The main protagonist in the House of the Scorpion, Matt, has a tattoo or a human stamp, stamped to his foot. It states “Property of Alcaran” which meant, he belong to someone. This is symbol, symbolized dehumanizing because that is subjecting someone to be different from others in a bad way. In the novella, Emilia, her younger sister Maria, and Steven visited (more like disturbed) Matt at the little house in the poppy field and try to talk to him. He can’t play with them as he is locked in the house, but tries to communicate with them. Steven and Emilia give up and leave Maria behind at Matt’s house. Matt becomes frustrated and breaks the window and asks Maria if she wants to play, drawing the attention of Steven and Emilia. Matt jumps out of the window, lands on the glass, is severely injured and passes out. The children bring him back to a large mansion. The maids begin to treat Matt. A tattoo is discovered on his foot: “Property of the Alcaran Estate.” Mr. Alcaran is furious, treats him like an animal, and tosses the injured Matt onto the front lawn just because he was a clone.