Journal Entry Four Scott

The novel 'The House Of The Scorpion' reminds me of a variety of different books, movies, T.V. shows, and video games which I have explored. One such example would be the novel 'Ender's Game' by Orson Scott Card. In the novel, set several hundred years in the future, the geography of Earth has changed significantly, as it has in The House Of The Scorpion. Whereas the latter depicts a world which has been divided into many small nations, all wanting power and control, in Ender's Game, the world has been divided into three very large empires, who live in peace. The cause of this peace is because humanity has to use every iota of resources it has access to in order to fight a large intersteller war against an alien race. Like The House Of The Scorpion, Ender's Game is a science-fiction novel set in the far off future, and features a world which has been greatly changed due to negative effects which accured in the story's past. A movie which The House Of The Scorpion reminds me of is Children of Men. They are similar because they both feature a very depressing, but at times hopeful story of the struggle to survive, both phisically and emotionally, in a cruel,unforgiving world. Also, they are both a part of the science-fiction genre. A television show which reminds me of the novel is Hell On Wheels. While this may seem like an unlikely choice, Given that The House Of The Scorpion is set in the distant future, while Hell On Wheels takes place in post-civil war America, they both have the same theme of the struggle to overcome prejudice. Matteo is hated for being a clone, while a main character in Hell On Wheels is hated for being black. They are both treated as second-class citizens in their respective societies because of their differences, and often suffer because of them.