Two themes of the book are freedom and being accepted for who you are. During the story the character Matt is constantly searching for freedom and acceptance. He is shunned for being a clone and is held captive by El Patron. At the end of the story he finally is able to be free. The protagonist is Matt, because he is the one who has to overcome all of the problems. All Matt wants during the story is to be free. The antagonist changes several times during the book, but the main one is El Patron. El Patron causes Matt the most problems. El Patron only cares about money and riches. He wants to use Matt so that he can live longer. The mentor is Tam Lin, he is one of Matt's closest friends and he wants to help Matt. In the beginning of the story Matt is innocent and does not understand the danger he is in. As the story progresses He learns how to face and overcome bad things. Matt changes when he finds out that El Patron wants to use him for his organs. It is when Matt comes of age and realizes what a bad place his world is. One of my favorite parts of the is when Matt is fleeing El Patron's Palace. I also thought that
when he realizes what has happened to everyone in Opium at the end of the story was very interesting.
The section about the plankton factory was very interesting too. I enjoyed the book a lot and it should be used for next years reading bowl.
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