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    it happened‚ but a kick in the teeth may be the best thing in the world for you.” –Walt Disney. In The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho‚ Santiago journey across the desert in search of his personal legend. He overcomes negativity‚ the love of a beautiful woman‚ and the fear of actually realizing his own dream. In the story‚ Santiago must overcome many obstacles so that he may achieve his personal legend. These include being told that you can’t do it‚ risk losing the woman you love‚ and the fear of success

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    Santiago to fulfill his “Personal Legend.” As Santiago progresses throughout his journey‚ he met many people that influenced the choices he made across his expedition to find the hidden treasure. When Santiago finally reaches the pyramids‚ he came to realize that the treasure was never buried in Egypt‚ but in his

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    Main Challenges in the Story Legend: Legend is a story about two 15 year old kids. From one side we have‚ as the story tells us in a beginning‚ a kid called Day. Day is a famous criminal who has given many problems to the republic From the moment he failed his trial‚ a test designed to be taken by every ten year old kid in the republic to test their physical and mental capabilities‚ Day was sent to the work camps which turned out to be labs that experimented on the kids who failed their test. Since

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    The Alchemist- responding to the novel 1- The novel is based on 19th-20th century‚ Santiago‚ the shepherd lives out in the fields with his sheep. He goes from Andalusia‚ Spain to Tangier‚ from Tangier he travels to the Saharan oasis Al-Fayoum. The impact of the time setting in this novel is the fact that religion is very strong amongst the people. We as readers come across this time setting and setting (location) itself has an impact on the behavior of the characters we come across as we come

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    The Alchemist Book Review

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    * Mundane Wisdom Book review of “The Alchemist” Regine Carlo N. Alvarez BSBA-FTM/ I-2 The theme of the phenomenal novel “The Alchemist” written by Paulo Coelho revolves around dreams‚ symbols‚ and adventure. It tells of a young shepherd named Santiago who travels around Andalusia and once dreams of a treasure hidden in the pyramids of Egypt. It is a book full of wisdom and life lessons used to achieved one’s dreams and fulfill self-happiness. The story opens in the

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    Santiago In The Alchemist

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    In the fantasy fiction adventure novel‚ The Alchemist‚ written by Paul Coelho‚ an epic story is told about an individual named Santiago that follows his dreams and defies all odds to find a treasure that might not even exist. He is accompanied by an ally which is also an alchemist. Throughout the story‚ a main part was the symbolization of Santiago’s heart. His heart symbolizes the good in the world and the most pure way to get what you want. Santiago had to learn to follow his heart throughout

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    Satire In The Alchemist

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    The satire that appears throughout The Alchemist does more than show the flaws in society‚ it creates and supports the intricate character-based theme of reality versus desire that helps to “sell” the image of London that Jonson creates. As stated earlier‚ The Alchemist relies on a gambit of fabricated characters‚ with the three main characters‚ Face‚ Subtle‚ and Doll‚ relying heavily on made-up personas that help them with their cons. Besides protecting the main characters‚ the personas used serve

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    present the importance of wealth and love is to fulfilment and self-discovery in ‘The Alchemist’ and ‘Siddhartha’? Siddartha and The Alchemists are both novels featuring a world of sacrifice and journeys of the soul in order to find enlightenment and have fulfilling lives. Both stories show a journey distracted by love and wealth but ultimately returning to their desired goal of finding true happiness. The Alchemist describes the journey of a humble shepherd who seems to live a happy life before he

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    The Alchemist Essay

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    The Alchemist- an inspiring fable The Alchemist is the popular and inspiring novel written by a Brazilian author Paulo Coelho in 1988. The book is originally written in 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

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    The Alchemist Reaction Paper The novel‚ The Alchemist by Paul Coehlo‚ follows around Santiago who’s occupation at the time was a shepherd who had a desire to live life to the fullest. The book introduces the readers to Santiago having a nightmare and he is afraid that his nightmare is symbolic of how his life is at its current stage. To further comprehend his dream‚ Santiago meets with a gypsy who explains to him that he has a quest to find a treasure. Then‚ he encounters and old man‚ Melchizedek

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