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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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    Allegory of Fortune

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    Allegory of Fortune For such a beautiful piece with such soft lighting and rich color‚ Salvator Rosa’s Allegory of Fortune hardly seems like something created out of anger. A beautiful woman‚ wrapped in a golden cloth is shown feeding an assortment of animals. There is little in the painting that evokes the sort of emotion in the viewer that Rosa put into the painting; only after applying knowledge of symbolism does the viewer see Rosa’s angry‚ shaking fist. Completed in 1659‚ Allegory of Fortune

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    Is lying an inevitable part of life? As long as people live and have free will‚ it seems some people will always choose to be untruthful therefore causing havoc with their choices. The Alchemist by Ben Jonson is a play unlike others of its time period. However‚ even it does not escape the flaws of our world such as lying. In a time period as fragile as The Alchemist’s setting‚ one would think the characters would be a little more cautious than they are portrayed to be by the author. In this play

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    The Alchemist- responding to the novel 1- The novel is based on 19th-20th century‚ Santiago‚ the shepherd lives out in the fields with his sheep. He goes from Andalusia‚ Spain to Tangier‚ from Tangier he travels to the Saharan oasis Al-Fayoum. The impact of the time setting in this novel is the fact that religion is very strong amongst the people. We as readers come across this time setting and setting (location) itself has an impact on the behavior of the characters we come across as we come

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    Allegory Of The Cave

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    the Prisoners in “The Allegory of the Cave” by Plato who are physically chained to the estate only being powerful to see what is in front of them. In the two readings‚ the authors search and take apart the problem that relations have in not face ready for their worst and not wanting to turn their living to the reform. In the history of “The Lesson” the students are taken out of their sense of comfort‚ just as the person who got to pilled out of there cave in “The Allegory of the Cave.” The students

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    The Alchemist The Alchemist encourages people to conform their Personal Legends‚ and to pursue their dream. Personal Legend means‚ that everyone has their ultimate goal in life‚ a type of ideal fate or destiny‚Many people don of accomplishing it. However many people don’t get the chance to accomplish them. It is not easy to accomplish them because we get to cede great things in life and we get to encounter within the process‚ however as a result of the sacrificing and struggling we get to achieve

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    Allegory of the Cave Analysis Written as a dialogue between Glaucon (Plato’s brother) and Socrates (his mentor)‚ The Allegory of he Cave is a poem composed in approximately 1509. The source of this poem is from series on Plato called “The School of Athens” by Raphael. Socrates had a specialized teaching method (now referred to as the Socratic method) which was characterized by asking and answering questions in order to stimulate critical thinking (EH 72). The structure of this piece reflects

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    Alchemist Poem

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    The universe conspires with the elements to make something happen- maktub it is written that you and the wind will become one it is written that one’s dream will overturn your own it is written that your path will unfold through your fantasies Fear is the enemy of the universe‚ modifying what is destined to happen. childhood fears may keep you from looking towards those who may help physical fears may keep you from fighting battles that will only push youu farther spiritual fears may keep

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    Sometimes in life‚ when a person wants something with enough passion‚ everything seems to go perfectly accordingly to how it was planned. Paulo Coelho‚ the author of the Alchemist‚ calls this desire a personal legend. Everyone‚ when they are young‚ somewhat knows of their personal legend‚ and at some point in their lives everything is clear and possible. However‚ as time goes on‚ a mysterious force seems to blind us of achieving that goal. Through Santiago‚ the main character‚ and his attempts at

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    Alchemist Essay Thesis: Throughout The Alchemist‚ Santiago travels on a tremendous journey‚ transforming from a simple‚ Andalusian Sheppard boy‚ to a wise and powerful individual. Along the way he experiences certain revelations and discoveries from Melchizedek‚ the crystal merchant‚ and the alchemist. Body Paragraph #1: Santiago first meets Melchizedek‚ while passing through the town of Tarifa. Melchizedek appears as an old Spanish man‚ and introduces himself as‚ “The King of Salem.”

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