clone and how you would be treated. She also shows that Matt was kept
isolated so that no one would know he was a clone. Farmer uses the beginning to
introduce the important characters in Matt’s life. This helps us make a
connection to Matt and feel his plight when he is trapped in the cell. We also
understand who Matt’s friends and enemies are.
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