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    The patients that come in and out of the hospital aren’t ordinary people‚ they are someone’s loved one‚ a family member‚ or significant friend. When they come seeking treatment‚ they are expecting to treated with care. Paulo Coelho‚ author of The Alchemist once said‚“When we love‚ we always strive to become better than we are. When we strive to become better than we are‚ everything around us becomes better‚ too.” How I see it‚ you must treat a patient as if you are treating

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    circumstances or because of what society tells them is right? In The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho‚ Santiago searches through the whole book to find his personal “legend”‚ or his biggest dream. “It’s the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting‚” (Coelho 11). The use of imagery‚ personification‚ and the interactions between characters between The Alchemist and XXIX Sonnet by Shakespeare develop the theme in each by the way that they help the authors connect to the readers.

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    English 10 The Alchemist Discussion Questions Directions: Read the assigned selections and answer the following questions for each section. Answer each question thoroughly‚ using complete sentences and details from the novel. As you read and reflect on these questions‚ it is important to remember that The Alchemist is a fable. In fact‚ The Alchemist is subtitled "A Fable about Following Your Dreams." Like most fables‚ The Alchemist has a theme/moral that reflects a universal truth concerning life

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    A discussion of Ben Jonson’s The Alchemist as an allegory is‚ in truth‚ a little difficult. The reason why this is so is that The Alchemist is in the genre of farce not that of allegory. However‚ while a work may not be definitively an allegory‚ through the process of allegoresis it may be critically read as an allegory in part or in whole. Allegoresis is the process by which a work that is not written as an allegory--like for example the allegorical works The Faerie Queene and The Pilgrim’s Progress--may

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    Caelyn Mastracchio 3/14/14 English 1 Honors Mr. Michael Santoro The Alchemist As one of the top twenty five books in human history‚ Paulo Coelho’s The Alchemist’s impact on the publishing world cannot be ignored. However‚ due to its’ massive success worldwide‚ important components such as the poorly assembled structure are often overlooked. Although millions of copies have been sold and loved by people all over the nation‚ The Alchemist’s structure was unsystematically written and rushed‚ leading

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    The Alchemist versus The Little Prince The Alchemist and The Little Prince are two books written by two different authors. The first book’s author is Paulo Coelho and the second book’s is Antoine de Saint-Exupery‚ both of them being written in the twentieth century in two different corners of the world. The first book‚ The Alchemist is about a young shepherd named Santiago who decides to go on a trip to the Piramids in Egypt in order to find his treasure

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    The alchemist - Paulo Coelho The author Paulo Coelho was born in Brazil August 24‚ 1947 and is a lyricist and novelist. Paulo Coelho is one of the world’s most read authors. He is believed to be the fifth most read author through time. Coelho has done a lot of different things in his life. As a teenager he was a rebel and a hippy. Later he started a publishing company‚ wrote lyrics for Brazil’s most popular artists and has even been in a mental hospital. He has also worked as a journalist

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    2. High chance of success In the words of the famous author Paulo Coelho once wrote When you want something‚ all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it. ~ Paulo Coelho Quotes from The Alchemist: A Fable About Following Your Dream. - Going back to the forest we realize that our chances of finding the beautiful fall is higher when using a map than going in without one‚ we might as well go in blindfolded. Which is exactly what this second

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    STATEMENT OF PURPOSE WHEN YOU REALLY WANT SOMETHING TO HAPPEN‚ THE ENTIRE UNIVERSE CONSPIRES IN HELPING YOU ACHIEVE IT. - The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho Mathematics – the subject captured my interest since I was a kid. The conceptual understanding and the logical application to the problems kept my mind awake‚ which made me glued to the subject. My passion for the subject made me to participate in “Ramanujan Talent Test” in which I secured state second rank. Another thing that intrigued me was

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    A common theme located in both The Alchemist and the piece found in The New York Times entitled “Alaska’s Permafrost is Thawing” is the extreme level connectedness between man and nature and the ongoing effect they can have on each other. In the fable‚ Santiago‚ a Spanish shepherd boy following his Personal Legend‚ is soon taught the ways of the world‚ in that he gains knowledge of the fact that everything‚ from the tiniest shrub to the mightiest king‚ are equal and binded together when it comes

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