There are many phrases used throughout 'The Alchemist' by Paulo Coelho; one that impacts the plot of the book greatly is 'Personal Legend.' This phrase is first mentioned when Santiago, our main character, and a King by the name of Melchizedek first meet. Melchizedek explains that Santiago had 'finally succeeded in discovering [his] Personal Legend' (page 21). A person's Personal Legend is 'what [a person] ha[s] always wanted to accomplish,' (page 21); more specifically, it is 'one's destiny' (page 22). Although 'everyone, when they are young, knows what their Personal Legend is... as time passes, a mysterious force begins to convince them it will be impossible for them to realize their Personal Legend' (page 22).…
I looked up at the sky, and resolved to be the best deputy ThistleClan has ever seen. Sure, I may be a bit sassy at times, but a lot of my clanmates were that way too. Heck, even Brownstar himself was a super sassy cat. It was rapidly growing dark, and it was ThistleClan custom for the deputy to sit vigil overnight. As the rest of the droopy, sleep-deprived cats slowly filed into their dens, yawning, Brownstar walked up to me. "…
Jonathan Katz Carol Master English 9H 9/24/17 Personal Legend Essay A personal legend is ones destiny in life. The idea of a personal legend is introduced in the novel The Alchemist by Paul Coelho. In the novel, Santiago, the main character, attempts at pursuing his personal legend and he endures many obstacles on the way.…
Wouldn’t you want to live your life following your Personal Legend in order to become a legacy, an inspiration, and overall have a purposeful life? The Alchemist, a novel by Paulo Coelho, speaks grandly about one’s Personal Legend. A Personal Legend is what one is destined to do, and their spiritual purpose in life. Personal Legends are deserving to be followed before anything else in life due to the great pleasures it would bring you in life. First, following your Personal Legend would show your voice in this world, and would respect God’s wishes and plan.…
In Paulo Coelho’s, “The Alchemist,” the two most important life lessons makes everyone’s lives easier, if they follow. Throughout the novel, Paulo Coelho illustrates numerous events of Santiago struggling through life. If Santiago had all the important life lessons Coelho demonstrates throughout the story, Santiago would get to the treasure much quicker. Coelho displays the ups and downs of Santiago’s life throughout the novel. The two most important life lessons across the novel are that fear is the biggest obstacle in life and to never stop dreaming.…
On Wednesday April 27, 2016 at approximately 8:50 A.M. I arrived with another online student, Sarah Johnson, at the Allegany County Circuit Court at the address of 30 Washington Street, Cumberland MD, 21502. The judge for that morning was W. Timothy Finan. Upon entering the front door, you had to put all of your stuff in tubs that they ran through the security scanner; while they were doing that, you walked through a scanner as well. On the other side you reclaimed your items. The security officer then directed us upstairs to the second court room.…
The alchemist brings up one common theme throughout the whole book, and that is we all have a personal legend that we should follow. A personal legend is basically what we are meant to accomplish in life, it is the personal calling of each and every individual. Almost all of the characters in the story had a personal legend that they either followed or decided to leave behind. The characters that didn't follow their personal legend regretted it and the ones that did were rewarded for their hard work and determination. Following your personal legend brings up problems that most people don't have to face, but people do follow their personal legends for the end results.…
The story “The Alchemist” by Paulo Coelho, is about a young boy who has recurring dreams that trouble him. In his dreams he is a shepherd, and he is to find treasure and to discover his personal legend. A personal legend is a spiritual purpose, or an inner finding on one's life.. Finding this has great benefits on people's life. In the alchemist Santiago searches for his Personal legend and eventually finds it.…
It was hard to believe that there was any spell in the entire world that could turn such a kind and gentle soul to someone so hateful, so wicked, just so...spiteful. Doubt was creeping her mind that if the spell was so powerful, maybe there wasn't much hope to bring the real Barry back. Pushing the doubt back, she grab a hold on herself.…
That..was the worst Transformers movie ever. Fucking MICHAEL BAY for RUINING my favorite thing! Well, I still love them, but come on! In the middle of my ranting about how much I hated Transformers: The Last Knight, I noticed I wasn't on my way home.…
Faith is the belief in something greater than us one can put full trust, confidence, and reliance on when difficult times arise. I was raised to be involved with church activities to maintain my spiritual life; additionally my faith grew dramatically when my cousin deceased and gave me an overview of what I wanted to pursue my career as. When I was a child, my parents encouraged me to always be as loving and caring as I could be, not for personal gain, but to be benevolent to the people around me. I was raised with two loving parents, Mario and Rebeca, along with a younger brother, Mario and older sister, Ana.…
Statement of intent: This creative writing piece is about a guy who is wrongly convicted to stealing precious jewelry, and is thrown in this isolated dungeon, and the only way he can escape is by searching for the right key among thousands of other keys that are stashed in this dungeon, which would unlock the door and he would be free. "Oi" someone shouted furiously, I turned around only to find two men charging at me with huge ak47 machine guns. I began to panic intensively, my whole body went into some sort of shock as those men charging at me came closer and closer. I began to in the space of two seconds reflect on my life as I thought this was the end of me and, that, this was my final resting place. However as the men got into a range…
And now that's it's over, I'll never be sober I couldn't believe, but now I'm so high And now that's it's over, I'll never be sober I couldn't believe, but now I'm so high Now I'm so high…
An immense blue wall was blocking my view of the breathtaking sunset. The air was moist. I was in Maui, Hawaii. Everyone was yelling, screaming, hollering and having fun. Kids were flying their kites.…
Have you ever had a day that started off so well, and then got so bad. So fast. That is how this day went. Most kids find out at some point or another. For most kids finding out about the “Santa secret” is not that big of a deal.…