Insight

"People from Durango are called alacranes-scorpions-because there are so many of them scurrying around." El Patron said this to Matt the first time they met each other. He tells Matt that he lives with a inside the house of scorpion that they are every where. This makes Matt a sense danger in the house where he will be staying. It prepares him for what is going to happen next. Soon Matt sees for himself how cruel the people in this house are, like scorpions.