life‚ any given person will have an abundance chances to give up on their dreams‚ but will be better off if they choose to take the road less travelled and to continue on to achieve their “personal legend‚ just as Santiago does in the book: The Alchemist‚ by Paulo Coelho. Santiago‚ (Also known as “the boy”) has a great wealth of opportunities from start to finish to abandon his quest to the pyramids‚ but in the end‚ he chooses to forging onward despite all the different chances he had to settle
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Alchemist Nguyen 1st Hour The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho The Alchemist is an inspiring story about an Andalusian shepherd boy named Santiago who traveled from his home in Spain to Egypt in search of treasure buried in the pyramids. Santiago has to take risks that no one would ever take. No one knows what the treasure is‚ not even Santiago and no one knows if Santiago will make this out alive. Along the way‚ Santiago meets people that teach him the importance of following your heart and dreams.
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This powerful quote from Paul Coehlo’s The Alchemist‚ is just one of the book’s messages that changed me. In this story‚ Santiago‚ a young shepherd‚ decides to give up his current life and follows his dream of finding lost treasure. By reading Santiago’s adventures‚ I was given the words to describe something I had always felt‚ the power to make my life what I want it to be. Through this majestic tale‚ Coelho provides the title for a work of art‚ but leaves it to me to paint the picture for myself. The Alchemist speaks
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adulthood or from youth to maturity. This large change usually occurs through multiple steps in the stories; however‚ there is almost always a single pivotal moment that can be argued as the true moment of the character’s transformation. In The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho‚ the main 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
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THE ALCHEMIST BY PAULO COELHO INTRODUCTION Paulo Coelho was born in Rio de Janeiro‚ Brazil on August 24‚ 1947. Before becoming the most widely published Brazilian author he worked as a theatre director‚ an actor and a journalist. In the 1970’s‚ Coelho was also a successful song writer whose songs were sung by such well known brazilian singers as Elis Regina‚ Rita Lee and Raul Seixas. Coelho also travelled the world and became more and more interested in Eastern religions. He wrote 13 books‚
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Plot in The Alchemist The four obstacles are presented to us in the early pages of the introduction. The first obstacle: we are told from childhood onward that everything we want to do is impossible. The second obstacle: love. The third obstacle: fear of the defeats we will meet on the path. Finally the fourth obstacle: the fear of realizing the dream of which we fought for all our lives. We find the first obstacle Santiago faces in page 9‚ where Santiago mentions to his father at a early age that
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The Alchemist‚ by Paulo Coelho‚ is about a young Sheppard boy from Spain by the name of Santiago. Santiago dreamed of the pyramids in Egypt. The following morning‚ he met an enigmatic ruler who instructed him to take after his fantasy‚ so he sold his valuables and went to Africa searching for pyramids. While on his personal adventure Santiago is ransacked of his cash‚ he needed to figure out a way to earn additional funds to continue on his personal venture. There were other individuals hunting down
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301 Impact of Realism on Literature Although many don’t realize it‚ realism plays a very important role in the literature that we read every day. Roaming from “Peter and the Rabbit” to “Sense and Sensibility”‚ every book relies‚ in some way‚ on realism. Every book portrays the elements that are unique to realism. Realism’s objective is to depict something in it’s actuality‚ and when it is depicted in literature it is often told in a third person objective point of view. Realism tries to separate
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PRACTISES. Before realism‚ theatre was bound up in melodramas‚ spectacle plays (disasters‚ etc.)‚ comic operas‚ and vaudevilles (acrobats‚ musicians‚ ect.).Realism began in the late 1800s as a trial‚ in hope of making theatre more relevant to life and society. Today‚ many aspects of realism are still present in contemporary theatre practices. For majority of the 20th-century theatre‚ realism has been main stream. Due to a reaction against melodramas (romanticized plays) realism began as an experiment
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BOOK: The Alchemist AUTHOR: Paulo Coelho Thesis Statement: The novel “The Alchemist” by Paulo Coelho is an emotive story that has reached many lectors and for its popularity‚ this novel has transcended by many generations. 1. About Paulo Coehlo Paulo Coehlo is a Brazilian writer who always dreamed of an artistic career‚ something frowned upon in his middle-class household. In the austere surroundings of a strict Jesuit school Paulo discovered his true vocation‚ however‚ his parents
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