second thoughts when “He reminds himself that he had been a shepherd‚ and that he could be a shepherd again. Fatima was more important than his treasure” (95). The boy debates whether he should leave the oasis with the alchemist to fulfill his personal legend or stay with his love Fatima. He is scared because he does not know what will be the outcome of their relationship if he leaves Fatima. He worries if their love will last even if they aren’t together. He is afraid to take the risk because he won’t
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Kiley Dempsey Ms. Jones Honors Tenth Grade Literature Composition 04 September 2012 Santiago’s Journey How to Read Literature like a Professor‚ by Thomas C. Foster‚ is like painting a picture; with painting the first step is to paint inside the lines‚ but an advanced artist understands that a picture is made up of not just color‚ texture‚ and shapes‚ but also considers the purpose behind each stroke. Foster brings a different meaning to reading a book and draws attention to the author and his or
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crystal merchant. When he has enough money to go back to his normal life‚ the words of the people he has met make him to change his mind‚ and he carries on through the desert with a caravan. They stop at an oasis because of a tribal war. There he meets Fatima whom he falls in love with. After a while he carries on through the desert with the alchemist whom teaches him a lot about the world. Almost to
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The Choices We Make Imagine if you had to choose whether to go to an amazing party your friends invited you to or study for your finals test. Would you follow your brain and decide to study or follow your heart and go to the party? The main protagonist‚ Santiago‚ has to face many decisions like this in his journey to the Pyramids of Giza. In the novel‚ The Alchemist‚ by Paulo Coelho‚ Santiago learns‚ “Remember where your heart is‚ there you will find your treasure.” For example‚ Santiago learns some
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they truly wish to pursue. In our hearts we know which the dream that we desire is but it will involve more effort and may not come true. Santiago also has to decide whether to continue pursuing his personal legend or stay in the oasis and live with Fatima. “What kept you at the oasis was your own fear
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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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“But Fatima thought wretched years should be rounded out by a few good one‚ which she had yet to have” (72) Boo continues to characterize Fatima by showing the reader that she is slightly superstitious and believes in the balancing of life’s fair and unfair events. “...the rain came down like nails.” (73) The author’s use of a simile gives the reader a sense of the rain’s sharpness by comparing it to nails. This helps to develop the setting. “...but to judge by the piles‚ the Muslim garbage people
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crystalline salt which is soluble in water. This chemical is commonly used in fertilizers‚ providing both potassium and sulphur. Major market Players: 1: Engro Fertilizer Ltd. 2: Fauji Fertilizer Company Ltd 3: Dawood Hercules 4. Fatima Fertilizer Company Ltd. Engro Chemical Company Ltd Engro Fertilizers Limited‚ a wholly owned Engro subsidiary‚ is a premier fertilizer manufacturing and marketing company
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The Alchemist (Paulo Coelho) Santiago lived as shephered in Spain and knew everything how to raise sheeps and shear them. He waited to see the Merchants daughter for a year. On they way he sees a dream and wants explaination from gypsy. Santiago visits gypsy for explaination of his dream and comes to know that hidden treasure is waiting for him in Egypt near the pyramids. Gypsy gets assurance from him for tenth of treasure for dream explaination. He try to ignore that but gets motivated by Melchizedek
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Fatima Meer (1928 - 2010) was born in Grey Street‚ Durban. Fatima was brought up in an atmosphere that was highly conscious of racial discrimination and that shaped her into a tireless defender of the oppressed. She attended the Durban Indian Girls’ High School and subsequently went to the University of Natal where she completed a Masters degree in Sociology. From 1946 to 1948‚ Indians in South Africa engaged in the Passive Resistance campaign against apartheid. Meer‚ who joined the campaign‚ established
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