House of the Scorpion Question The book says that Esperanza’s book had opened Matt’s eyes to the horrors of the empire El Patron had built. Also in the book, Esperanza said true suffering was only an awareness of suffering. Those who made eejits would say the eejits weren’t suffering because they weren’t aware that they were suffering. Esperanza didn’t believe that. Do you? Justify your opinion about the horrors of the empire and the suffering of the eejits.