Gary Puente Title: The Alchemist Author: Paulo Coelho Date: 9/6/12 Quotes: “Whoever you are‚ or whatever it is that you do‚ when you really want something‚ it ’s because that desire originated in the soul of the universe. It ’s your mission on earth.” (Melchizedek) “We are afraid of losing what we have‚ whether it’s our life or our possessions or our property. But this fear evaporates when we understand that our life stories and the history of the world were written by the same
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Experience is life lessons Paulo Coelho teaches in the Alchemist to always believe in oneself and to never forget what one truly want and desire‚ even if it takes days‚ months‚ or years to over come the challenges that may come along the way. He also teaches people to “live and learn” from oneself mistakes to make the right choices at the appropriate time. In the Alchemist Santiago deals with a great amount of challenges‚ difficulties and tests throughout his quest to obtain his Personal Legend
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For Teacher and Teaching I never teach my pupils. I only attempt to provide the conditions in which they can learn. Albert Einstein (1879 - 1955) Experience teaches only the teachable. Aldous Huxley (1894 - 1963) The true teacher defends his pupils against his own personal influence. Amos Bronson Alcott (1799 - 1888)The whole art of teaching is only the art of awakening the natural curiosity of young minds for the purpose of satisfying it afterwards. Anatole France (1844 -
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Waiting for Godot A Play Concerning Nothing That Means Everything Ralph Waldo Emerson‚ famous literary writer‚ once inscribed‚ “Much of human life is lost in waiting” (Richardson‚ 24). Individuals cannot escape the waiting in daily life even if they wished so. Waiting is inscribed into society‚ from waiting for a bus ride‚ beverages at a favourite coffee house‚ items to be checked out at a grocery store or simply‚ arriving to a location too early for an occasion to occur. In Samuel Beckett’s
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How does Hesse and Coelho present the importance of wealth and love is to fulfilment and self-discovery in ‘The Alchemist’ and ‘Siddhartha’? Siddartha and The Alchemists are both novels featuring a world of sacrifice and journeys of the soul in order to find enlightenment and have fulfilling lives. Both stories show a journey distracted by love and wealth but ultimately returning to their desired goal of finding true happiness. The Alchemist describes the journey of a humble shepherd who seems to
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Paulo Coelho The Way of the Bow 2008 Paulo Coelho’s website address is www.paulocoelho.com Paulo Coelho’s blog address is www.paulocoelhoblog.com Copyright © Paulo Coelho 2005 The right of Paulo Coelho to be identified as the moral rights author of this work has been asserted by him in accordance with the Copyright Amendment (Moral Rights) Act 2000 (Cth). ISBN : 978-0-557-01007-3 Published by Lulu.com A prayer without a deed is an arrow without a bow-string. A deed without a prayer is
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The Alchemist was written by Paul Coelho‚ and there were many themes embedded within its text. The two main themes that stand out throughout the novel are forces of nature and emotions. More specifically‚ the main theme is how nature as well as human emotions plays important roles during Santiago’s journey. Some of the featured emotions are fear‚ hope‚ desire‚ and love. Also‚ some of the forces of nature involved are the sun‚ wind‚ the desert‚ and God. During Santiago’s journey to find his own Personal
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“You must be the change you wish to see in the world‚” professed Ghandi‚ a man who saw the world as a whole. He acted on his insights and fought for the rights of others- an honourable task for an Indian when racism ran so rampant. It is true that Canada has grown significantly from its years of segregation and of racial prejudice; but how far have we‚ as a society‚ really come? We need not look very far to secure our answer‚ but we must look under the surface of media‚ see between the lines of dialogue
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why he wants to know his future‚ and the camel driver responds‚ “because I am a man…And men always live their lives based on the future.” (Coelho 107) Upon the camel driver’s answer‚ the seer refuses to cast the twigs‚ insisting that the future cannot be told‚ only guessed at. He goes on to tell the camel driver that the “secret is here in the present.” (Coelho 108) This is fitting with one of the many themes of The Alchemist‚ that one shouldn’t anticipate the future more than they live in the present
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Quotes: A significant quote which was told as a lesson to Santiago by Melchizedek is‚ "It’s this: that at a certain point in our lives‚ we lose control of what’s happening to us‚ and our lives become controlled by fate. That’s the world’s greatest lie"(Coelho 18). This is important because fate doesn’t control one’s life but rather it’s there for us to reach it‚ people feel overwhelmed but always have control and the opportunity to change. Another significant quote would be Santiago’s thoughts‚ “…he had
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