things be Ace’s heaven and hell. When Ace is inside of his casino it is seen by many people to be his heaven. When he is seen outside of his casino or back at home where he grew up it is considered his hell. Before Ace goes to Las Vegas to run the Tangiers Casino‚ he was a Sports gambler and a mob member. The reason Ace decides to go to Vegas is due to the amount of mobsters needing help in the Kansas where Ace is from. Ace never had a casino license the entire time he was running the casino‚ while
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Abstract This paper is about the Capitonyms and the affective of capitonyms on the learning and writing‚ it contains some sections. The first section is the introduction of the paper which contains the aims‚ problems‚ and the significant. The second section is the definitions of Capitonyms and showing the differences of capitonyms with homograph‚ capitalizing‚ and heteronym‚ and gives an explanation of using the capitonyms in writing. The third section is a list of some
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Topic: 1st and 2nd Balkan Crisis Summary: The Balkan War took place from 1912-1913 in the Balkan Peninsula in the southeastern part of Europe. Greece‚ Bulgaria‚ Montenegro and Serbia had gained independence from the Ottoman Empire in the 2oth century but their ethnic population was still under Ottoman rule. These nations formed the Balkan League. The League decided to attack the Ottoman Empire and the First Balkan War took place in October of 1912 and ended seven months later. The Ottoman Empire
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characters are all from the story‚ The Alchemist. Some of my personal experience will also used to justify. There are many examples that argue that fear is a challenge to those who wish to fulfill their dreams in the story. The crystal merchant from Tangier is a victim of fear. He only wishes to journey to Mecca to fulfill his religious duty of completing the hajj at least once. He is scared that he will have no more to live for after he completes the pilgrimage to Mecca. He remains unhappy and unsatisfied
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does not always have to be a single character or even a character at all. The antagonists in this story change at times - sometimes it is the people who give Santiago advice he doesn’t want to hear; sometimes it’s real villains like the thief in Tangier who steals all his money - but for the most part‚ the antagonist is Santiago himself. He must learn to accept the problems on his journey and not give up. He must accept himself and his own limitations as well as his strengths to persevere and find
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With the courage of an adventure‚ he sells his ship and travels to Tangier in Africa. On a desert caravan‚ he met an Englishman who wants to meet a two-hundred-year-old alchemist who resides in a desert oasis‚ Al Faiyum. Santiago‚ who became interested with the Alchemist‚ comes with the Englishman to the desert oasis where
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Anouar Majid’s novel Si Yussef deals essentially with the issue of hybridity. Anouar Majid’s protagonist marries Lucia with whom he lives in Tangiers. Actually‚ there is a logical prediction that most readers automatically would expect that Si Yussef would influence Lucia culturally. This expectation is quite normal for a very single reason; the socialization process is at Si Yussef’s side. Unpredictably‚ the novel suggests the inverse. In the novel‚ Si Yussef is depicted as a hybrid that is trapped
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Gary Puente Title: The Alchemist Author: Paulo Coelho Date: 9/6/12 Quotes: “Whoever you are‚ or whatever it is that you do‚ when you really want something‚ it ’s because that desire originated in the soul of the universe. It ’s your mission on earth.” (Melchizedek) “We are afraid of losing what we have‚ whether it’s our life or our possessions or our property. But this fear evaporates when we understand that our life stories and the history of the world were written by the same
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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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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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