Imagine that you’re a young girl living in Cuba in the 90s when one day‚ your dictator offered you to leave with no punishment. Suddenly‚ before you know it‚ you’re on a homemade raft sailing to Cuba. This is a great adventure story‚ and it has emotional elements‚ and things never ever stop happening Isabel has the best story in this book because it is a good adventure story.. For example‚ after they reached land for the first time‚ they soon found out they were in the Bahamas and detoured on their
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In the opening chapter of the book‚ we are introduced to Santiago‚ a young shepherd in the regions of Andalusia‚ Spain. As a boy Santiago was sent to school by his parents as they thought an education would give him a better life. However‚ against his father’s wishes‚ he decided to become a shepherd. This was because he had a dream to travel and thought that becoming a shepherd was a perfect opportunity to do this. At this point we see that Santiago has a lot of determination but is also quite immature
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The Quotes Humans are measured not through their words but their deeds. The abstraction of deeds is dance itself. ~ Chinvat – the Ninth Bridge Winner − Special Jury Award‚ Hungarian Pan Art Festival (from the promotional flyer) In life as in dance: Grace glides on blistered feet. ~ Alice Abrams Beside the fire‚ as the wood burns black‚ a laughing dancer in veils of light‚ whose dance transforms the darkness to gold. ~ Adu Abd Allan ben Abi-l-Khisal ben Abi-l-Khisal
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Moral issue(s) in the Alchemist’s case The company needed to have competent distributor teams that would work according to the company’s requirements. The distributor teams that would customer-centric‚ brand aligned as well as efficient in the representation of the brand in the market. The challenge is equipping of the sales representatives of the distributors in areas that are diverse or geographically widespread and have people who speak different languages. The issue is equipping of the distributor
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Santiago has gone through so much in his lifetime that we are bound to have had some similar life stories‚ right? Two events that seem to occur for Santiago and I are when Santiago gets robbed and when Santiago gets advice from someone who he sees as wise/knowledgeable. One time in my life where I went through the same event was when I was robbed just like Santiago was robbed. I sadly came home from being at a cousin’s house to find that my house was broken into by some hoodlums not willing to work
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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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treasure. On this journey Santiago learns to connect with the Soul if the World from the Englishman and from the Alchemist‚ he learns to trust his own intuitions from one of the camel drivers and from the pair of hawks‚ he also learns about true love from his father and from Fatima. First‚ Santiago learns to connect with the Soul of the World from the Englishman and the Alchemist. The Englishman loves to read books and some of the books he reads are information about how to connect with the
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THE ALCHEMIST BY PAUL COELHO - FREE STUDY GUIDE CONFLICT Protagonist The protagonist of a story is the main character who traditionally undergoes some sort of change. Santiago is the protagonist of this novel. It is his story and his maturing and learning about life that composes the plot. Through his trials and tests‚ we also learn about life. Antagonist The antagonist of a story is the force that provides an obstacle for the protagonist. The antagonist does not always have to be a single
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“listen to [his] heart. It knows all things.” (Coelho 127) He has always does what he wants to do and never really thinks twice about what he is doing‚ but if he wants to finally follow his dreams‚ then he must learn to listen to his heart. The Alchemist‚ Santiago’s teacher‚ tells Santiago that “[he] will never be able to escape from [his] heart.” (Coelho 129) Santiago must learn to realize that his heart truly just wants the things that are best for him. As Santiago continues on his journey‚ he
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Every person is faced with important decisions which can change his or her life. The main characters in Siddhartha by Herman Hesse and The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho realized that they had the power in their own hands to change their lives around. In both novels‚ the main characters‚ Siddhartha and Santiago‚ set out on a journey in order to reach enlightenment‚ because they felt disconnection within themselves. Although Santiago and Siddhartha faced different types of obstacles on the journey‚ they
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