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“House of Scorpion” is an exceedingly interesting Science fiction novel. It is interesting because it is so different than anything else we have read this year in ENGH 451. Although there are many differences compared the books we have already read, two stand out to me. 1.The First is the fact that this is a […] Continue reading →

I remember reading “The House of the Scorpion” when I was in middle school, and after re-reading it over the long break, I was kind of confused.  It seemed like I had read an entirely different novel years ago.  This was the first real “sci-fi” novel I had ever read, and it was for class …

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“To do anything, he would have to go outdoors, which Celia said again and again was very dangerous” (7) In The House of the Scorpion, Matt repeatedly references the Spanish mythological creature the Chupacabra.  It is a creature that “suck[s] your blood and [leaves] you to dry like an old cantaloupe skin” (10).  The repeated […] Continue reading →

I have read The House of the Scorpion before, so it was interesting to re-read from a more ‘classroom’ perspective. One of the things that stood out most to me, after having read so many other sci-fi novels this semester, is how much differently young adult novels tend to be constructed. Don’t get me wrong; […] Continue reading →

The main difference I see between House of the Scorpion and the rest of the novels we’ve read is the lack of technology. The very beginning takes place in a lab, but instead of growing the children in giant test … Continue reading → Continue reading →

So far, I’m finding The House of the Scorpion to be a very enjoyable read; it’s definitely the easiest book to make sense of that we’ve read this semester, and the narrative is interesting. I’m not sure how much of … Continue reading → Continue reading →

          After reading the first fourteen chapters of Nancy Farmer’s The House of the Scorpion I noticed two elements in this text that make The House of the Scorpion unique to the other science fiction texts we have read this semester. The first unique element in the novel is that the technological advancements in the […] Continue reading →

Even though I read the summary of The House of the Scorpion and I began reading the novel with the …

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I remember reading House of the Scorpion when I was but a wee-middle schooler. I remembered it as being scary and depressing, but as I’m rereading it, I’m realizing my younger self was a coward. It isn’t scary. Mildly depressing, but nothing compared to Camus or Dostoyevsky. However, there is a huge emotional difference between […] Continue reading →

CRUNCHER PEELED AWAY the silvery leaded skin from collar to toe. Then he carefully handed Mom’s face to Sascha. It was like passing a chemlight; he receded into the darkness, where he navigated more through knowing- through kenning- than he … Continue reading → Continue reading →