The text states, “‘I could kill you,’ Rosa said quietly. ‘I could bury your body under the floor-and I might do it.’...’Or I might not. You’ll never know until it’s too late. But one thing you’d better understand: I’m your master now, and if you make me angry-watch out!’” (Farmer 39-40). Rosa uses pain, in this case mental pain, “to make her power perceptible” (On the Doctrine of the Feeling of Power, Nietzsche, 1882). She uses pain to gain power from the one who was threatened. Further into the story, the author writes about Matt and El Patron’s birthday party, “‘Get it now,’ said Matt in the same cold, deadly voice… ‘One more thing,’ Matt said. ‘I demand a birthday kiss.’... ‘It’s my party too,’ said Matt, ‘and I can have anything I want…’” (Farmer 109). This is the only day Matt can utilize power, and once he does, he becomes caught up in the feeling of being in power. Because no one grants him respect, he uses this newfound power on everyone, excluding El Patron. This correlates with the article. Not only does Nietzsche’s philosophy accord with “The House of the Scorpion”, but also accord with real
The text states, “‘I could kill you,’ Rosa said quietly. ‘I could bury your body under the floor-and I might do it.’...’Or I might not. You’ll never know until it’s too late. But one thing you’d better understand: I’m your master now, and if you make me angry-watch out!’” (Farmer 39-40). Rosa uses pain, in this case mental pain, “to make her power perceptible” (On the Doctrine of the Feeling of Power, Nietzsche, 1882). She uses pain to gain power from the one who was threatened. Further into the story, the author writes about Matt and El Patron’s birthday party, “‘Get it now,’ said Matt in the same cold, deadly voice… ‘One more thing,’ Matt said. ‘I demand a birthday kiss.’... ‘It’s my party too,’ said Matt, ‘and I can have anything I want…’” (Farmer 109). This is the only day Matt can utilize power, and once he does, he becomes caught up in the feeling of being in power. Because no one grants him respect, he uses this newfound power on everyone, excluding El Patron. This correlates with the article. Not only does Nietzsche’s philosophy accord with “The House of the Scorpion”, but also accord with real