Are you talking about the house of the Scorpion? If so, El patron was a horrible guy and his childhood was awful. Since matt is a clone of him, they are the same person and he wanted him to relive his childhood for him.
I would say that it depends on the audience. Personally, a debate regarding ethics and moral dilemma is interesting. Read The Fat Man and the Impending Doom. It's just one paragraph so it's not going to bore audience.
https://thedailydilemma.wordpress.com/2007/06/18/fat-man/
I believe that this type is a lecture-forum discussion.
Yield to the vehicle On the left
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I'm guessing its garden. but my school is trash also so I may be wrong
I believe it would be to inform, the particular excerpt isn't really informing about anything, and its not persuading the reader to do anything, simply attempting to entertain the reader with a story.