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    RIVAL GAMING - ARABIAN TALES SLOT REVIEW Today I decided to give Rival Gaming's newest video slot, Arabian Tales a try. I enjoyed playing this enchanting new slot game as well as its "One Thousand and One Nights" theme. "One Thousand and One Nights" is the story of King Shahryar who killed his wife after learning she had been unfaithful and then vowed to marry marry a different woman each night before killing her the next morning to prevent being betrayed ever again. He did this for many years…

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    The story “The Alchemist” by Paulo Coelho, is about a young boy who has recurring dreams that trouble him. In his dreams he is a shepherd, and he is to find treasure and to discover his personal legend.A personal legend is a spiritual purpose, or an inner finding on one's life.. Finding this has great benefits on people's life. In the alchemist Santiago searches for his Personal legend and eventually finds it. Everyone should pursue and try and search for there Legend. My personal Legend is…

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    Huffman 1 Mikayla Huffman Klass English 9 Honors 9 June 2015 Interpretation of the Symbolism of Alchemy in The Alchemist Everyone has the ability to become something more in life than what they start out as, much like the transition from lead to gold. The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho contains an example of this, in how the protagonist, Santiago (a shepherd boy from a region of Spain called Andalusia) attempts to accomplish his personal legend. The leading symbol behind this book is alchemy, which…

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    Fear In The Alchemist

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    Paulo Coelho’s The Alchemist presents many obstacles throughout the novel. This includes the challenges when one faces fear in life, and Coelho shows what fear can do using characters throughout the novel. Paulo Coehlo incorporates many life lessons into The Alchemist one being that everyone has to overcome his terrors; otherwise, he will not progress in life and will live in fearfulness, uneasiness, and unhappiness. Coehlo demonstrates in The Alchemist three different experiences with fear and…

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    novels by J.R.R Tolkien that was made into three films and effectively created one of the most loyal fan bases. The Lord of the Rings is a movie franchise that has not only been shown throughout many age groups but also has made impacts on the film industry entirely. These films will go down in history as one of the greatest films of the 21st century. The Lord of the Rings first movie: The Fellowship of the Ring follows a young hobbit who is given the task of taking a mystical the Ring with…

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    own. Bildungsroman, it means a coming of age story. Usually a coming of age story involves a young person or kid growing up and learning about life. The Hobbit, written by J.R.R Tolkien about hobbit named Bilbo Baggins who goes on a quest with his friends. Bilbo is viewed a respectable hobbit because of his last name, Baggins. Sometimes a bildungsroman’s protagonist doesn’t necessarily have to live young. Although Bilbo’s age nearly 50 years old, he haven’t grown as an adult, naïve and unaware…

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    You shall not pass!” (Gandalf). Anyone can at least tell you who or what this quote is from. This three part movie follows a young Hobbit named Frodo, along with The Fellowship to take an evil ring to Mount Doom. Lord of The Rings is by far the best movie series, with its mythical world, the plot and characters, and dialogue. The legendarium of Middle Earth is home to many races and creatures real, and nonexistent. Words can not explain how the author of the original books, JRR…

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    party and from the Shire. The first time it is shown that Bilbo is corrupted is when he becomes defensive when he tries to leave the Ring behind. Bilbo accuses Gandalf of trying to take the Ring from him, and tries to leave without leaving the Ring. One other time Bilbo is shown as corrupt is when Frodo shows him in the Ring in Rivendell. When Frodo shows Bilbo the Ring and then it is described as a shadow coming between them and Frodo feels the urge to hit Bilbo. Bilbo later apologizes about…

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    When it comes to the battle between Gandalf the Gray and Albus Dumbledore, it’s a very hard choice for a sci-fi nerd like me to pick a favorite. With so many pros to both I had to debate a lot about which one was the best, but I would have to say that Mr. Gandalf, hands down, is the best and most helping wizard of all time. In the next few paragraphs I will explain to you the key points why I think Gandalf the Gray is the best choice. Character portrayal is a very important part to look at…

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    Frodo Baggins, a hobbit who lives in the Shire, acquires a Ring from Bilbo Baggins. This Ring is the “One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them in the Land of Mordor where the Shadow lies” (Tolkien The Fellowship of the Ring). Bilbo did not know that the Ring he had brought back from his journey was the Ring of Sauron, a dark lord who wishes to enslave all of the Middle-earth. Gandalf the Grey, a wizard, suspected that the Ring…

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