Paulo Coelho‚ the author of The Alchemist‚ alludes the importance of travel in our lives and in our pursuit of our dreams through Santiago’s quest. Santiago‚ the main character‚ had been having a reoccurring dream that prompted him to seek spiritual assistance from a Gypsy. The Gypsy had interpreted his reoccurring dream as being apart of the ‘Language of the World’‚ where he has to travel to the Pyramids in order to discover the treasure that will make him a rich man. Santiago decides to go forward
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BOOK REVIEW The Alchemist Paulo Coelho Translated By Alan R. Clarke Published 2002 Harper Collins Publishers‚ UK 177 pp. Title: “Diamond Dreams-Struggling Souls” Reviewed by Syed Muhammad Hassan Askari In Alchemist‚ Paul Coelho tells the story of a boy who desires to travel the world to explore hidden treasures known to human beings. The author has written this book in two parts. First part deals with the dreaming of a boy about a hidden treasure near Pyramids in Egypt while second
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Amber Villahermosa Mr. Nipps Making a Personal Statement August 19‚ 2013 "The Alchemist" Essay "The Alchemist" written by Paulo Coelho has many themes that go on throughout the book. The most prominent theme in the book is one about dreams. Santiago starts the novel off with him wanting to pursue his continuous dream and finding the meaning of it. While on his path to finding the meaning of his dream‚ he meets a gypsy so she can
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located in our urban vocabularies with its primate cities whose populations outnumber tens of millions. One of those cities is Sao Paulo‚ Brazil which is sharing the second rank with another Latin American city‚ Mexico City in the world population list of UN (Rodriguez and Rosenbaum‚ 2005). The aim of this paper is to examine the urban transformation and transition of Sao Paulo by referring to globalization. In fact‚ globalization will be held in the paper in articulation with economic‚ political and social
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Sao Paulo is not only the largest city in Brazil but it is also one of the top countries in the world with the worst traffic. There is a population of about 18 million people with about 6.3 million cars 650‚000 motor cycles‚ 35‚000 taxis and 17‚000 busses. To make things worse there are also 1‚000 new cars added a day. There have been traffic jams stretching up to 293 km of traffic. Naturally‚ with numbers like these there is bound to be some traffic. However‚ there are also 19‚000 trucks that pass
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The Alchemist “A Fable About Following Your Dreams” (by:Paulo Coelho) “Every few decades a book is published which changes the lives of its readers forever‚ Alchemist is one of them.”The whole novel is about the fact that when you wish for something‚ all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it. This is the core of the novel’s philosophy and a motif that plays all throughout Paulo Coelho’s writing in "The Alchemist". "In order to get success you must follow the signs. God inscribed
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The Alchemist. Paulo Coelho. Brazil: Editora Rocco Ltd‚ 1988 The Alchemist is said to be one of the most important literary phenomenons of the 20th century‚ selling more than 30 million copies worldwide. The novel has been translated into over 67 languages and tops the all time best-seller list in 18 countries. The Alchemist has been called “A Fable about Following Your Dreams”. Fables are cautionary tales that always have a purpose. Paulo Coelho’s purpose for writing this novel is to show that
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Paulo Coelho‚ The Alchemist: Following your dream is no easy task. Thesis Statement: Paulo Coelho’s book‚ The Alchemist (1988)‚ demonstrates a boy named Santiago following his dream‚ also known as his “Personal Legend”‚ and encounters various obstacles‚ which will convey him to what he will become. The connection made by Paulo Coelho in this manuscript was‚ all that is around him will eventually assist the effort made by the individual (Santiago). Paulo Coelho reveals many spiritual/religious
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WeaknessesSantiago sees in his sheep are their indifference‚ pessimism‚ and dependence which also relate tothe weaknesses of humans who fail topursue their Personal Legend.One of the weaknesses Santiago notices in his sheep is their indifference. Paulo Coelho wrote‚ They were content with just food and water‚ and in exchange‚ they generously gave of their wool‚ company‚ and once in a while their meat‚ (7). In The Alchemist ‚ Santiagos sheepdont care about what happens around them.
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In “The Alchemist‚” Paulo Coelho uses diction‚ imagery‚ and a flashback to characterize the novel’s protagonist‚ Santiago‚ while relating to themes. Based on the novel‚ Santiago could be characterized as someone who is intuitive and connected to nature. Coelho uses imagery such as‚ “he could see the stars through the half-destroyed roof‚” (3) to show that Santiago is not one to fear nature‚ but rather that Santiago thrives in nature. Santiago uses his limited resources in multiple ways‚ such as
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