The book The Alchemist is about a young man that does not let vigor of his dreams and keeps trying and working hard until he obtains them and discovers what his real treasure is. This book is subtitled as “A fable about following your dreams.” The theme of this book is that you should hold on to your dreams and never let them vigor it shows that there will be obstacles and conflicts along the way‚ and maybe at the end of your journey your treasure may not be what you expected but it will all be worth
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In Paulo Coelho’s The Alchemist‚ a boy named Santiago goes on a journey to follow his Personal Legend. Someone’s Personal Legend exists as something they have wanted to accomplish from birth. However‚ a “mysterious force” convinces people that they cannot realize their Personal Legend. People like Santiago have the ability to overcome this force and therefore can rediscover their Personal Legend. However‚ fear can hinder people from reaching their Personal Legend‚ which Coelho demonstrates through
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2. High chance of success In the words of the famous author Paulo Coelho once wrote When you want something‚ all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it. ~ Paulo Coelho Quotes from The Alchemist: A Fable About Following Your Dream. - Going back to the forest we realize that our chances of finding the beautiful fall is higher when using a map than going in without one‚ we might as well go in blindfolded. Which is exactly what this second
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STATEMENT OF PURPOSE WHEN YOU REALLY WANT SOMETHING TO HAPPEN‚ THE ENTIRE UNIVERSE CONSPIRES IN HELPING YOU ACHIEVE IT. - The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho Mathematics – the subject captured my interest since I was a kid. The conceptual understanding and the logical application to the problems kept my mind awake‚ which made me glued to the subject. My passion for the subject made me to participate in “Ramanujan Talent Test” in which I secured state second rank. Another thing that intrigued me was
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gentle and sincere I could not help but smile! The way he looked at me was unlike anything else‚ it was almost as if he looked into my soul. We understood what the other was thinking without speaking any words. It was what the strange old man‚ the Alchemist was always talking about‚ the language of the world. Santiago Professing His Love- When he told me‚ I was shocked. So shocked I dropped the water vessel I was carrying. Stupidly‚ I thought how angry mother would be when she found out I got dirt
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each book sold in past 50 years‚ “The Alchemist” by Paulo Coelho is the fifth most read book in the world (Polland‚ 2012). Many people were impressed by 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 some people. The reason is that even though there is an alchemist in the story‚ the story is mainly about
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English 10 The Alchemist Discussion Questions Directions: Read the assigned selections and answer the following questions for each section. Answer each question thoroughly‚ using complete sentences and details from the novel. As you read and reflect on these questions‚ it is important to remember that The Alchemist is a fable. In fact‚ The Alchemist is subtitled "A Fable about Following Your Dreams." Like most fables‚ The Alchemist has a theme/moral that reflects a universal truth concerning life
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picture. Nevertheless‚ he did not give up writing and he succeeded by the novel called "The Alchemist" (M.post.naver.com‚ 2017). Even though the reason why the novel is entitled "The Alchemist" does not exactly appear in the story‚ the novel is entitled "The Alchemist" because Paulo Coelho compares Santiago’s journey to the definition of the alchemist. First of all‚ Paulo Coelho entitled the novel "The Alchemist" because he changes worthless things into valuable thing during the journey. When he first
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of what Alchemy is and The Alchemist Ultimate goals like the Elixir of life that will grant you eternal youth‚ Philosophers stone that cancels out the rule of equivalent exchange and Immortality what all alchemist meant to achieve and what i’m going to talk about How was alchemy was discovered. In Egypt Alchemy first was noticed‚ Egyptians mummified people that were dead but Mummifying people was a form of alchemy because egyptians had to
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A discussion of Ben Jonson’s The Alchemist as an allegory is‚ in truth‚ a little difficult. The reason why this is so is that The Alchemist is in the genre of farce not that of allegory. However‚ while a work may not be definitively an allegory‚ through the process of allegoresis it may be critically read as an allegory in part or in whole. Allegoresis is the process by which a work that is not written as an allegory--like for example the allegorical works The Faerie Queene and The Pilgrim’s Progress--may
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