The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho is an intriguing novel that gives the reader wisdom and life lessons that would be beneficial to them throughout their life journey. Coelho displayed that particular wisdom and lessons through a young shepherd boy named Santiago. Santiago ventured out on a quest to find his dream‚ the treasure. Along the way Coelho placed certain people in Santiago’s path to give him wisdom and life lessons to help him find the foreseeable treasure that occurred in his dream. Throughout
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The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho: A Summary‚ Reflection and Reaction The book The Alchemist was originally written in Portuguese by Paulo Coelho in 1987. To date‚ it sold 35 million copies and is reigned as the most translated book in the world by a living author. The Alchemist was the second book of the now 67-year old Coelho following his first novel attempt entitled The Pilgrimage. It was Coelho’s second book that made him known worldwide‚ but amazingly‚ it just took him a course of one two-week
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1. Santiago is an older fisherman‚ also referred to the old man. He is the main character in this book. 2. Manolin is young boy who has learned how to fish from Santiago. They became great friends and fished together until Santiago didn’t catch anything for a number of days. Manolin still helps the old man out with carrying stuff for him and looking out for him. 3. Martin is the owner of the Terrence. He has sent food to both Santiago and Manolin on more than one occasion. Pg20 4. The boy’s parents
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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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Mrs. Haas English 2 CP 25 October 2005 The Renaissance Woman When Oprah Winfrey told her 49 million viewers‚ "It just stopped me cold from eating another burger!" (Tannen) about the Mad cow disease‚ she wouldn ’t know it would cost the beef industry $12 million (Deborah Tannen). Texas cattlemen tried to sue Oprah for causing this such massive downfall‚ but she would win (Deborah Tannen). Oprah Winfrey was once a constantly abused thirteen year old girl. Now she is arguably the most famous African
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