Invictus and The Alchemist Response The poem Invictus written by William Ernest Henley is a poem written about courage in the face of death and holding on to ones own dignity despite the indignities life places before us. In the first stanza the poem’s speaker prays in the dark to "whatever gods may be" a prayer of thanks for his "unconquerable soul." Several things are apparent from the outset: First‚ the speaker is in some sort of metaphorical darkness‚ perhaps the darkness of
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The Alchemist Literary Outline The Alchemist. A book about a boy’s quest for hidden treasure‚ seeing new places‚ meeting new people. It has become a worldwide hit‚ selling millions of copies since it’s publication in 1988. It’s received many awards and has drawn scores of scholars and casual readers alike. This book has received raving reviews and stinging critics. Why the divided response to this book? People vastly argue over the meaning the author was trying to convey. Many would argue it’s
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Melchizedek; the King of Salem who is full of knowledge and wisdom. He tells Santiago to pursue his dreams; the crystal merchant who the shepherd meets in Tangier. Santiago works for his shop for almost a year to earn money; the Englishman who studies alchemy and meets Santiago in the caravan going to Al-Fayoum; Fatima‚ a desert woman he meet in the oasis. Santiago immediately falls in love with her; lastly‚ the alchemist‚ the shepherd meets the alchemist in the desert and helps him to finally find his
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Message Delivered with Symbols Paulo Coelho uses characters‚ terms‚ and objects to represent abstract ideas to stimulate the readers in his novel‚ The Alchemist. The title itself refers to a character in the story that helps the protagonist to in accomplishing his dream. Although the alchemist is not the protagonist of the story‚ he symbolizes the author’s message: self-discovery and the potential in all people. There are two major themes in the story: achieving one’s Personal Legend‚ and the presence
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possible. 7. Elizabeth is a typical Romantic female character because of her physical attribute of blonde hair and fairness and she is weak‚ virtuous‚ kind‚ and loving. 8. Cornelius Agrippa and other scientist inspired Victor because they worked in alchemy and fields of science of which he understood. They inspired him to ask questions about the unnatural would and about doing the impossible. 9. Victor views his switch to mathematics as a last effort to keep him away from harm. He compares it to a
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One teaches how to stop‚ look‚ and go to become more appreciative of all the small things we have‚ while the other teaches how to overcome suffering. In David Steindl-Rast’s Ted Talk Want to be Happy? Be Grateful and Matthieu Ricard’s writing The Alchemy of Suffering both look at ways to be happy in different ways. Steindl-Rast has the idea that we gain happiness from being grateful. On top of where we
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ALCHEMY TO CHEMISTRY Can we say that alchemy and chemistry are two different things? Actually no‚ we can’t. Alchemy is the pioneer of today’s modern chemistry. As the time passed alchemy has changed and developed to form Chemistry. Therefore we shouldn’t think that they are two different subjects. In this article‚ first of all you will learn how alchemy was found and evolved .After that how it transitioned from alchemy to chemistry and finally the similarities and differences between them.
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She didn’t even get to finish her sentence as her arms pushed her body forward‚ slamming them into Josh. Her friend let out a surprised sound as he stumbled backward. “Lila!” Josh screamed as he slipped. He was at the edge of the cliff now‚ barely centimeters away from plummeting to the bottom. Water and mud gathered around his boots as they sunk into the wet ground. Crack! Another loud sound echoed through the night air as Josh looked at Lila with pleading eyes. He knew what was happening
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According to Paulo Coelho’s‚ The Alchemist‚ a Personal Legend can be found and accomplished because‚ “... when you want something‚ all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it” (Coelho 24). The idea of a Personal Legend‚ a dream‚ or treasure is constantly mentioned in the Alchemist. Personal Legend begins‚ when Santiago has a dream to when he finally meets the Englishman. The only difference was that Santiago was actually pursuing his dream; while as the Englishman was still searching
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Alchemy is mainly sought to turn any worthless metal like tin‚ lead‚ etc. into valuable metals such as silver or gold. Another part of alchemy is the try to find a special potion that has been called the “elixir of life” It was attempted around the late middle ages by different alchemist like the Chinese‚ Egyptian‚ East Indian‚ Greek‚ Syrian‚ and Islamic cultures. “The Philosophers Stone”‚ was another thing that was being attempted to find by many alchemist during that time. They were basically poisoning
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