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 17 August 2010 Performing Miracles In the novel The Alchemist‚ by Paulo Coelho‚ the main character‚ Santiago‚ seeks out his personal legend. His personal legend is to go to the pyramids in Egypt to find the treasure he has dreamt about. Throughout his long journey across the desert‚ he learns many lessons of great significance . In one particular scene towards the end of the novel the chief of a tribe believes Santiago and the Alchemist to be spies of an enemy. The chief threatens to take Santiago’s
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each book sold in past 50 years‚ “The Alchemist” by Paulo Coelho is the fifth most read book in the world (Polland‚ 2012). Many people were impressed by this book‚ and people had time to think about their own personal legend after reading this book. The content of “The Alchemist” is so great that people can easily read and understand this novel‚ but the title of this novel‚ “The Alchemist”‚ confused some people. The reason is that even though there is an alchemist in the story‚ the story is mainly about
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Every individual’s life is a journey. There are different stages in life that one goes through and by experiencing these different stages of life one becomes wiser. In the novel‚ Siddhartha and The Alchemist the protagonist Siddhartha and Santiago both go through man different stages in life which made them grow‚ learn and transform into wiser people. Both protagonists go on a journey which is eventually the same but the purpose of journey is different
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picture. Nevertheless‚ he did not give up writing and he succeeded by the novel called "The Alchemist" (M.post.naver.com‚ 2017). Even though the reason why the novel is entitled "The Alchemist" does not exactly appear in the story‚ the novel is entitled "The Alchemist" because Paulo Coelho compares Santiago’s journey to the definition of the alchemist. First of all‚ Paulo Coelho entitled the novel "The Alchemist" because he changes worthless things into valuable thing during the journey. When he first
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of what Alchemy is and The Alchemist Ultimate goals like the Elixir of life that will grant you eternal youth‚ Philosophers stone that cancels out the rule of equivalent exchange and Immortality what all alchemist meant to achieve and what i’m going to talk about How was alchemy was discovered. In Egypt Alchemy first was noticed‚ Egyptians mummified people that were dead but Mummifying people was a form of alchemy because egyptians had to
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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 Workshop I had the pleasure of visiting Egyptian Museum and was very Impress.Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn is regarded as one of the most prolific and intense artists of his era. Born on July 15th‚ 1606 he is renowned as one of the most revered painters and printmakers in European art history and perhaps the most important in Dutch history of all.Rembrandt painted “Alchemist workshop” in 1606.this is the provenance of the painting
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In Paulo Coelho’s The Alchemist‚ regarding the statement" Tell your heart that the fear of suffering is worse than the suffering itself‚” there are a myriad of different meanings. Suffering is both physical and emotional‚ on the other hand the fear of suffering comes from the mind; intangible and anxiety producing. Fear feels completely undeniable; however‚ at the same time it is being falsified by pop culture as not everyone bears the same fears. In The Alchemist‚ Santiago was driven to travel
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In the story The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho though out the whole story‚ it talks about a boy with a dream that he want to achieve yet thought out the story he is constantly faced with difficult task that stand in his ways but he always manages a way to overcome the task.No matter what culture or religion we have all hear story’s that have been passed down generation to generation. Those stories are meant to teach us life lessons that our ancestors have learned they are to show us the way so we don’t
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