Matt:
Matt is a rather interesting character in House of the Scorpion. As the main protagonist he is clearly the
most developed character. Matt is a
clone, separated from the rest of humanity by genetics, shunned by the
religious and looked down upon as dirty by the rest. Matt cannot hide what he is, so instead he
has used it to his advantage, and eventually by being a clone Matt finds
salvation through genetics and imperfect laws.
Matt is both gifted and disadvantaged by his genetics, Matt was bred for
slaughter and often decimated against and hurt, but eventually the reason he
was bred became invalid and his escape lead to him taking the place of the one
he was meant to keep alive with his very organs.
Vincent:
Vincent is similar to Matt is some ways, Vincent is also discriminated
upon for his genetics, but while Matt is created and modified and discriminated
against because of that Vincent is discriminated against for being
natural. One could say its the comparison
of a scientific world to a religious one, one where no babies are natural and
those who are mean less to one where no babied are artificial and those who are
will be discriminated against. Vincent
is running from his nature, a natural birth, Matt is also running from his, an
artificial one. Vincent however was
never meant for slaughter and only discriminated against for being less than
perfect while Matt was meant for slaughter and discriminated against for
existing. Vincent had to work to shed
his own self and never fully would, while Matt merely had to outlive his
creator. Vincent had it better from the
start but worse in the long run and Matt had it worse in the start and better
in the long run.
This is my comparison.
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