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The Alchemist Analysis Everyone wants to follow their dreams, but it is never spoken of how rare chasing them really is. The Alchemist was written by Paulo Coelho, a Brazilian spiritual writer. In The Alchemist, a major part is to follow your dreams. The main character, Santiago, does this by searching for a treasure in Egypt that he saw in his dreams. Through The Alchemist, Paulo Coelho displays the importance of destiny, along with overcoming the doubts that go along with that, in a…

tribal warfare, and even constantly ridiculed for his belief in a mirage of a Personal Legend. Yet through all these adversities, and many more, Santiago is still determined enough to continue with his journey. As Santiago comments that, “The closer one gets to realizing his Personal Legend, the more that Personal Legend becomes his true reason for being” (Coelho 72). Santiago is so determined to reach his Personal Legend and to complete his journey that he is able to put everything aside in…

three guides: the king of Salem, the crystal merchant, and the alchemist; each teach him lessons that help him on his journey. In The Alchemist, Santiago realizes, with the assistance of helpers he meets along the way, that anything is possible if one works hard and believes that the task can be accomplished. The first of Santiago’s helpers is an…

Imitation of Life is a movie directed by John M. Stahl in 1934. Claudette Colbert plays the protagonist in the role of Beatrice “Bea” Pullman. Bea’s new found friend is Delilah Johnson, played by Louise Beavers. Together, both of these ladies create a successful business. Throughout the film we see both their daughters, Jessie and Peola, grow into beautiful women. The Imitation of Life is relevant to our class due to Bea and Delilah’s success after the Great Depression. The three literary…

Desire is the strong feeling of wanting to have something or wishing for something to happen, the poem "Thou Blind Man 's Mark" by Sir Philip Sidney shows that desire makes you figuratively blind, to surroundings and even to others emotions and words. The poem was written in the 1500 's which will without a doubt change the true meaning of the poem, for instance a huge part of daily life was church, and that could have a huge impact on the meaning, however, there is no clues as to church or…

Throughout the play of Macbeth written by William Shakespeare, things always have a twist to them. Deception, which is defined as “the act of tricking someone by telling them something that is not true”, can be seen in the play through the main characters of deception, which are Macbeth, Lady Macbeth and the witches. Women characters are portrayed as manipulative and deceiving characters throughout the play. In the very first scene, it begins with the witches saying “Fair is foul, and foul is…

Perception William Faulkner was born in 1897 (Short 248). He had originally hoped to be a poet but realized that fiction was more his style (Short 248). He received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1949 (Short 248). He published close to twenty novels one of which being Flags in the Dust (Short 248). In William Faulkner 's short story "A Rose for Emily", Faulkner uses theme, symbolism, characters, and foreshadowing to explore the differences between reality and perception in order to prompt the…

In her novel Push, Sapphire uses multiple literary techniques to demonstrate how Precious creates a self-identity and a form of independence. As Precious learns to read, write, and create perceptions of her life and the world, she realizes that she is an individual that is unique and beautiful. Through Precious’s character, Sapphire reveals the emergence of a persons self-identity and newly discovered independence through a story of traumatic experiences. From the beginning of the novel,…

really happened. The author uses flashbacks of Paul’s memory to express the theme of seeing the truth. On page 182, Paul gets a flashback which shows his grandparents pulling up into a garage and then asking about his eyes. With this flashback, Paul is one step closer to finding out what really happened. This expresses the theme of seeing the…

Many people have survived the Holocaust and it’s safe to say that a lot of people who got out were feeling terrified, sad, and traumatized. Millions of people who were unlucky died there, sometimes from the beginning, and a majority got transported there to burn in gas chambers. Elie Wiesel, the author of Night, lived through this experience and for him and millions it was damaging to them physically and mentally. He conveys this theme of traumatization through various literary devices such as…