Paulo Coelho

The famous alchemist, Democritus, had several views on life and how it worked and was made. “Everything existing in the universe is the fruit of chance and necessity.” (“Democritus Quotes”). Nothing in this world is planned out and if anything is necessary to happen it will happen. According to John J. Mark, Democritus made it seem like life happens on its own and takes all the human’s decisions for their own life, yet he actually believed humans could make their own decisions within the range…

The Alchemist is a story of one boy growth as he travels his life’s journey. He has to overcome many challenges, meets new people, and learns more about himself in the process. Santiago journey had three main part, the first one was he had to overcome challenges such as getting robbed several times. The next one was meeting new people including his one true love. And the third one was learning more about himself, such as his Personal Legend. A main part in Santiago's journey was over coming…

Yi Munyol’s novel, Our Twisted Hero is about Pyongt’ae’s new life in a school in the suburbs. As Pyongt’ae describes his encounter with Sokdae, the class monitor, the reader sees that heroes can be both immoral and productive. Sokdae is the twisted hero of Our Twisted Hero because although he misuses his power as class monitor, he is still powerful and keeps the children safe. The class’ loyalty towards Sokdae allows Sokdae to rule with fear and abuse his power. When Pyongt’ae reports Sokdae…

face the adversity presented to you will change the way you think in the future just like how mistakes are the best teachers. Adversity challenges people everyday to make hard decisions and inevitably learn from the decisions they make.Santiago in Paulo Coelho’s The Alchemist demonstrates this very early when his money is stolen because he was too trusting. Although this is a enormous set back in Santiago’s adventure he faces it with perseverance and continues to work towards…

Gerald Graff does not like books witch is certainly right up my alley because i have always disliked books. I was never a good reader but there has been that rare case where ive actually found a book that i enjoined the book "The Alchemist" by Paulo Coelho so in a way i do have similarities with Gerald Graff on disliking books and he too has had that rare occasions were a book has drown his attention like the whole controversial ending to the book "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" witch forced…

teens, so that they might create for themselves a successful life. Young adults should aspire to be their best selves on a day to day basis. "The secret of life, though, is to fall seven times and to get up eight times" (Paulo Coelho xi). Through his novel, "The Alchemist", Coelho offers inspiration for a young generation to continuously put forth outstanding effort. The reader can learn perseverance and courage from the novel's main character, who travels long and far from his home in Spain…

also took from this book that wisdom cannot be taught to anyone, because the beliefs of others will not apply to your life. You are your own person, and must find your own path. Such messages can also be found in my favorite book The Alchemist, by Paulo…

Becoming a freshmen, meeting new people, managing all my time, were some of the adversities I’ve overcome since starting high school. Being a sophomore is difficult, the classes are harder, you still have three years left, there’s not always much to look forward to. However, every day I am thankful for the people I have met in the past year, and even though this life I lead is quite stressful, I’ve never had the motivation like I have no to get up in the mornings and really commit to what I am…

including the young Malala Yousafzai. A book is assigned a genre once written, giving it a general topic description. The books specifically noted throughout Malala’s childhood included “A Brief History of Time” by Stephen Hawking, “The Alchemist” by Paulo Coelho, “Anna Karenina” by Leo Tolstoy, and the classic novel “The Wizard of Oz” by Jane Austen. These novels, read by Malala include a variety of genres including, popular science, adventure, realism, and fantasy fiction. Through reading such…

Paulo Coelho once said, “We can never judge the lives of others because each person knows only their own pain and renunciation.” This quote is very well shown in the book The True Confessions Of Charlotte Doyle. By Edward Irving Wortis / AVI. This quote is strongly shown in the theme don't judge a book by its cover which is even more shown in this book by this book by the main character Charlotte Doyle, in many ways. One way that the theme, don't judge a book by its cover is revealed in the…