Alan Aguilar Prof. Baker English Fall 2014 The Alchemist Essay Have you every wondered what it takes for you to achieve perfection? In the novel The Alchemist Santiago has certain impurities that he has to get rid of to reach his personal legend. 3 impurities Santiago has in the novel are Fear‚ Purity‚ and faith. “The land was ruined‚ and I had to find some other way to earn a living. So now I’m a camel driver. But that disaster taught me to understand the word of Allah; people need not fear
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too hard. Yet‚ at some point‚ people will also think it through and decide to keep moving forward to achieve their Personal Legend. Along the same lines‚ the novel The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho‚ highlights the obstacles one will face when reaching your Personal Legend. The story takes place in Andalusia‚ Spain where a young man named Santiago becomes aware of his Personal Legend. Santiago is a very courageous person and chooses to become a shepherd‚ even though his parents wanted him to become a priest
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Giant Lives On Ben Daily Carolyn Kremers English 213-002 February 10‚ 1997 Every time I read the Tlingit Legend‚ "How Mosquitoes Came To Be‚" there are certain questions that come to mind about where the legend came from and who wrote it. The legend was first published in 1883 and later found by Richard Erdoes‚ who included it in one of his publications‚ American Indian Myths and Legends. Why is the human race so selfish to think we can be the hunter and not the hunted. Although giants could
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This legend was first documented in 1967 at the University of Utah‚ but could still be older. I was first introduced to this legend from our readings in The Vanishing Hitchhiker. This legend has narrative polish after being around for decades and it seems like a very plausible scenario. The legend goes that a woman is leaving a place late at night and a car begins to follow her on her way home. The other driver flashes their headlights during the drive‚ but the woman does not stop until she gets
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protagonist Santiago has several experiences in which he displays bravery through his ability to remain focused and take risks. In order for one to successfully accomplish his/her personal legend‚ one must put forward multiple acts of bravery. Throughout Santiago’s brave movement towards his personal legend he exerts the strong characteristic of risk taking. To begin with‚ the first presence of bravery in Santiago’s journey is when he gets his dream interpreted by a gypsy; a type of character
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this book‚ and people had time to think about their own personal legend after reading this book. The content of “The Alchemist” is so great that people can easily read and understand this novel‚ but the title of this novel‚ “The Alchemist”‚ confused many people. The reason is that even though there is an alchemist in the story‚ the story is mainly about the journey of a guy named Santiago who is trying to achieve his personal legend which is what people have always wanted to accomplish (Coelho 1998
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everyone has a Personal Legend and if you do not follow your dreams you will never discover it. In order to find one’s Personal Legend one must follow the omens and the Language of the World. To learn this language you must listen to everything around you‚ including nature. One’s Personal Legend is know at a young age but then forgotten as time goes on. If one truly wants to find one’s Personal Legend then the universe will help you along your path‚ leaving
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Contrast Between Anishinaabe and Iroquois Mythology Hundreds of years ago‚ in what we now know as North America many First Nations tribes lived in harmony with nature. They created myths and legends not only to portray the creation of their land‚ but to teach valuable life lessons. Because their language’s were not written‚ these myths and legends have been told and have been passed along many times‚ which is why even in today’s time‚ we can still enjoy and appreciate their stories. Two main tribes’ mythology‚ Anishinaabe and Iroquois
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is by discovering their personal legend. People are supposed to go out and seek their life’s destiny. The second is by defeating fear. There is nothing to fear but fear itself. We shouldn’t worry about the past or future. In fact‚ we should be focusing on the present. When we take the focus off of our fears we begin to focus on the present and realize what we’ve been missing. Paulo Coelho portrays two main themes throughout The Alchemist: pursue your personal legend and dangers come when you fear.
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Enki reveals that the Sumerian society was polytheistic. The Sumerians gave each element of the world a god‚ which in time was given humans by Enki. The humans were to work for the gods in the fields or other kinds of labor. ("Folklore‚ Myths‚ and Legends" 75) This shows that Sumerians were hardworking since they believed they were given to the gods to do their labor. Also‚ the myth has father-son and mortal-god relationships which show the Sumerians that they should never go against their parent’s
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