Kaufmann Desert House

The Nullarbor Plain Desert Ecosystem Lars Hunt Location: The Nullarbor Plains Desert spans Western and Southern Australia, between approximately 30°S-32°S, 121°E-134°E (figure 1) (Ref 1). The Nullarbor plain is bordered by the arid salt lakes region of Western Australia, arid plains of Southern Australia, and North by the Great Victoria Desert. It is bordered on the south by the Great Australian Bight seacoast (Ref 2). Figure 1 - Location of Nullarbor Plain Biome: The Nullarbor…

Personal Legend, as you call it. That’s why I want you to continue toward your goal. If you have to wait until the war is over, then wait. But if you have to go before then, go on in pursuit of your dream. The dunes are changed by the wind, but the desert never changes. That’s the way it will be with our love for each other. Maktub,” she said. “If I am really a part of your dream, you’ll come back one day,” Fatima wants his succeed in his dreams so she gives him hope that he will come…

In one of their conversations the alchemist says “Listen to your heart. It knows all things, because it came from the Soul of the World, and one day it will return there.” The Alchemist helped him find his Personal Legend and guided him through the desert and to the…

chief allows Santiago to practice for three days, or he will die. Santiago feels upset and fear because he does not know how to transform himself into the wind, but he never gives up. He keeps observing the desert, and finally, he finds out that he speaks the same language with the desert. The desert lends its sand to Santiago. The wind feels thoughtful, and it agrees to carry Santiago to heaven. Santiago is succeed because he does not give up to learn to transform himself into wind. “Never give…

The Alchemist ( O’ Alquimista in Portuguese) is a famous novel that was written by a Brazilian novelist and lyricist, Paulo Coelho. It is about Santiago, a young shepherd and his journey to Egypt, after he had dream of finding treasure. It was entitled The Alchemist for it is about turning common or ordinary objects into something that value the most. When it says the Alchemist, it does not mean its literal meaning but it conveys or pointing out that all of us can turn something to…

plants were edible and which were toxic” (21). Living in these poor conditions gave the children an opportunity to practice the discipline of self-sufficiency: by being resilient and surviving with close to nothing. Nonetheless, the children loved the desert. Jeannette considered it to be the one true home they’ve ever had (154), which is why she grew frustrated when they had to go to Welch, Virginia; her father’s childhood home. The tone of the story drastically changes once they arrived…

He meets the English man who was trying to find the Alchemist in the desert. His personal legend was to find the alchemist and he did achieve it. He goes through the desert with the caravan. Then the hero meets the third mentor which is the Alchemist. While in the desert, Santiago goes through a complete metamorphosis. Santiago begins to listen to his heart; he gains the ability to commune with the universe, and finds…

blade like it tore through paper. The wind is a fickle creature, perhaps to the point of being bipolar, showing up seemingly at random. Sometimes it does well; sometimes it does badly. It always leaves almost immediately. All that remains is a dry desert. If the sun was not so harsh, if the wind were not so capricious in nature, If the oasis is was not so dependent on a single source of sustenance, then maybe I would be I would be peacefully strolling at a slow pace in paradise, as opposed to…

imagination under the influence of “misunderstanding” parents, as he is no longer passionate in pursuing his career an artist and becomes a pilot. As his plane breaks down, the aviator falls into a desert and meets a little prince who has come from a small planet. With the time spend together stranded in the desert, a friendship forms…

“The Nile crashed in the Amazon while being piloted by Mississippi” (Jarod Kintz). Geographic features were crucial for the development of modern day Egypt. Features such as the Nile and the desert provided protection, allowing Egypt to expand. Similar to this, geographic features also influenced America’s development and why America is how it is today. America would not be the same if it was not for the location and the primary resources that we were given. The primary resources gave America…