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"The formula for this is as such; here is a list of all our U.S presidents thus far." Memorization after memorization. Paulo Freire expresses his view about our current education system in his essay, "The 'Banking ' Concept of Education", and points out its many flaws. He classifies the education system to be that of a "banking" system. Banking education refers to the learners being mere containers or vessels waiting to obediently be oppressively "filled" or "deposited" with information by…

In their work, Plato and Paulo Freire offer harsh critiques of education. Plato compares people to prisoners in a cave where no knowledge is circulating, and Freire refers to the “Banking Concept of Education” where teachers put their thoughts and information into students’ minds much like depositing money into a bank. Instead of this money being of value by benefitting students, Freire and Plato acknowledge oppressive teaching styles which result in the value declining because the students are…

The Alchemist’s conversation with Santiago about not giving into fear clearly proves that only you have the power to prevent your dreams from becoming a reality, because Santiago must control his fear or else he will in fact prevent himself from pursuing his dream. Santiago is a dreamer and passionate advocate for pursuing what your calling is in life. Throughout the novel Santiago is faced with challenges, but he always seems to find a way to reconnect with his heart. By remembering that…

alarming hotel wander for needy individuals, from the late 1960s to the mid-1980s; it tracks the story of both Rocket, a future press picture taker (and a character whose purpose behind existing is probably going to ventriloquize the sensibility of Paulo Lins, on whose novel the film is based), and Li'l Dice, who takes after his criminal work with the energetic earnestness of a minister - the last renaming himself, having notionally created to man's endowment, as Li'l Ze (Lins et al…

Faith is complete trust or confidence in someone or something. The author of the book is Paulo coelho. The Alchemist is about a shepherd named Santiago who lives in Spain in an old abandoned church and wants to travel the world and never see the same faces to long. One night he was asleep he was dreaming about a little girl who was playing with his flock and told him she knew where his treasure was in the Egypt Pyramids. He woke up before she told him the exact location. So he kept traveling and…

Mingming Tan Read 200 3:30pm The book, The Alchemist, is written by Paulo Coelho. In this book, Santiago is one of the main characters that has a dream to travel pass through the Pyramid and find his treasure. During his journey, he is not only looking for the treasure, but also learning about his personal legend. He becomes wiser, and he is capable of dealing with his obstacles. I think that the most important to me that Santiago learned in his journey is he never gives up. The first reason…

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…

endure stress to make it somewhere. However, that stress can keep people from doing and trying the things they love. Luckily, if you keep trying, you’ll persevere and the view will be breathtaking. Santiago, the main character in The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho, represents being beat up by life, and ending up being better and stronger than before. Throughout the novel, Santiago is trying to achieve his dream…

Every fairy story, except some special ones, always recount about the “hero’s journey” In Paulo Coelho’s book The Alchemist, Santiago portrays the common hero and his journey to complete his date with destiny. Paulo Coelho specifically shaped his book around a hero’s journey so that the reader would be able to understand the journey of Santiago with self-awareness and self-knowledge. Paulo Coelho followed these common story traits so that the reader can see their reflection in the character…

The Alchemist: Questions 1.) 2.) The book, The Alchemist, by Paulo Coelho, is an amazing book I will never forget. In the book, the author said that alchemy is all about pursuing our spiritual quest in the world as it was given to us; it’s the art of transmuting our reality into something sacred. With this in mind, my personal legend would be finishing (graduating) school. The first time I was able to act on this journey was when I started kindergarten as a little kid. That year was basically…