Semester 2 Exam freshman year Flashcards
(141 cards)
1
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Into what animal are the cells implanted
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Cow
2
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Explain the difference between Matt and other clones
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Matt has a brain
3
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Celias relationship to Matt is best described as ______
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Foster mom
4
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How does Matt escape from the cottage
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He breaks the window
5
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Explain how Matt ends up in the big house
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He broke the window and jumped out and got a whole bunch of cuts. Then Emilia, Steven, and Maria helped him by taking him home to help him.
6
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Which character is the same age as Matt
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Maria
7
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Who is the character that imprisons Matt
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Rosa
8
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Explain one thing rosa does to dehumanize Matt
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Makes him sleep on the ground and takes away his bathroom
9
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Explain one of Matts survival techniques
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He puts fruit under the saw dust to attract bugs, bugs keep him company
10
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What does Matt do to Tom
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Throws an orange at him
11
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What does tom do in return
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Shoots him with a peashooter
12
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What does Matt do in return to tom
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Doesn’t react
13
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How does Matt react to seeing Celia and Maria
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No emotion
14
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To whom does Celia write a letter
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El patron
15
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What are the “droplets” in the beginning of the story
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Embryos
16
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Who tells El Patron about Matts treatment
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Celia
17
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What is Maria supposed to get Matt to do
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Talk
18
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Who does Matt chose to be his body guard
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Tam-Lin
19
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Explain why he chose that particular body guard
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His eyes looked friendly
20
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How does Matt react to Maria’s departure
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He feels like she betrayed him
21
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Explain what causes Matt to speak
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His teacher kept calling him a good boy, and he got mad because it kept reminding him he wasn’t a boy
22
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What does Matt discover about farm laborers
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They are eejits
23
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Who tells Matt about how he came to exist
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Tam Lin
24
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Who is Furball
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Maria’s dog
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What is unique about Matts piano teacher
He is deaf
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Who attempts to harm Furball
Tom
27
Explain the rule for Matt on his birthday
he gets what ever he wants
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What is different about el patron on his birthday
He is healthier
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Why is Matt is so motivated to learn piano
It makes him feel human
30
Explain why Matt dislikes Furball
Matt is basically on the same level as him. Matt is seen as an animal, and Furball is an animal
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El Patron has come to see Matt. What will Rosa do if Matt speaks to El Patron
Kill him
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What has caused a El patron improved health
Fetal brain implants
33
Does El Patron prefer giving or receiving presents
Receiving
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Why does El Patron like receiving gifts
Who feels the bigger the gift the more they love him
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What did Maria get Matt for his birthday
Taffy
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Whose wedding occurs
Emilia and Steven
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Concerning the wedding, who is being married from alacran side
Steven
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Concerning the wedding, who is being married from Mendoza side
Emilia
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Where do Matt and Maria go when she arrives
Secret passage
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Whom does El Patron plan for Maria to marry
Tom
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What interrupts the wedding
El Patron
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What does Mara suggest they use for their escape
Hovercraft
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Who foils the escape plan
Emilia
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What substance has Celia been giving Matt
Arsenic
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After El Patron dies, what does Mr Alacran tell Tam Lin to do with Matt
Kill him
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Where does Tam Lin tell the members of the Alacran army he is taking Matt
Eejit pens
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Where does tam Lin actually take Matt
Oasis
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Where does Tam Lin tell Matt to go
Atzlan
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Matt weeps for Celia, Tam Lin, ________
El patron
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What does Matt do in response to the interruption
Hides
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El Patron believes he has the "right to live". Explain how he comes to believe that statement to be true
All the people in his family died young so he thinks he gets to live longer to make up for their short lives
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Explain "why" Tam Lin does not go with Matt on his journey
He said he had to right some wrongs
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What name does Matt assume when he enters Atzlan
Matt Ortega
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How is Matt initially treated by the border guards
They were indifferent
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Which one of the following answers is NOT a realms Matt is called "aristocrat"
Matts cooking
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What do the guards call themselves
Keepers
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What are the boys at the orphanage called
Lost boys
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What are the boys required to recite before meals
5 principles of good citizenship
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What kind of factory is Matt sent to
Plankton
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What does Raul compare individualism
Horse
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Where do the guards threaten to send Matt if he makes trouble
Boneyard
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What punishment do the boys receive for challenging Carlos
No dinner
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When do Jorge's brainwashing tactics take place
Evening
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Which of the boys leads the barrage of accusations against Matt
Ton Ton
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What do the guards do at night
Use laudanum
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What causes Matt to confess to Jorge
Threats against Fidelito
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Why is Ton Ton so loyal to Jorge
Jorge saved his life
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What birthday is El Patron celebrating in Ch 10
143
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What does Matt make Maria do on his birthday
Kiss him
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How does Maria react to Matt kissing him
She gets angry and embarrassed
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Who tells Matt to go to the hospital
Felicia
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Who tells Maria to go to the hospital
Tom
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What or whom do Matt and Maria see at the hospital
Clone
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Tom is the son of _______
Macgregor
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What animal is Tom torturing in chapter 13
Frog
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What is Matt accused of by Senator Mendoza
Murder
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Where did el patron and Celia grow up
Atzlan
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What happened to the other people who traveled with the coyote and Celia
They turned into it eejits
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What happened to Rosa
She was turned into an eejit
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Who leaves Matt the chest at the oasis
Tam Lin
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Who takes up for Matt at El Viajos funeral
Maria
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Who killed Furball
Felicia
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What is the name of the book Matt reads
A history of opium
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Who wrote the book that Matt reads at the oasis
Maria's mom
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Why is it a surprise Maria's mom wrote a book
She is supposed to be dead
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When Matt grows up he plans to ______
Take over opium
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What does Matt plan to do with Eejits
Free them
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What does Matt learn about Tim Lin after the incident at the eejit pens
He was a terrorist
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After my returns back to the main house, he's woken by Celia where is he taking after Celia feed him breakfast
The hospital
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Why is el patron taken to the hospital
Heart attack
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What is the first sign that Matt is mature
Voice cracks
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What is the name of the country that Matt calls home
Opium
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Where is Maria from
Atzlan
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Who is the intended victim when Matt has his breaking point
Fidelito
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What does Jorge reveal about Matt
He was a "zombie"
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Where do the keepers take Matt and Chacho
Boneyard
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what creature does Chacho fear in the chapters
Bats
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Who comes to rescue Matt and chartroom from the place the keepers took them
Fidelito and Ton Ton
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Where are Matt and Company heading after they are rescued from the place the keepers took them
San Luis
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What has happened at the plankton factory
Revolt
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Who rescues Matt upon reaching San Luis
Consular and Guapo
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Where do Matt saviors take him initially after saving him
Graveyard
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What event is taking place at the graveyard
The day of the dead
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Where does one of mats saviors take Fidelito and Matt
The hospital at the convent
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Who is waiting in Chacho's room at the hospital other than the nurses
Jorge and Carlos
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Who brings the police arrest the keeper
Esperanza
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On what charges are the keepers arrest
Drug trafficking
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What does Esperana want Matt to do
Take over rule of opium
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Matt and the lost boys are compared to a particular insect in this section
What is the insect? With what other group of people can the lost boys be compared?
The insect is worker bees. They are compared to the eejist, because they do all the work.
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As Matt and Chacho are being restrained from their altercation with Jorge, Matt has a realization what is this realization? what has prevented this realization from occurring before?
There are a lot more lost boys than keepers
| Fear has prevented them
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The pedestrian text is a ______
Short story
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The pedestrian is what kind of book
Fiction
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The pedestrian text is written in ______
3rd person
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Mr. meads favorite hobby is ______
Walking
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The pedestrian
| The favorite hobby for the rest of the people in the city is __________
Watching TV
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The pedestrian
| How many police cars patrol this city
1
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The pedestrian
| How many police officers patrol a police car
None
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What is Mr. meads profession
Writer
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After Mr. Mead is picked up in the police car where is he to be taken
Psychiatric center
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The pedestrian
| What is the main concern/ criticism Bradbury is making in this text
Obsession with tech
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Name a minimum of 2 characteristics in the text
Everyone watches TV, everyone is the same, and technology
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Tessie is chosen in the lottery, marked with a dot from a box. The choosing is completely random and without cause. Yet, she is marked. What could this symbolize in our past, present, or potentially future society? Can you think of anyone that is randomly marked without having caused it to happen?
It could symbolize slavery because they didn't choose what they look like. They also didn't have a choice of being a slave. They were just made a slave because they were African-American
123
Someone stands up for Matt, in the face of the priest,at El Viejo's funeral. He/she references a saint as he or she does this. Which st. does he/she reference? Explain why the use of this reference may also be considered insulting
They reference St. Francis because he told a story about how a wolf came into church and everyone was mad but St. Francis. This could be insulting because he is like the wolf, everyone is mad at him except Maria
124
How do you Tam lin and Celia react to Matts re-current illness. Give one reason why they would not react to this
They were not surprised because they were giving him a little amounts of poison so they could not use his organs
125
First, explain what activity Jorge uses to brainwash the boys. Second, explain how it is related to another ritual practiced with which we are familiar. Third right one sentence explaining why it is important for the reader to make the connection between the two practices
He tells them stories in the evening and makes them respond and makes them confess their sins. It can be related to church how the priest says something and then you repeat it. it shows that it was like a religious ceremony
126
There is a comparison made between turkeys in something or someone else. First, what is the perception of turkeys? Second, who or what are turkeys compared to in the assigned section? Third, right one sentence explaining why it is important for the reader to realize the comparison in the text
The perception that they are dumb. They are compared to the lost boys. it makes readers realize the boys have no thoughts and some one has to tell them what to do
127
Explain three similar connections between the actions of El Patron and the pharaohs. Then explain how each of these connections gives us a better understanding of El Patrons action.
El Patron and pharaohs both are rulers. They see themselves better than humans. they basically think they are like a God. El Patron has eejits. Pharoahs have slaves. They both see them as machines. They don't really see them as humans. They both die and have all their stuff buried with them. I think El Patron I shed he was loved, but he never really was.
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The lottery
| For what are the people gathering together
Lottery
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The lottery
| Do all the communities in the text gather in the same way
No
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The lottery
| What color is the box that holds the papers
Black
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What did the papers replace
Wood chips
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The lottery
| Who picks the pieces of paper initially
Head of the house
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The lottery
| How do they mark the paper
Black dot
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The lottery
| Who is chosen from the box
Tessie
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The lottery
| What happens to Tessie
Gets killed
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The lottery
| what is used against the chosen person
Stones
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The lottery
| Who gathers the stones
Children
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Dystopian texts are always written with a warning or criticism as the forefront of ideas. Explain the warning or criticism of the community in this text. What is the author trying to tell us?
You shouldn't follow people without knowing what you were doing. You shouldn't follow people blindly because you can be doing something wrong. Also change bad habits.
139
Explain the concept of othering. Explain how and why Matt is being othered.
Othering is someone that is treated different than everyone else. People treat Matt different and they shut him out. Matt is being othered because he is a clone.
140
Matt and Maria see something difficult at the hospital. Explain how Matt feels after he discusses what he and Maria see at the hospital with Celia
Matt and Maria see clones. Matt realizes what he is used for and wonders why he isn't like them. Celia tells him that he actually has a brain. Matt has mixed feelings because he feels loved because he got a brain but sad that he will just be used for organs.
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Explain why the altercation between Matt and Maria at El Patrons birthday party is important in terms of othering
if it was tom or any one that wasn't a clone the people wouldn't have cared it was only because it was Matt that it was made into a big deal
