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    Old Man and the Sea

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    2012 The Old Man and the Sea The Old Man and the Sea is the story of an epic battle between an old‚ experienced Cuban fisherman and a large marlin. The novel opens with the explanation that the fisherman‚ who is named Santiago‚ has gone 84 days without catching a fish. Santiago is considered "salao"‚ the worst form of unlucky. In fact‚ he is so unlucky that his young apprentice‚ Manolin‚ has been forbidden by his parents to sail with the old man and been ordered to fish with more successful fishermen

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    The Alchemist

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    transformation of Santiago‚ the alchemist gives insight to Santiago to help achieve his Personal Legend. With his own success of turning metal into gold‚ the alchemist shows Santiago that one’s dream is capable of reaching—that one’s Personal Legend can be achieved. While the alchemist symbolizes the achievement of Personal Legends‚ two characters in the story symbolize the dissipation of Personal Legends: the baker and the crystal merchant. The baker is introduced to Santiago and the readers by

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    Santiago's Struggles

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    The Old Man’s Struggles Through times of struggle‚ humans resort to memories and ideas to help them through the conflict. This is particularly true when it comes to the hardships of fishing. Santiago is at battle for many days with a large marlin where he becomes triumphant‚ although temporarily‚ he was not defeated. He uses memories of the boy and baseball to keep his mind of the pain that he was in to fulfill his duty as a fisherman. Using characterization‚ point of view and symbolism‚ youthful

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    that those were also the main themes of the book is also a difficult thing to do. Even though Santiago fought and kept on with his struggle to catch the fish‚ he was defeated because he lost it at the end. Defeat‚ according to the Larousse Chambers English Dictionary‚ is when you are overthrown in a battle‚ you lose a game and therefore you don’t win: you don’t gain or reach your goal. As we can see Santiago‚ in spite of the fact that he persevered and struggled‚ starving‚ for three days lost the battle

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    The Alchemist

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    traveled in a caravan‚ suggest that it is tedious and somewhat monotonous. Yet‚ much of Paulo Coelho’s The Alchemist took place in a desert caravan. The character‚ Santiago‚ learned a lot from the desert when traveling in the caravan; life in a caravan was different from a sedentary life‚ but this environment was conducive to Santiago learning the language of the world‚

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    In Thomas Foster’s How to Read Literature like a ProfessorPaulo Coehlo illustrates the all of the true aspects of a quest through the main character‚ Santiago in his novel‚ The Alchemist. In Chapter one of Foster’s book‚ he states that Every trip is a Quest (Except when its not). The definition of a journey is completely different of that of a quest. Most books are considered as journeys‚ but the Alchemist takes it a step further. According to Foster‚ every quest has a quester or person who goes

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    The Alchemist The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho is a novel about one’s journey and personal struggles in which aid him in uncovering his newfound self realization. Coelho advocates this message through the story of Santiago‚ a shepherd whose “personal legend” is to find the treasure at the Egyptian pyramids‚ but instead finds his treasure through the experiences during his journey. Coelho’s purpose is to share his ideas of hope‚ and individual understanding or interpretation of life. He is successful

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    psychological lens is visible through Santiago’s relationship with the boy. For example‚ when Santiago and the boy are fishing‚ the boy says‚ “Keep the blanket around you‚ you’ll not fish without eating while i’m alive.” (19) This quote portrays the psychological lense because it shows how they care about each other and how their relationship is similar to a father and sons. The boy is partly what keeps Santiago going. Hemingway shows this lense to the reader once again when he writes‚ “The old man looked

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    the Sea Essay Does the Character Santiago Show the Same Characteristics as Its Writer Earnest Hemmingway?? Sometimes a character can reflect its writer’s characteristics. In this case‚ the old man (Santiago) reflects the personality of its writer‚ Hemmingway. Hemmingway clearly shows that he molded his character by the similar lifestyles and desires. Even their attitudes were very alike. To prove it‚ we can start with their lifestyles and how Santiago lived on a small coast town in Cuba

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    standout amongst the most vital things in life. In The Alchemist‚ a novel composed by Paulo Coelho‚ shows us about existence and the significance of finding yourself. Paulo Coelho takes us through an adventure of a shepherd named Santiago‚ who discovers his own "legend". Santiago has been a shepherd the majority of his life and he understood that there is more for him then what he is doing now and the main way he can find himself is by voyaging and encountering

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