"'It's a sullen, evil-tempered animal,' she said. The doctor sighed. 'Clones go that way in the end. I did think this one was brighter than most.' Matt said nothing, hunched as he was in a corner as far from the pair as he could get. Long days of solitude in Celia's house had taught him how to be quiet, and any attention from Willum or Rosa could result in pain" (Farmer 43).
This quote again shows the prejudice against Matt because he is a clone. Matt doesn't talk because he is afraid of being punished by Rosa and the doctor, and justifiably too because that is all they ever do to him. But they assume because he doesn't respond to them any more that it is because Matt is a clone, not because of how they treat him. This again adds to the hostile feelings towards the people who have mistreated him.
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