Post #2, Setting

The setting in the House of the Scorpion is the Big House and the Poppy Field. The Big House is the main setting in the book and acts like something different to everyone in the book. To El Patron it is more like a pyramid, somewhere to keep his belongings and a place to die in. Matt even relates El Patron to a Pharaoh on page 140. To Celia it is a house and a work place. It is considered a house to many other characters, such as Emilia, Tom, Maria and El Viejo. To some characters such as Tam Lin, it is just a work place. The Big House is also a jail. Yes, a jail. Matt was trapped there early in the story. Another character trapped in the Big House is Felicia.

Then there is the Poppy Field. This is a place Celia and Matt know very well, because they lived there in the beginning of the book. The Poppy Field is also a place where many ejits work, die and get buried.