Post 2, Setting

I think that in the book, The House Of The Scorpion, Farmer did an excellent job of really explaining the setting. When you read the book you can really get an idea of what she is trying to portray through her description of the setting. You can feel as if you are actually in the book and you are actually seeing everything that is being descried to you. First off, time period was very clearly conveyed. Because the fact that the book is based around the idea of clones and cloning we already know that this book takes place in the future because we do not have that kind of technology in present time. Also some more evidence that this book takes place in the future is the fact that "eejits" are basically people with a chip in their brain so that they act as if they are a zombie or a robot. And as you know, we do not have that kind of knowledge or technology quite yet. Although, it is unclear how far into the future the book takes place because we don't know when this type of technology will be discovered and used because we cannot predict the future. So the book begins in the little house in the poppy fields where Matt and Celia live. And for the first little while all you know, and all Matt knows is the inside of this house and the view from the window so it really gives you an idea of what he sees. And Farmer does a fantastic job of trying to show you what Matt sees. Through this, you are really put in Matt's shoes because what he sees you see and when he sees something new that he is never seen before it is just as new to you as it is to him. As you go through the book you get a very insightful description of all the things that Matt sees and I think that the book was extremely well written in the category of setting.

Chelsea