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    Urim‚ and Thummim; he got to know a crystal merchant‚ made a lot of money‚ and they sort of became friends. He met an Englishman who knew of the same things he did‚ and when Santiago arrived at the oasis‚ he met the love of his life‚ Fatima. The alchemist taught him the Language of the World‚ and Santiago spoke to the wind and sun. Despite the treasure being in the church the whole time‚ Santiago ended up finding it and taking it‚ therefore gaining lots of money. Possibly the greatest thing of all

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    Dream.Believe.Survive. (A reaction paper on The Alchemist) The Alchemist is a thrilling novel that spurts with sanguinity; the story tells you that everything is possible as long as you really want it to happen. It’s like spiritual truth or ultimate reality can be attained through experience but as Coelho states "simple things are the most valuable and only wise people appreciate them". The story of the treasures of Santiago finds along the way teaches us‚ as only a few stories have done‚ about

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    Narration in The Alchemist In many books we read‚ there are characters who chase a dream of one kind. In The Alchemist we see this plenty of times and of course like in every story there are several complications the main character has to go through to achieve their dream. For Santiago especially we see several complications throughout the beginning of the story. These complications make Santiago lose the little faith he had‚ but he soon recovers it because he realizes that Melchizedek the king of

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    Amber Villahermosa Mr. Nipps Making a Personal Statement August 19‚ 2013 "The Alchemist" Essay "The Alchemist" written by Paulo Coelho has many themes that go on throughout the book. The most prominent theme in the book is one about dreams. Santiago starts the novel off with him wanting to pursue his continuous dream and finding the meaning of it. While on his path to finding the meaning of his dream‚ he meets a gypsy so she can

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    life‚ though‚ is to fall seven times and to get up eight times."(page:11) This quote contributes to the idea of always following your dreams and if you don’t you will find yourself nowhere in life. This idea is not only a moral in the book "The Alchemist"‚ but also a life lesson learned by the author Paulo Coelho himself. As a son of an engineer and a housewife‚ the expectations of his future successes were greater than his dream of becoming a writer. So‚ they decided to place him in a mental institution

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    Allegory In the classic novel ‘Lord of the Flies’ Golding makes use of various writing techniques throughout the plot of his novel to communicate his ideas without expressing them directly to his readers. Allegory is one of the three main literary devices Golding uses throughout his novel by utilizing themes and motifs to put together a story that allows for deeper interpretation. Golding uses different types of allegory. One example of allegory described in ‘Lord of the Flies’ is biblical allegory

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    The Allegory of the Cave How does Plato’s allegory represents the activity of philosophy? 9/23/2010 HZT4Ua Diana MS. The Allegory of the Cave The Allegory of the Cave is a metaphor that can be seen to describe many aspects and situations in life that one had no control or choice over. The reason Plato uses many metaphors in his allegory is to think or ‘philosophize’ about the world around us because in fact our understanding of the world is very limited. This is due to the fact that

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    Are the main characters in The Alchemist and The Pearl immature? In the books The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho‚ and The Pearl by John Steinbeck‚ the main characters are both immature‚ but in different ways. In The Alchemist‚ the main character Santiago is a relatively immature person if compared to the end. He becomes wiser during the course of his journey‚ learning more about the world. Before Santiago achieves his Personal Legend‚ he does not know as much about the world. At the start of the book

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    For my final holocaust project I decided to do an allegory. My allegory is based on the idea that during the holocaust people didn’t stand up for the Jewish people and others that were being discriminated against. Because of their bystander qualities Hitler became stronger and stronger. When all we had to do was stand together at the first sign of evil and face him head on. I selected to do the allegory‚ not at first but after some time. At first I wanted to do a scrapbook but that required a lot

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    When you are in love‚ you have to overcome many obstacles to get the one you love. In the book The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho‚ a Spanish Shepherd named Santiago goes on a journey through Africa and the Sahara desert. He is on his way to find some treasure at the Great Pyramids when he meets a gypsy. The gypsy tells him where to find the treasure and that he has to give half of it to her. He wants to fulfill his personal legend of finding the treasure.. I am a delightful girl who lives

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