into gold. In “The Alchemist‚” there is an alchemist who assists the main character‚ Santiago‚ in pursuing his Personal Legend and finding his treasure in life. The title of the book is referring to Santiago as an alchemist‚ not because he turns lead into gold‚ but because he turns his ordinary life into “gold.” In Part One of the book‚ Santiago‚ a shepherd‚ meets Melchizedek‚ the King of Salem. He tells Santiago that everyone has a Personal Legend‚ or a destiny in life and that by reaching one’s
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Ernest Hemingway‚ is about an old man‚ Santiago‚ and his genuine fondness of the sea. Every day he travels out to sea to go fishing which is his occupation. For the past eighty-four days the old man has not caught a single fish. On the eighty-fifth day he sails out to sea as usual‚ and this is the day that changes Santiago’s life forever. He hooks an unusually immense marlin‚ and they have an agonizing battle for several days. Hemingway often compares Santiago with the younger fisherman and describes
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which is his “Personal Legend”. Many archetypes were revealed in the story such as the hero‚ the wise old man‚ supernatural aid‚ the journey‚ and rags to riches. These archetypes help create the story‚ The Alchemist. The hero is the main character Santiago because he has made the choice to sacrifice his life for his Personal Legend. He wanted to live the life of a shepherd but gave that up to look for his Personal Legend‚ which was to find treasure at the Pyramids in Egypt. He chased that one desire
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From listening to their dreams‚ Santiago and Siddhartha realize their Personal Legends and embark on their journeys to pursue enlightenment. Both characters need experience to help them understand what they desire from life. In the town Tarifa‚ Santiago is intrigued because in his dream “[a] child [takes] [him] by both hands‚ [ ] transports [him] to the Egyptian pyramids” and tells him that he will find treasure near the location (Coelho 13). Therefore‚ Santiago craves to know if his dream is significant
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Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway Santiago has many physical and emotional struggles with nature‚ which ultimately leads to his defeat by it. Santiago’s physical struggles included wounds‚ dizziness‚ soreness‚ and not being able to fight anymore because of the amount of physical pain. His mental struggles were regretting the decision of catching the fish and wanting Manolin to be with him on the boat. These struggles lead to his defeat by nature. Santiago has many physical struggles throughout
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Old Man and the Sea Hemingway uses the character of Santiago to display the strength of a common man. Santiago is the embodiment of the average‚ poor‚ working man. In the story of the Old Man and the Sea‚ Santiago displays great strength and courage in harsh situations. His strength and character is seen in his attitude toward the people of the village‚ his battle with the Marlin‚ and his battle with the sharks. While out to sea Santiago manages to hook a large marlin. This marlin begins
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A young man named Santiago led a flock of sheep all along the countryside. Throughout his journey‚ he came near some interesting people as well as offers. The Alchemist portrays having the fear to fail in the pursuit of our dreams. To make decisions on your beliefs not on the opinions of others‚ facing new challenges everyday is what makes us succeed and will vanish the fear of failing that usually leads us to tragedy. This book also tries to encourage you to live life the way you want to.
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2. Santiago‚ the main character in the book‚ and is characterized as an out going Shepard in a city near an ancient castle in Andalusia. Santiago‚ a boy‚ is unshakeable‚ creative‚ and has no interest in money or wealth‚ but wants to succeed in the dreams he most cares about. He is also a character that learns fast and no matter the challenges he faces he never gives up. For example‚ the owner of the store that Santiago worked in even said‚ "The boy’s very presence
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Esmeralda Frias Jim Schrantz English Composition I February 27‚ 2010 Copyright Law The copyright form is a type of protection that the law of the United States provides to the authors of original work‚ such as literary‚ dramatic‚ musical‚ and artistic‚ composers‚ poets‚ and other intellectual work. Even for the published or not published works the protection it’s available to them too. Piracy is used mostly comes from the United States. That is why the United States decided to make a Copyright
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appealing since I am interested with alchemists. Santiago was the main protagonist character of the novel. He is mature despite his age‚ gives up shepherding and travels away from his home country to find a treasure. He was the one who met the Alchemist. The alchemist was an old alchemist who guides Santiago in his journey to find his treasure and a teacher to Santiago of the art of alchemy. Melchizedek was an old king who gave advice to Santiago to fulfill his personal legend. The gypsy fortune-teller
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