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The House of the Scorpion vs. Blindsight: paratext
Upon starting Nancy Farmer’s young adult novel The House of the Scorpion, I was taken aback by the wealth of information. Not at the end of the book, but at the beginning appears a short appendix: a cast of characters and family tree.This imm… Continue reading
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Human and Emotion Similarities
Nancy Farmer’s The House of the Scorpion relates to many concepts we have already addressed in this course. Starting with Frankenstein, this novel addresses the concept of what it means to be human. Similar to the monster’s creation pro… Continue reading