Paulo Coelho’s The Alchemist tells the story of a young shepherd named Santiago who sets out on a journey after leaving his sheep and country behind to find a treasure following a recurrent dream he experiences. While on his journey‚ Santiago meets some interesting characters that help him realize his true potential and what it means to truly follow your dreams. Throughout the book‚ Santiago learns that if you have a goal in life‚ the world will come together to help you achieve it. He also learns
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than us. In Ernest Hemmingway’s ‘The Old Man and the Sea’ 1952 novella‚ an old Cuban fisherman named Santiago‚ our protagonist has strongly elicited our sympathy toward him due to the harsh‚ lonely‚ poor and full-of-suffering life that he had have to experience‚ especially when he loosed the greatest catch of his life: the marlin. Despite that there are counter arguments which proposed that Santiago is in fact very successful in terms of achieving admirable qualities through his journey thus don’t
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show how perseverance can change the situation? Could giving up mean life or death? In The Old Man and the Sea‚ the old man‚ Santiago shows just that. From battling hunger and sleep‚ Santiago keeps striving on. Even though many made fun of the old man‚ he was determined and showed perseverance. He did not give up‚ even not knowing what would happen to him next. Santiago was not a rich man. He did not have a lot of material possessions‚ but he seemed content. He had the boy with him and he loved him
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My parents said that Santiago was an unlucky fisherman and from then on I sailed with a crew on a different boat. The old man was unlucky for a while‚ eighty-four days to be exact. Before my parents objected‚ Santiago and I would fish together and he would teach me all I needed to know be a good fisherman. We always had great fun chatting about fish and about baseball. For‚ we both had a love for baseball. Santiago mostly enjoyed talking about the great DiMaggio of the Yankees. Even though the remarkable
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My family in that time was in a deep crisis and we only had one friend that supported us. They introduced us to this one church very small and lively. We didn’t pay so much attention to it so we just left when my mom got bored. One day when the Wolf family ‚ our friend‚ babysit my sister and I one of the preaches caught me. The pastor was telling us about how to gain salvation and how the world was in the darkness walking into dangers. I couldn’t describe my feelings in that church. When they got
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The principle of "innocent until proven guilty" should not be taken lightly. "Presumption of innocence" means to stress that the prosecution has the duty to prove each charge of the illegal/unlawful act beyond a reasonable doubt and that the accused bears no burden of proof. However‚ the notion of being innocent until proven guilty is not a right granted by the Constitution but is a part of common law. Ultimately common law uses former courts cases to make its determinations in regards to innocence
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Santiago Sierra Santiago Sierra (Madrid‚ 1966) is one of the most controversial artists in the international art scene. He has become famous for his critique of the contractual economy through a series of remunerated actions where people – typically immigrants‚ casual workers‚ or even homeless wanderers – are paid to perform some pointless task which is then documented on video and through black-and-white photographs. Poor people and minorities are Sierra’s art supplies. He has them perform some
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Innocent or Not? Mahatma Gandhi once said‚ “A man who was completely innocent‚ offered himself as a sacrifice for the good of others‚ including his enemies‚ and became the ransom of the world. It was a perfect act.” In 1996‚ Richard Alexander was held in connection to four sexual assaults in South Bend‚ Indiana. Richard was sentenced to 70 years in prison‚ but was released after only serving three years. According to innocentproject.org‚ “Richard was charged with two counts of robbery‚ two counts
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of public interest in different types of legal cases and scenarios. An example of a successful legal movie is Presumed Innocent. The movie Presumed Innocent was produced in 1990. The movie stars Harrison Ford who plays Rusty Sabich‚ a prosecutor and right hand man of the district attorney Raymond Horgan. Rusty’s colleague Carolyn Polhemus is found dead in her apartment. She was said to be raped and murdered. Raymond puts Rusty in charge of her investigation. It is later exposed that Rusty has a
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Hafiz Muhammd Asad Prof. Dr Asim Kareem 10 February 2013 Is Clytemnestra Blameworthy or Innocent? When a person is accused of a crime they are either found innocent or guilty. This is the basic idea of justice and it is what many feel needs to happen if someone has done something controversial. In the play Oresteia by Aeschylus‚ the story of Clytemnestra’s guilt or innocence is questioned. She does many things that people are not too happy with and those controversial
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