The Alchemist: 1. In The Alchemist‚ Santiago learns several important life lessons. Write a reflective piece about a lesson you learned from your reading of the novel that you can apply to your own life. The essay prompt is asking to write a reflective piece about a lesson you learned from the reading of the novel that you can apply to your own life. The problem here is that no criteria has been established in order to verify the validity of this book. Without a proper means of identifying the
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imbalance. The whole reasoning behind Santiago sailing out to sea was in hopes of finding a fish to save his fishing career. For a very long time‚ people doubted Santiago’s capabilities of fishing considering his old age. Although many people didn’t see him as a true fisherman‚ Manolin‚ a young boy Santiago mentors‚ persistently continues to stand up for him and kindly takes care of him‚ even though Santiago always stubbornly refuses. Manolin refuses to see Santiago as just an “old man.” “Everything
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“He’d dreamed he was going through a grove of timber trees where a gentle drizzle was falling‚ and for an instant he was happy in his dream‚ but when he awoke he felt completely spattered with bird shit” (Page 1). Santiago had been passing timber trees (also known as Evergreen trees)‚ which‚ ironically‚ represent immortality‚ everlasting life or an undying spirit. In his other dream he had dreamt that he was “flying through almond trees.” (Page 2) Almond trees are
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Business Entities Cases BUS 415 July 9‚ 2012 Restaurant/ Bar Case Lou‚ Jose and Miriam can go into business in the form of a corporation‚ or partnership‚ or LLC where Miriam provides monetary capital‚ while Lou and Jose provide manpower. An operating agreement or purchase-option agreement should be established under which Lou and Jose could each buy a predetermined portion of the business at a predetermined cost. If they choose to establish
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1. Given Bandag Auto’s size‚ and anything else you know about it‚ explain why and how the human resource management function should be reorganized. Bandag is a company that employs about 300 people. The company was original under the management of Jim’s father but now the company is being operated by the son‚ Jim. The Human Resource Management oversee these human resource departments. The company HR management are the workers between the workers. Bandag Automotive Human resource managers team is
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sea and has love as well as respect for it. Santiago refers to the sea as "la mar" as if it were feminine. He respects the sea and is very passionate for "her". Sometimes he calls her names out of anger but is remorseful later. The story takes place in a small fishing village around Havana‚ Cuba in the 1940’s but no specific time is stated within the text. The setting places a crucial role because the majority of the story takes place while Santiago has gone out to sea. The sea is unpredictable
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end of the book‚ when the head character thinks aloud to himself. Summery Santiago is an old man who lives in a little village near Havana on the of island Cuba. Santiago is a very unlucky fisherman; he has not caught a fish for eighty-four days. The old man’s apprentice Manolin has known Santiago since he was five. Now Manolin’s parents have forbid him to sail with the old man and join a more successful boat. Santiago understands why Manolin wants to change‚ but Manolin wishes that he could stay
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Summary In “Part One” of The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho‚ is so far about a boy named Santiago starting out his quest in the search of his Personal Legend. Santiago is a shepherd who likes to travel and enjoys being around his sheep. Although he travels all over‚ there was a certain village the shepherd boy enjoyed going to sell his sheep’s wool because he liked the merchant’s daughter. The author describes Santiago recall why he decided to become a shepherd and how his father helped him by giving him
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Sea is basically a story of a battle between an old‚ experienced fisherman‚ Santiago‚ and a large marlin. He is so unlucky that his young apprentice‚ Manolin‚ has been forbidden by his parents to sail with him and been told to fish insteadwith successful fishermen.The boy visits Santiago’s shack each night‚ hauling his fishing gear‚ preparing food‚ talking about American baseball and his favorite player Joe DiMaggio. Santiago tells Manolin that on the next day‚ he will go far out into the Gulf Stream
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Focuses on journey/personal growth of the main characters‚ such as Santiago and the crystal merchant. The
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