character‚ Santiago‚ recognizes his purpose in the world. The moment that this happens is when he decides to abandon his current lifestyle and begin his quest to achieve his “Personal Legend.” This single moment emphasizes the idea that the most important goal in life is to become self-satisfied. In the novel‚ Santiago is a poor shepherd who comes from an equally poor farming
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follows a story of a boy named Santiago who is following his personal legend. The Alchemist has many archetypal themes and symbols including wise old men‚ women‚ and the nature around him. Throughout this novel‚ Coelho uses archetypal men. The men he uses are the Alchemist‚ his father‚ and the King of Salem. Wise old men symbolize the ‘savior’‚ ‘redeemer’‚ and the ‘guru’. The first of the three wise men that Santiago encounters is his father. His father had wanted Santiago to become a priest‚ but
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portrays the theme of THE ALCHEMIST by Paulo Coelho because there through the characters of a crystal merchant an Englishman and Santiago. The crystal merchant is one who lives in a dream world because he does not go after his personal legend. The Englishman faces reality because he is always reading books and never interacts with others or takes interest in his surroundings. Santiago turns dreams into reality because he goes after his personal legend by going through many obstacles until reaching the endpoint
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him going is a kid named Manolin and a Marlin fish. Santiago is the name of the old man‚ and what makes him so happy to catch the marlin is because of his recent unluckiness of not catching a fish for 84 days. There is a strong sense of symbolism in the book‚ the symbolism is used to tell a story with some sense of relation between Santiago and other objects. The marlin symbolizes the old man’s life in general‚ meaning without the marlin Santiago would have nothing spectacular to look forward to in
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start of the story is Manolin. Manolin is the young boy pupil of Santiago who has been learning the ‘Tricks’ of fishing from him. He is an important character of this novel‚ though he does not play an active part in the adventure of the old man. Manolin symbolizes Santiago’s youthful strength‚ serves as a source of comfort‚ care and happiness for the old man‚ and provides inspiration and hope to Santiago-an old‚ weak fisherman. Santiago was an old man who did not have much strength left- “everything
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readers the life of Santiago as he grows as a person and finds himself in obscure situations. The Alchemist inspires its readers to follow their dreams by expert use of symbols‚ characterization‚ foreshadowing‚
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necessary. Santiago suffers the most throughout the book. First‚ he suffers physically when trying to bring the fish to his boat. Secondly‚ his mental endurance allows him to continue on‚ his mind never let his body give in‚ even though his body told him to. Third‚ his spirit is hurt by all of the younger fishermen and the words they say and also by Manolin’s father sending him with another fisherman. Santiago goes through a lot of physical suffering. The first physical damage that Santiago suffers
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Literary Analysis: The Old Man and the Sea Ernest Hemingway~{!/~}s novella‚ ~{!0~}The Old Man and the Sea~{!1~} has one of the most simplistic plot structures of the literary world. But does this fact eliminate its eligibility as a piece of good literature? Quite the contrary‚ this novella is one of the most respected literary pieces ever written. This novel is written in a simple style which has a straightforward plot‚ very distinct descriptions‚ and few but delineated characters. This style actually
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Caleb Cogan August 14‚ 2011 English 3 “The Old Man and the Sea” In The Old Man and the Sea‚ Ernest Hemingway shows Santiago‚ a Cuban fisherman‚ as a strong and heroic man. The man’s epic battle between the marlin represents his strength and symbolizes endurance. Santiago has set a journey to the sea for 84 days and is beat when he returns home with nothing. His friend Manolin has been forced by his parents to leave the old man to fish. Ernest Hemingway has created a character that has
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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
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