Carl McCoy

Dreams are mysterious things that people try to understand. Some think that dreams have meaning, whether others think they mean nothing at all. In my opinion, dreams can relate to what you thought about or what you did during the day, but I do not think they have a meaning. You can relate your dreams to things you did if you try to, but I think this means that you are giving your dreams meaning because you want them to mean something. I talked to others to see if they had a similar opinion on…

“Freud and gothic literatures are like cousins, both respond to the problems of selfhood and identity, sexuality and pleasure, fear and anxiety, in the nineteenth and twentieth century.” Freud argued that humans are not unified wholes, but internally ruptured and alienated from nature and himself (Martin 41). “The goal of the Freudian analyst, like that of Victor Frankenstein, is to re-member the dismembered parts of our fragmented selves, to cure us by making us whole. To do so he must achieve…

In The Alchemist, a book by Paulo Coleho, a boy named Santiago goes on a journey to find treasure. After a long journey filled with life lessons, he realizes that his personal legend was the treasure all along. Paulo Coleho uses the symbols of The Baker,The King of Salem, The Englishman, and Santiago to explore the theme that finding one’s personal legend is they key to happiness and contentment. In the first part of the book, two characters help to convey the theme. The Baker’s character is…

Society may say that dreams don’t have anything to do with people's life, however, these human beings who state this probably haven’t read the novella Of Mice and Men written by John Steinbeck. Yes, dreams impact people's life and there is evidence. Steinbeck illustrates how desires are connected to actions, they play an important role, and it affects individuals. To begin with, society may remark that desires are not connected to actions. This is because goals and actions are two…

In “The Alchemist,” Paulo Coelho creates a fictional character from a small Andalusian town who is determined and curious to learn his purpose in the world. The author illustrates the significance of finding one’s personal legend. In the story, a shepherd boy named Santiago encounters many trials, tribulations, and difficulties, on his journey to finding his destiny. He overcomes and achieves them all with the guidance from many wise teachers. Early in the story, Santiago meets Melchizedek,…

Indicator (MBTI) is a set of questionnaires which helps indicate the psychological preferences in how people perceive the things and make decisions. It was developed by Isabel Briggs Myers and her mother Katharine Briggs, based on the theory proposed by Carl Jung, which explains that humans experience the world using four principal psychological functions and that one of these four functions are dominant most of the time for a person. The four principal psychological functions are sensation,…

Theme: Dreams are a free plane ticket to travel the world in your mind. One main theme I found in the alchemist was dreams. Because In the beginning of the book the boy goes to sleep in an abandoned church and he says he had the same dream 3 times in a row to the palm reader. The dream was him traveling across the world looking for treasure in Egypt. A published study suggests that dreaming about a new or difficult task can actually make the task easier to perform once awake. In the experiment,…

In The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho, Santiago travels through the Sahara Desert to find a treasure hidden near the Egyptian Pyramids, and on the way he learns that the world is connected through the Language of the World! The Alchemist uses symbols to show the theme of how the world is connected through the Language of the World. One symbol in the Prologue is the lake. In the book it says, “The goddesses of the forest appeared and found the lake, which had been fresh water, transformed into a lake…

“Tell your heart that the fear of suffering is worse than the suffering itself. And that no heart has ever suffered when it goes in search of its dreams.” This quote is exactly why I chose the Alchemist as my novel. These are the lessons YOU need in your life. Good Morning Mrs Lamplough and class. Paulo Coelho the author of the incredible life changing novel, The Alchemist, a novel that is well-worthy for the Grade 12 Syllabus. This passionate story contrasts completely with the theme of death…

Respond to “All the President’s Men” The “All the President’s Men” is a political film that shows a couple of reporters investigating the Watergate scandal were five men break-in at the Democratic National Committee. The film approaches the scandal as an investigation made for the reporters that transform the film into a suspense movie. The calls, the meetings, the resources, and the effort that both reporters implemented to create the perfect story for the scandal was giving results and,…