The House of the Scorpion Power Quotes Page 1
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| Quote #1 El Patrón laughed. "That's the stuff, Mi Vida. Get rid of your enemies when you can. I don't like Tom either, and dinner will be better without him." (11.30) |
If El Patrón is happy about something, it probably means that it's not a good thing. And this scene is no exception.
| Quote #2 "We don't always know who might be listening." Again Celia looked around, and Matt remembered what Tam Lin had told him about hidden cameras in the house. (13.23) |
We hear about the surveillance system at the Big House a couple of times, and each time we hear about it we get a reminder about just how powerful (and power-crazed) El Patrón is. After all, the real power is knowledge. If he knows what's going on in these people's lives, he can use that information to control them.
| Quote #3 "There's been enough damn secrecy around this place! There's been enough damn lies!" |
Tam Lin's meltdown, and Celia's reminder, show just how trapped they are in El Patrón's fishbowl of a mansion.
