Character development-Matteo Alacra

Matteo Alacran or as he is known in the Matt, is first learned about at the very beginning of the book. You start by hearing that the only surviving cell out of the 36 implanted in cows to be born. He was created to be a clone of El Patron a very powerful drug lord. A servant of El Patron named Celia is raising Matt. He starts the book by living with her in her house in the poppy fields. He has daily routines in this house such as playing with his toys and watching television. One day when he notices children walking in the field he goes to the door to see is happening even though Celia has previously told him to avoid all people he sees. The children come to see who he is but he doesn’t talk to them. The next day when they come he smashes through the window with a pot and jumps out of the window and cuts himself on the grass. They carry him back and this is when he learns about the big house. There he starts to receive medical attention then is thrown outside once everyone realizes he is a clone and no one wants to see him. After all of this he is thrown into a cell and becomes known as an “Animal” because no one like clones and thinks they all go crazy. This book appears to centre around matt as you follow him from his house in the poppy fields to the big house.  One he gets to the big house no one seems to like him at all and he is kept locked up in the cell. Not everyone though because one night Maria comes to visit Matt. Maria and Matt talk about movies and share stories. This is the start to a relationship between Matt and Maria, which continues on later in the story.

-Curtis Hadjuk