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    just literal ones. This particular dream is presented as key‚ and both the fortune teller and Melchizedek encourage Santiago to follow it literally. But the centrality of dreams in the novel is based more generally on the idea that youthful hopes for the future should not be displaced as one ages‚ but rather should be held on to and pursued with passion throughout one’s life. Santiago is in this way an everyman hero in that he holds fast to his dream despite discouraging events such as the theft of

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    the best single piece of any of us.”(Baker 503-504) “The Old Man and the Sea was an enormous success for Ernest Hemingway when it was published in 1952. At first glance‚ the story appears to be an extremely simple story of an old Cuban fisherman (Santiago)‚ who catches an enormously large fish then loses

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    ending in ruin of profound disappointment." Hemingway’s‚ the Old Man and the Sea is no doubt a very tragic novel. The story starts off with the narrator explaining how Santiago‚ the old man‚ had gone 84 days without catching a fish‚ making the reader feel sorry for Santiago right off the start. The boy is a companion of Santiago who’s been fishing with him‚ like an assistant‚ but still believes the old man is a great fisherman. The boy’s parents call the old man Salao‚ which is the worst form of

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    The Relationship Between Race and Freedom in the Early Modern Era In the early modern era‚ the relationship between race and freedom grew to be very different than what it was before. Before‚ race was not necessarily based on ethnicity and slavery was not based on race‚ there were many white‚ European slaves prior to this era. This changed greatly when race and freedom came to be very closely related. In 1444‚ the first ship of enslaved Africans returned to Lisbon. When the ship returned‚ the

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    stimulates him to revoke their marriage. The humiliation generated by the absence of Angela’s virginity drives her brothers‚ Pablo and Pedro‚ to murder Santiago Nasar. Their motive for the crime is to obtain their family’s honor back. Gabriel Garcia Marquez depicts honor through gender‚ family‚ the people of the town and predominantly‚ the death of Santiago Nasar to speculate the concept and value of honor in the Colombian culture. Values are an essential element of society. From time to time theses

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    Book review of “The Alchemist” Regine Carlo N. Alvarez BSBA-FTM/ I-2 The theme of the phenomenal novel “The Alchemist” written by Paulo Coelho revolves around dreams‚ symbols‚ and adventure. It tells of a young shepherd named Santiago who travels around Andalusia and once dreams of a treasure hidden in the pyramids of Egypt. It is a book full of wisdom and life lessons used to achieved one’s dreams and fulfill self-happiness. The story opens in the mythical region of Andalusia

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    enlightenment to themselves and others along the way to finding/achieving their ambitions. Santiago grew in his quest to discover what he wanted and bring happiness to others and them to him. It’s said that if you can find a path with no obstacles then it probably does not lead anywhere. Such obstacles often lead to opportunities unknown to us that can make one successful and happy. This is similar to the lives of Santiago in the novel‚ as the hero progresses on their journey they begin to learn more about

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    determination against the forces of nature. Santiago uses his years of fishing experience to catch the marlin and trump nature. Similarly‚ Spielberg’s Jaws follows 3 men’s battle with a great white shark. In the end‚ they too accomplish their goal of beating nature. Overall‚ The Old Man and the Sea and Jaws show

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    climax‚ the alchemist tells the chief of the war tribe that Santiago can turn himself into the wind and demolish his whole camp. The chief says he wants to see him do the impossible act‚ and gives Santiago three days to prepare. If Santiago could not complete the task‚ the chief was allowed to take the alchemist and the boy’s lives. After three days of preparing for his task with the alchemist‚ they both return to the camp. From the start Santiago believed he was going to lose his life because he assumed

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    the village. While the townspeople celebrate the arrival of the Bishop; sex‚ alcohol‚ and murder coincide with the supposedly sacred event. Marquez reveals hypocrisy through biblical allusions‚ the villages hedonistic lifestyle‚ and the murder of Santiago Nasar. The bible is often used as source of divine inspiration‚ but in Chronicle of a Death Foretold biblical stories are satirized to reflect the hypocrisy of the church. For example‚ many of the town’s people are named after biblical characters

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