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"Come on, Alai!" I say, heading for the floor. The menagerie is a long, low cement building with dirt floors and wide picture windows in every cage. Most of the animals are there for experimentation-which means we have several immortal residents-but Alai is not allowed to be used for any test. He is completely mine. After pulling the heavy metal door shut behind me, I start running. Alai lopes at my heels, his huge Paws all but silent on the path. I have to circle most of little Cam before I finally reach the gate. My heart is racing, not because of the run, but from excitement. Two alarms means the supply truck is here. We only get a delivery every few months so it's always a special occasion when one arrives. Uncle Timothy, a huge, muscular mab with skin as dark as obsidian, is in change of making the trek through the jungle to the little Mississip, the nearest river to little cam. I don't know what comes after the little Mississip, but it must be a long journey since every supply run takes him nearly two months. Once I asked uncle Timothy to show me a map of Uncle Timothy's route, but he told me to never ask him or anyone else that again. The gate is the only entrance or exit from our compound,and now it is swinging open on mechanichal tracks to admit the trucks. There are three of them, huge, growling, angry things with canvas tops and wheels drenched with mud. Belching and rattling, they pull into the wide dirt in front of the dining hall and shudder to a stop.

I like this passage, because the author makes the reader connect with pia and really empathize with her. Obviously I am not immortal but I was able to understand how Pia felt about her immortality and what was driving all of her decision through the passage. This passage talks about,the Pia who was living in the jungle wanted to be free, she started to realize that she didn't want to be a part of the scientist, because they were killing to many animals.Sometimes she would seat sad and wonder why?. Her uncle would tell her don't think about it, you have to move on. She decided to leave one day, she started running but the gate was the only entrance or exit from the compound.

The author use the jungle to construct the setting,as well as an ambiance with sounds, smells, visualizations that come alive when you're reading this passage.The author show that Pia is calling everyone uncle,because she is unaware of her brain. she was tired of being controlled. She’s fighting against her need to go outside and discover the world. The rational part of her brain screams at her to stop thinking about it, Pia needs to focus on her dream, on her goal.the author show that everyone was hiding a secret from her. Origin is a great novel that I personally think is the book of the century after the hunger game, which the tribute of the hunger were hiding a secret from Catniss and for Pia is definitely the same. Pia is forced to face all sorts of drama and emotion.

The author show that through genetic engineering or manipulation, how we can improve as human being. Genetic engineering can improve physical and intelligence capabilities which we see in our world today.Scientists have not yet created someone in a lab, but they are already show what they are capable of regarding this nature through DNA. I find this article that talk about a company will take a sample of your DNA to create a genetic profile which the link is in the bottom.Also the author show that as long as scientist Get better at modify the human body, we are going to know what's right and what's wrong.

The author is using this theme to criticize the new invention of scientist.As new technology The author show that Pia is both a person and an investment. And the author show that there are some animals that have human characteristic in them. Pia knew she could take care of herself, but I am not sure she knew someone else was trying to protect her.

http://www.wired.com/medtech/health/news/2001/08/46125?currentPage=all