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    Alchemist’ I think that the main character Santiago had several guiders as well as helpers. One of Santiago’s most significant guiders was Melchizedek‚ the old king of Salem. I consider this guider to be the one who set Santiago on the right track from the very beginning. He was the one who was able to make him realize that his personal legend was not only a part of his soul‚ but was part of the soul of the universe as well. The Englishman who Santiago met in the carven on his way to the oasis was

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    Death Foretold by Symbols

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    Chronicle of a Death Foretold. The chronicle “is very strange and brilliantly conceived‚” and “ a sort of metaphysical murder mystery in which the detective‚ Garcia Marquez himself‚ reconstructs events associated with the murder 27 years earlier of Santiago Nasar‚ a rich‚ handsome fellow who lived in the Caribbean town where the author grew up” (Michaels‚ P. 1). Marquez plays himself in the novel‚ interviewing people who remember the murder and studies documents assembled by the court. He gathers various

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    Prompt #2: The decorations on the wall represent the faith and patience of Santiago. After putting away the equipment in his abode‚ he notices the pictures of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Virgin of Cobre. As they are relics of his wife‚ whom from presumably death he was long separated‚ he‚ clearly‚ keeps them on display as a mark of his steadfast faith in the divine and the sea. Hemingway claims‚ “On the brown walls of the flattened‚ overlapping leaves of the sturdy fibered guano there was

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    imagery in the novel describes the extent of how barbaric the people in a small town in Colombia can be. Victoria Guzman is the cook for the Nasar family. Victoria displays disdain toward Santiago Nasar. On the morning Santiago was murdered‚ Victoria was “disemboweling” a rabbit in the kitchen “…she remembered Santiago Nasar’s horror when she pulled out the insides of a rabbit by the roots and threw

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    one’s life and pride are at risk. In Ernest Hemingway’s Old Man and The Sea‚ Santiago‚ an old Cuban fisherman‚ has not caught a fish for 84 days and struggles to protect his pride. When the old man gets the biggest fish he has ever seen on his hook‚ he is determined to catch it. Throughout the fight with the huge marlin‚ Santiago’s persistence never lessens. He is a true fisherman‚ and he is a hero. Even though Santiago is weak‚ exhausted‚ and worn out‚ he conquers the sea and preserves his pride

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    Every individual’s life is a journey. There are different stages in life that one goes through and by experiencing these different stages of life one becomes wiser. In the novel‚ Siddhartha and The Alchemist the protagonist Siddhartha and Santiago both go through man different stages in life which made them grow‚ learn and transform into wiser people. Both protagonists go on a journey which is eventually the same but the purpose of journey is different. Similarly‚ both protagonist struggles

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    Invictus and The Alchemist Response The poem Invictus written by William Ernest Henley is a poem written about courage in the face of death and holding on to ones own dignity despite the indignities life places before us. In the first stanza the poem’s speaker prays in the dark to "whatever gods may be" a prayer of thanks for his "unconquerable soul." Several things are apparent from the outset: First‚ the speaker is in some sort of metaphorical darkness‚ perhaps the darkness of

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    each other. Santiago does not treat Manolin as a young boy but rather as an equal. Age is not a factor in their relationship. Manolin does not even act as a young boy; he is mature and sensitive to Santiago?s feelings. He even offers to go against his parent?s wishes and accompany Santiago on his fishing trips. Santiago is viewed as an outcast in his village because he has not caught any fish for more than eighty-four days and is therefore unlucky. Nonetheless Manolin is loyal to Santiago and even when

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    The Alchemist Mood

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    connecting memories that they have to those Santiago is experiencing in the novel. Coelho uses concrete dictation by showing a situation instead of just telling it to the readers. In order to do this he has to use very descriptive language. Once the reader can picture Santiago’s emotions‚ they are free to interpret the lessons taught into their own circumstances. In Coelho’s novel‚ the setting has a lot to do with the emotions and lessons learned. Santiago achieves his personal legend of discovering

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    Identity In The Alchemist

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    The Alchemist‚ by Paulo Coelho‚ follows the life of a young boy‚ Santiago‚ through his journey of achieving his personal legend. In this multi-genre project‚ I have focused on three themes that are prevalent in the novel. First model illustrates the process involved in realising what is one’s personal legend. The second model explores the paths that one can take and the obstacles they face. Underlying these previous themes is also fate which has been predetermined before one’s birth. All these themes

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