Alchemist Essay
"Even if you cleaned my crystal for an entire year… even if you earned a good commission selling every piece, you would still have to borrow money to get to Egypt. There are thousands of kilometers of desert between here and there.”
The crystal merchant refers to the Sahara desert on page 47 when Santiago asks him for money to get to Egypt the next morning. The crystal merchant laughs in response to Santiago’s request. Santiago pleads for money from the merchant but he doesn’t budge. Santiago needs a lot of money because the desert is so large and vast.
Covering 3,600,000 miles and most of North Africa, the Sahara is the world’s third largest and hottest desert. The desert covers large sections of Algeria, Chad, Egypt, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Western Sahara, Sudan and Tunisia. The Sahara stretches from the Red Sea, including parts of the Mediterranean coasts, to the Atlantic Ocean. The desert landforms of the Sahara are shaped by wind or by occasional rains, because large regions of the Sahara don’t receive rainfall for years at a time. The Sahara's climate consists of basically two sub-climates, a dry subtropical climate in the north and a dry tropical climate in the south. The dry tropical climate is characterized by mild, dry winters, a hot dry season just before the rainy season, and an annual temperature cycle. The dry subtropical climate, however, is characterized by annually high temperature ranges, cold winters, hot summers and two rainy seasons. Its climate is among one of the most harsh and unwelcoming in the world. The desert had the highest evaporation rates, highest temperature, lowest humidity, with extreme wind, and temperatures that drop sometimes below zero in the nighttime. It is one of the most dangerous places in the world. The prevailing north winds often cause sand storms. When this wind reaches the Mediterranean, it is known as sirocco and often reaches hurricane speeds in North Africa and southern
The crystal merchant refers to the Sahara desert on page 47 when Santiago asks him for money to get to Egypt the next morning. The crystal merchant laughs in response to Santiago’s request. Santiago pleads for money from the merchant but he doesn’t budge. Santiago needs a lot of money because the desert is so large and vast.
Covering 3,600,000 miles and most of North Africa, the Sahara is the world’s third largest and hottest desert. The desert covers large sections of Algeria, Chad, Egypt, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Western Sahara, Sudan and Tunisia. The Sahara stretches from the Red Sea, including parts of the Mediterranean coasts, to the Atlantic Ocean. The desert landforms of the Sahara are shaped by wind or by occasional rains, because large regions of the Sahara don’t receive rainfall for years at a time. The Sahara's climate consists of basically two sub-climates, a dry subtropical climate in the north and a dry tropical climate in the south. The dry tropical climate is characterized by mild, dry winters, a hot dry season just before the rainy season, and an annual temperature cycle. The dry subtropical climate, however, is characterized by annually high temperature ranges, cold winters, hot summers and two rainy seasons. Its climate is among one of the most harsh and unwelcoming in the world. The desert had the highest evaporation rates, highest temperature, lowest humidity, with extreme wind, and temperatures that drop sometimes below zero in the nighttime. It is one of the most dangerous places in the world. The prevailing north winds often cause sand storms. When this wind reaches the Mediterranean, it is known as sirocco and often reaches hurricane speeds in North Africa and southern