Alan Aguilar Prof. Baker English Fall 2014 The Alchemist Essay Have you every wondered what it takes for you to achieve perfection? In the novel The Alchemist Santiago has certain impurities that he has to get rid of to reach his personal legend. 3 impurities Santiago has in the novel are Fear‚ Purity‚ and faith. “The land was ruined‚ and I had to find some other way to earn a living. So now I’m a camel driver. But that disaster taught me to understand the word of Allah; people need not fear
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BOOK: The Alchemist AUTHOR: Paulo Coelho Thesis Statement: The novel “The Alchemist” by Paulo Coelho is an emotive story that has reached many lectors and for its popularity‚ this novel has transcended by many generations. 1. About Paulo Coehlo Paulo Coehlo is a Brazilian writer who always dreamed of an artistic career‚ something frowned upon in his middle-class household. In the austere surroundings of a strict Jesuit school Paulo discovered his true vocation‚ however‚ his parents
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The play opens with a violent argument between Subtle and Face concerning the division of the riches which they have‚ and will continue to gather. Doll breaks the pair apart and reasons with them that they must work as a team if they are to succeed. Their first customer is Dapper‚ a lawyer’s clerk who wishes Subtle to use his supposed necromantic skills to summon a "familiar" or spirit to help in his gambling ambitions. The tripartite suggest that Dapper may win favour with the "Queen of Fairy‚"
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adulthood or from youth to maturity. This large change usually occurs through multiple steps in the stories; however‚ there is almost always a single pivotal moment that can be argued as the true moment of the character’s transformation. In The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho‚ the main character‚ Santiago‚ recognizes his purpose in the world. The moment that this happens is when he decides to abandon his current lifestyle and begin his quest to achieve his “Personal Legend.” This single moment emphasizes the idea
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Throughout the summer‚ I read the novel The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho and drew a cover about what my main thoughts of the book were and what shaped Santiago as a person. While making my cover‚ I thought about what affected Santiago the most and what symbolized him and how he went through his personal legend or journey. The cover that I drew shows some things that resemble the things that he did. The illustration includes a map‚ two stones‚ and a maze‚ they all resemble him and how he is shaped. The
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Are the main characters in The Alchemist and The Pearl immature? In the books The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho‚ and The Pearl by John Steinbeck‚ the main characters are both immature‚ but in different ways. In The Alchemist‚ the main character Santiago is a relatively immature person if compared to the end. He becomes wiser during the course of his journey‚ learning more about the world. Before Santiago achieves his Personal Legend‚ he does not know as much about the world. At the start of the book
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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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The Alchemist a story of a boy named Santiago who learns five life lessons the first life lesson that Santiago learned was that the fear of failure is the greatest obstacle to happiness. To me means that if you think that your going to fail then it will thou you of your concentration and then you probably will fail. That life lesson connects with me and my life because I have over confidence which has in most terms the same effect but with it I don’t think about it to much and it throws me of my
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"THE ALCHEMIST" – THE BOOK REVIEW TITLE and INTRODUCTION: "The Alchemist" authored by Paulo Coelho is an unforgettable novel about dreams‚ omens‚ treasures‚ courage and essential wisdom of listening to our hearts. SUMMARY: "The Alchemist" follows a story of a shepherd boy ’Santiago ’‚ who‚ when embarks on the journey of finding a treasure‚ makes a similar journey into depth of his own heart. Santiago‚ an ordinary shepherd boy‚ has a recurrent dream about a treasure. With some
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Invictus and The Alchemist Response The poem Invictus written by William Ernest Henley is a poem written about courage in the face of death and holding on to ones own dignity despite the indignities life places before us. In the first stanza the poem’s speaker prays in the dark to "whatever gods may be" a prayer of thanks for his "unconquerable soul." Several things are apparent from the outset: First‚ the speaker is in some sort of metaphorical darkness‚ perhaps the darkness of
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