life‚ though‚ is to fall seven times and to get up eight times."(page:11) This quote contributes to the idea of always following your dreams and if you don’t you will find yourself nowhere in life. This idea is not only a moral in the book "The Alchemist"‚ but also a life lesson learned by the author Paulo Coelho himself. As a son of an engineer and a housewife‚ the expectations of his future successes were greater than his dream of becoming a writer. So‚ they decided to place him in a mental institution
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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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When you are in love‚ you have to overcome many obstacles to get the one you love. In the book The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho‚ a Spanish Shepherd named Santiago goes on a journey through Africa and the Sahara desert. He is on his way to find some treasure at the Great Pyramids when he meets a gypsy. The gypsy tells him where to find the treasure and that he has to give half of it to her. He wants to fulfill his personal legend of finding the treasure.. I am a delightful girl who lives
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Is lying an inevitable part of life? As long as people live and have free will‚ it seems some people will always choose to be untruthful therefore causing havoc with their choices. The Alchemist by Ben Jonson is a play unlike others of its time period. However‚ even it does not escape the flaws of our world such as lying. In a time period as fragile as The Alchemist’s setting‚ one would think the characters would be a little more cautious than they are portrayed to be by the author. In this play
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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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Summer Reading Questions Chapter One: A casual definition of a quester would be an individual that goes on a quest‚ or mission‚ in hopes of looking for something. However‚ in How to Think like a Professor by Thomas C. Foster‚ we are challenged to look at this term in a very different and mind stimulating way. Foster challenges our minds to look at quests as everyday things. Foster points out 5 aspects to every quest and how we can find these within everyday situations. These include; the quester
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Overcoming Adversity “All the adversity I’ve had in my life‚ all the troubles and obstacles have strengthened me… You may not realize when 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
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started telling Santiago about the world’s greatest lie‚ people being unable to choose their own personal legend‚ the reason Santiago chose to become a shepherd‚ and his dream. He told Santiago the conclusion and summary of the book that Santiago was reading‚ which surprised him. Influency led Santiago to listening attentively to the old man and asked question about unfamiliar things comfortably. If Santiago tried to avoid the old man conversation in first place and listen attentively to the old man later
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Summer reading Night 1). Crimes are committed in many situations. In some of those situations one is not always able to assist the target and extinguish the aggressor. Throughout the novel Night Elie witnesses his father being beaten multiple times by gypsy Kapos and SS guards. It is his silence that reflects both his understanding and his incapability. It reflects his understanding because he knows he can’t possibly overtake the guards‚ in a way he admits defeat. It displays his incapacity (and
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The universe conspires with the elements to make something happen- maktub it is written that you and the wind will become one it is written that one’s dream will overturn your own it is written that your path will unfold through your fantasies Fear is the enemy of the universe‚ modifying what is destined to happen. childhood fears may keep you from looking towards those who may help physical fears may keep you from fighting battles that will only push youu farther spiritual fears may keep
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