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    “listen to [his] heart. It knows all things.” (Coelho 127) He has always does what he wants to do and never really thinks twice about what he is doing‚ but if he wants to finally follow his dreams‚ then he must learn to listen to his heart. The Alchemist‚ Santiago’s teacher‚ tells Santiago that “[he] will never be able to escape from [his] heart.” (Coelho 129) Santiago must learn to realize that his heart truly just wants the things that are best for him. As Santiago continues on his journey‚ he

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    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 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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    Everyone reacts to situations differently. The same goes for the characters in J.R.R Tolkien’s novel The Hobbit. Bilbo has a more positive act towards Rivendell‚ while the dwarves are more negative. Elrond had his own thoughts about the journey and of the dragons roguery. Also‚ the text reveals that elves value playfulness and the spreading of rumours. In the novel‚ Bilbo Baggins and the thirteen dwarves have different reactions towards the valley and the folk occupying it. Bilbo thought well of

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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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    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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