Major Conflicts: Youssef Kachouh

    Journal #4

In this book I witnessed several major conflicts that occurred with Matt. The themes that i found most important were, Matt tiring to fit in with the kids of the big house, Matt falls in love with Maria, and she’s in love with him to, but both are unable to see each other. Most conflicts occur for the reason Matt being a clone and clones are viewed as wild animals that should be treated like any viscous animal. Matt is aware of this hatred that people have to clones. To begin with, Matt does his best to fit in with the kids at the big house, but the servants and the house keeper; that allowed him to stay since he is sick, are treating him horribly as if he has no feeling and is not a human. He does later achieve this goal of his throughout the novel. In addition, during his stay at the big house, Matt falls in love with the House keeper’s daughters, Maria, who she also falls in love with him. Matt and Maria are unable to see each other because the Maria’s father does not allow her being near clones, for the reason that they are dangerous. These conflicts occurred for the reason he is a clone, but in my opinion clones are humans, the only difference is, the clones are made by mankind. Some clones could be dangerous, but some could be humanlike, like Matt, he has feeling and a brain to think with, these kinds of clones should be treated with respect no matter what the reason is. If who kill them you are killing humans which will lead to consequences. This is the reason why it’s illegal to produce clones, it will lead to killing them for their body parts, which will lead to humans thinking its ok to kill for survival, and long term affects could lead to world disaster.