In this first section of the book, we have met a lot of different characters. We have our protagonist, Matt the clone. This book is unusual in the sense that the main character of this book is the clone, rather than what I originally thought it would be, the person who has the clone (El Patron). He was introduced as just a small, innocent child who didn't know what was going on. In the way that the book is written, it makes you feel for Matt and you always take his side in situations. If it were to be written with more of a perspective from a different character, maybe Tom or someone, you might think of Matt differently. You may see him as the "dirty, filthy clone" the other characters see him as.
Another character we have had many interactions with is Maria. She is a little girl who isn't one to judge Matt. I don't think that she really understands what a clone is, but what she does do is connect Matt to her dog, Furball. She seems unsure of whether to treat him like an animal as everybody else does, or to just be friends with him. This is where Maria can really show her true colors and who she is, she can either give into what others are doing, or do what she wants and to befriend Matt. This can tell a lot about her. When she is placed in different situations that give her the option to either be nice or be angry with Matt, this speaks to us about her personality.
One more character I am going to look at is El Patron. He is extremely old and it seems that he doesn't want to give in to death and to follow life's plan. He keeps cheating death with these clones he has. Many of the characters find him terrifying and really kiss up to El Patron. If he is so old and weak, why do these characters feel threatened by him? Maybe its the power of his authority? If a character is mean or disrespectful to El Patron, what does he do? Does he just order people around to bully him and to tell people to discipline them? Whatever it is, everybody except for Matt watches their own actions just to make sure they are on El Patron's good side.
~Gabriella
Another character we have had many interactions with is Maria. She is a little girl who isn't one to judge Matt. I don't think that she really understands what a clone is, but what she does do is connect Matt to her dog, Furball. She seems unsure of whether to treat him like an animal as everybody else does, or to just be friends with him. This is where Maria can really show her true colors and who she is, she can either give into what others are doing, or do what she wants and to befriend Matt. This can tell a lot about her. When she is placed in different situations that give her the option to either be nice or be angry with Matt, this speaks to us about her personality.
One more character I am going to look at is El Patron. He is extremely old and it seems that he doesn't want to give in to death and to follow life's plan. He keeps cheating death with these clones he has. Many of the characters find him terrifying and really kiss up to El Patron. If he is so old and weak, why do these characters feel threatened by him? Maybe its the power of his authority? If a character is mean or disrespectful to El Patron, what does he do? Does he just order people around to bully him and to tell people to discipline them? Whatever it is, everybody except for Matt watches their own actions just to make sure they are on El Patron's good side.
~Gabriella
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