Portuguese. It’s a novel that affiliate with an environment of the spiritual truth of the Middle Age with the melody of the desert. The Alchemist follows the dream‚ symbols‚ signs‚ and adventure follows a tale of young Andalusian shepherd named Santiago who has a dream and has a strong backbone to follow it. By writing this marvelous piece‚ Coelho wants to convey that we always have to follow our destiny‚ not to avoid those because of the fear of non- fulfillment of our dreams. Our goal on Earth
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and aware of the life philosophy‚ which I think is an important theme of this novel. For example‚ in Tangier‚ Santiago was cheated of almost all he has (35-39)‚ he learns about what is outside of him are not his true properties‚ and that the one he should rely on is himself (41). Another example is‚ when he works for the crystal merchant‚ they talk about dreams. The merchant told Santiago that he dreams to go to Mecca one day but he knows that he will never realize this dream‚ for he is afraid that
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the rest of the story is about Santiago trying to accomplish his personal legend: getting to the pyramids to find hidden treasure. He will run into trouble and there will be times when he gives up‚ but everything that happens along the way will get him one step closer to finding his dream. (Word Count: 125) |
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The Alchemist – Book Report "The Alchemist" is a fascinating‚ breath-taking drama novel‚ written by the amazing Paulo Coelho. The story begins with Santiago – a young lonely shepherd‚ who just woke up after spending his night in an abandoned church in Spain. Santiago makes his way to Tarifa to do some business. While he’s there he pays a visit to a Gypsy woman who interprets dreams. He told her about his recurring dream: There is a girl who takes him to the Pyramids in Egypt and she tells him
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case‚ one can find this similarity in the weaknesses of Santiagos sheep in The Alchemist and people who fail to pursue their Personal Legend. People dont always strive‚ and sometimes people fail when searching for their PersonalLegend. 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
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hh- hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee- eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee- eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee- eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeds. It was written in Fort Santiago a night before his execution at Luneta Park. That’s the reason why the poem is entitled “Mi Ultimo Adios” which literally mean My Last Farewell. This famous literary piece was written due to the given social situation where in he witnessed the slavery
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Alchemist‚ the main character Santiago does not give up when bestowed upon tough challenges on the path to his personal legend. Therefore‚ in Eminem’s Lose Yourself‚ it depicts a man having trouble to follow his dream to become a successful artist. As people follow their personal legend‚ they often encounter problems during their way. These problems desire thorough choices that determine whether people will accomplish their personal legend or not. In The Alchemist‚ Santiago travels to Tangier‚ where
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community not try and prevent the death of Santiago Nasar?’ I now feel I can write a sensible answer to this question and tackle other questions I did not fully understand. I believe the community at first appear to be a normal society with their own label in life‚ for example a job title‚ however I now feel that these labels are simply a mask for something greater and the whole community is living in hypocrisy. When the brutal death of Santiago Nasar occurs‚ the community does nothing about
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affected by religion. Whilst Marquez also explores much deeper religious issues‚ the action of the novel centres on the God-fearing townspeople allowing the murder of Santiago Nasar‚ which clearly contradicts the Christian commandment ‘Thou shalt not kill’1 Since female virginity is so venerated in the Catholic faith‚ when Santiago is accused of taking Angela Vicario’s virginity‚ her life would be worthless without it‚ and Angela’s brothers are charged with redeeming her honour. The novel can boil
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to communicate with everything in the universe. Coelho also explores the idea that many of us never find or acknowledge our “Personal Calling” and‚ therefore‚ never even start the journey. The Alchemist is the story of a young shepherd boy named Santiago who travels from his homeland in Spain to the Egyptian desert in search of a buried treasure at the foot of the Pyramids. He starts off in search of great wealth‚ but throughout the novel‚ he realizes that the treasure is actually the journey itself
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