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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International Islamic University Islamabad The Alchemist Paulo Coelho Group Members: Areej Ameen Samreen Qayyum Madiha Siddique About the Writer The writer was born on August 20‚ 1946‚ in Rio de Janeiro‚ Brazil. Coelho attended Jesuit schools and was raised by religious Catholic parents. From early age he wanted to be a writer but he was discouraged by his parents‚ they saw no future in that profession in Brazil. Coelho’s was sent to mental asylum three times
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behind? In The Alchemist‚ Santiago has to leave his loved one behind‚ but when you leave a loved one behind‚ you always come back if the love is true. In the novel‚ The Alchemist‚ by Paulo Coelho‚ Santiago learns‚ “Remember where your heart is‚ there you will find your treasure.” First‚ Santiago becomes aware of his purpose in the world. Next‚ Santiago experiences the feeling of love. Last‚ Santiago discovers that items end up where they originally started. First‚ Santiago realizes his purpose in
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work an “overnight” financial success. It remains on several best-seller lists every year. The Alchemist is the story of Santiago‚ an Andalusian shepherd boy that satisfied to wander through the Spanish fields and towns with his faithful flock until a he dreamed twice about finding his treasure at the Pyramids of Egypt that make him to get up from quite life. Santiago abandons his shepherd life to this adventure of discovery. He crosses from Spain into Tangiers and further‚ paying attention to
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the strange autopsy for Santiago Nasar is in the hands of the village priest‚ who is carless about Santiago’s body‚ in the novel “Chronicle of a Death Foretold”. In the story Santiago is killed by the Vicario brothers‚ Pedro and Pablo. Before Santiago was murdered he was being accused of sleeping with Angela‚ and taking her virginity. This created a lot of hell and embarrassment for Santiago throughout the town‚ and caused people to have zero respect for him. Once Santiago was dead‚ and the autopsy
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legend. In The Alchemist the main character Santiago shows a lot of character development through the ongoing knowledge he gains throughout his journey. At the start of the book Santiago shows immaturity with having a careless job as a shepherd and when he gives up on his journey to find his personal legend. Santiago begins to develop when he is given a job as a crystal merchant’s assistant and he learns a lot of knowledge to help him through his journey. Santiago really shows a lot of development when
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fourth obstacle: the fear of realizing the dream of which we fought for all our lives. We find the first obstacle Santiago faces in page 9‚ where Santiago mentions to his father at a early age that he did not want to become a priest that instead he wanted to travel and see the world. His father explained to him that the people that travel and see the world are wealthy people. Santiago insisted that him too wanted to see where the wealthy people lived‚ that he would love to see their castles in the
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Coelho uses diction‚ imagery‚ and a flashback to characterize the novel’s protagonist‚ Santiago‚ while relating to themes. Based on the novel‚ Santiago could be characterized as someone who is intuitive and connected to nature. Coelho uses imagery such as‚ “he could see the stars through the half-destroyed roof‚” (3) to show that Santiago is not one to fear nature‚ but rather that Santiago thrives in nature. Santiago uses his limited resources in multiple ways‚ such as when he “swept the floor with
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man vs. self. Throughout the novel‚ the protagonist‚ Santiago‚ faces many conflicts such as man vs. nature and man vs. man but the entire novel revolves around Santiago
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life’s cruelty‚ portraying how circumstances sometimes have inevitably dire outcomes regardless of the precautions we take or the effort we exert. But though the depravity of life controls our fate‚ it doesn’t determine our intestinal fortitude. Santiago was an extremely diligent and hardworking man. Day in and day out‚ rain or shine‚ he worked diligently and vigorously at the only trade he had ever known. The scars on his hands told the story of his long‚ tedious years as a fisherman. “The brown
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