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Santiago's Teachers Throughout “The Alchemist” Throughout “The Alchemist”, the main character, Santiago, is given guidance and advice on how to achieve his personal destiny, and find his treasure. Some of his teachers are his sheep, the king, the alchemist, and the crystal merchant. Each teacher helps Santiago learn crucial lessons in preparing him to meet his personal legend. Santiago mentions many times on his journey that as a shepherd, his sheep taught him many things. Santiago notes to…

of literature and Magical Realism, the hero is often the main protagonist. In many novels, the protagonist is oblivious to the fact that they are a hero; they often believe that they are ordinary people in an ordinary world. In “The Alchemist” by Paulo Coelho, Santiago is oblivious to the fact that he is a hero because he doesn’t fit the ‘Hero Criteria’, he isn’t idolize by the community or hasn’t made any drastic change in his life - he is a shepherd with no aspirations or dreams for change.…

continue to learn throughout their entire life. Paulo Coelho reiterates this lesson in his novel The Alchemist by teaching lessons worthy of all ages. Through the travels of a young shepherd boy, Coelho teaches the reader about the importance of following one’s dreams. Coelho makes these themes evident through his simple style and solidifies the novel as a staple of world literature. Using his life experiences paired with a delightfully simple language, Paulo Coelho teaches readers life lessons…

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 straightforward form to simplify the journey of following one’s dreams. Paulo Coelho’s The Alchemist follows an…

In Coelho’s, the Alchemist, a story about Santiago, a young shepherd boy who longingly yearns to fill the missing void in his life as he sets out for his journeys. He is finding freedom in himself and discovering his “Personal Legend” through these facets of self-discovery and lessons of life learned upon his journey, Santiago is able to mature by virtue of coming of age journeys that change his perspectives on life as he is becoming an adult. In the Alchemist, Coelho explores the reader to the…

The Alchemist Archetype thing “‘Don’t give in to your fears,’ said the alchemist in a strangely gentle voice, ‘If you do, you won’t be able to talk to your heart’” (Coelho 141). The Alchemist, by Paulo Coelho, tells the story of Santiago, a young shepherd from Andalusia. Santiago is called, by a recurring dream, to complete his Personal Legend, to find a prodigious treasure at the great pyramids of Egypt. Along the way Santiago meets three guides: the king of Salem, the crystal merchant, and the…

Running-title: Attack patterns of a psyllid herbivore on different eucalypt genotypes Glycaspis brimblecombei (Hemiptera: Psyllidae) attack patterns on different Eucalyptus genotypes Juliana Tuller1*, Karla Nunes Oliveira2, Jhonathan Oliveira Silva3, Maurício Lopes de Faria1, Mário Marcos do Espírito-Santo2, José Eduardo Serrão4, José Cola Zanuncio4 1 Laboratório de Controle Biológico, Centro de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde, Departamento de Biologia Geral, Universidade Estadual de Montes…

KangKang Shih, known as Patrick in the U.S., is part of a family of Chinese immigrants. His grandparents migrated from China to Brazil before his father was born. Patrick’s father, aunt, and uncle all grew up in Sao Paulo and later went on to study in the United States in search of better opportunities. However, while most of the Shih family stayed in the U.S., his father, Teh Shih, moved back to China and consequently, that’s where Patrick was born. While Teh might not have been born in China…

SOUTH AMERICA – BRAZIL, ARGENTINA, and CHILE South America. When I think of this area several thoughts run rampant through my mind. My thoughts blissfully wander through tropical beaches and long, warm sunny days. The perfect place to take a tranquil vacation, laying on the beach or playing golf at a coastal resort. A place to achieve complete ataraxia. My attention then turns to the violence and drugs which seem to be prevalent in these areas. We hear of the drug wars which run rampant in…

This is mostly due to people who don’t feel like they can change a similar situation by simply buying from a more ethics oriented company. A Brazilian TV show infiltrated Zara workshops in Sao Paulo with a camera. A Bolivian worker explained that a pair of Zara jeans was selling for about 120$ in Brazil, and cost 1,14$ to produce. The workers average monthly income is about 570$ for daily shift longer than 12 hours. Additionally, safety didn’t…