Words of Wisdom The Alchemist Words of Wisdom Words can have a significant impact in one’s life; it can serve as the greatest happiness or one’s greatest burden. In the novel The Alchemist‚ by Paulo Coelho‚ words of wisdom act as a comforting force that gives admonition to those in need of it. “The hand that wrote it all‚” illustrates a mysterious force that compels Santiago to follow his dreams and pursue his greatest happiness; to travel without limits. Furthermore‚ the importance of maintaining
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THE ALCHEMIST BY PAUL COELHO - FREE STUDY GUIDE CONFLICT Protagonist The protagonist of a story is the main character who traditionally undergoes some sort of change. Santiago is the protagonist of this novel. It is his story and his maturing and learning about life that composes the plot. Through his trials and tests‚ we also learn about life. Antagonist The antagonist of a story is the force that provides an obstacle for the protagonist. The antagonist does not always have to be a single
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‘The Hobbit’ is a beautiful story written by J.R.R Tolkien‚ and is full of happy‚ emotional quotes and lovely characters. Tolkien gives detailed descriptions of his characters using humour and often captures his young readers’ attention with short poems. For example‚ he begins his story with the sentence ‘In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit…’ and continues it‚ which then becomes a legend! Tolkien has spun a fascinating tale with adventure involving dragons‚ magicians‚ hobbits‚ dwarves and
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The Hobbit: 3 Character Traits of Bilbo Mercedes This essay is going to discuss three characteristics of Bilbo. My first trait is courageous‚ then second trait is resourceful‚ and third trait is tentative. Firstly‚ Bilbo is very courageous. Examples from the text are when he rode the eagle‚ goes on the quest with Gandalf‚ and the dwarves. He is courageous when he accepts the task of leading a contingent of dwarves on a quest to reclaim the lonely Mountain He steals the guard’s
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beat‚ or an internal conflict. When starting to read The Hobbit‚ the reader may be inclined to think that Smaug is the main physical antagonist and a challenge for Bilbo Baggins to overcome. In reality‚ The Hobbit falls into the second category‚ and Bilbo’s main struggle in the story is to keep balance between his two inner selves‚ his Baggins side and his Took side. Bilbo is not the only character that faces inner conflict throughout The Hobbit. J. R. R. Tolkien uses internal conflict to show the gradual
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only thing on it was the sentence “In a hole in the ground‚ there lived a hobbit.” Of course‚ Tolkien took it upon himself to create an entire story around this “hobbit.” He felt as though he had to find out what exactly it was and ended up creating a world-famous series complete with maps and languages completely made up from the mind of the man himself. Finally‚ in 1937‚ the book was published under a simple title: The Hobbit. This book was a major success‚ and is recognized globally to this day (Doughan)
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Every person is faced with important decisions which can change his or her life. The main characters in Siddhartha by Herman Hesse and The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho realized that they had the power in their own hands to change their lives around. In both novels‚ the main characters‚ Siddhartha and Santiago‚ set out on a journey in order to reach enlightenment‚ because they felt disconnection within themselves. Although Santiago and Siddhartha faced different types of obstacles on the journey‚ they
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ahcieved it. But in the story The Alchemist a shepherd boy named Santiago achieves his Personal Legend with some help from three major characters who teach him many important things. The crystal merchant is one of the characters that helped Santiago by encouraging him and helping him earn back his money. Another important character who helped Santiago in his journey was the English man. He helped Santiago understand many things that he did not know before. The alchemist is an important character who
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Rutherford is a Physicist‚ Scientist. Ernest is also known as the world’s first successful alchemist. Ernest Rutherford was the first scientist to explore into the structure of the atom Unlike many people‚ Rutherford was not very known for his achievements like the Gold Foil experiment‚ which helped prove that electrons orbited the nucleus surrounded by empty space. Ernest Rutherford was born on August 31‚ 1871. He was born in Spring Grove‚ New Zealand‚ also known as Brightwater. He died on October
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of The Hobbit and Beowulf Interesting similarities can be found between The Hobbit and Beowulf. These books shockingly share a lot of the characters‚ symbols‚ and scenes. Who copied who though? The answer is simple‚ Tolkein. He didn’t really copy the poem he just used a lot of the same ideas of Beowulf. J.R.R Tolkein was a professor at Oxford University. Where He read the epic poem Beowulf. He wrote some essays over the poem and really liked Beowulf. It shows in the book The Hobbit. Upon further
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