Comparing The Alchemist And The Hundred Foot Journey

Paulo Coelho’s novel, The Alchemist, is developed as a hero’s journey through the realizations from Santiago’s life experiences that propel him on his journey/quest. The novel is about a boy named, Santiago, who is a shepherd and has a strong desire to go on a journey to carry out his personal legend, sending him on a quest to Egypt to find treasure. Santiago meets an old man who claims to be the king of a place called Salem. Still finding him hard to believe, Santiago gives the old man a chance and agrees to give him one-tenth of his sheep in exchange for an explanation how to find the treasure in Egypt. The old man was telling Santiago about omens that god has left for everyone to follow as a “butterfly appeared and fluttered” (32) in between him and the

When we hold, The Alchemist, by Paulo Coelho, and Life of Pi, by Yann Martel together, their big ideas argue messages that are different, but end up complimenting each other because they both have different points between religion and both believe in some sort of “God” in their life. In both books the protagonist set of for a journey of self adventure and each character learns new valuable lessons and results in having self confidence and discovering their true adventurous and powerful self.

“The Alchemist,” written by Paulo Coelho is an inspiring and magnificent novel that narrates the story of a young shepherd named Santiago. The protagonist experiences a dream that advises him to go to the Egyptian pyramids in order to find a hidden treasure. Throughout his journey, he encounters significant people that helps him to find his treasure, such as the king Melchizedek, the crystal’s merchant, the alchemist, and Fatima. In order attain it, he needs to find himself and learn through the experiences life offers him. As every protagonist in their respective story, Santiago has to transcend through The Hero’s Journey that depicts the events that every hero has to succeed.

The theme of my crucible , I think it is wrong vs. guilt. What I’m trying to say by that is that there's two sides to every story. In the town of Salem if you give an opinion it goes against you and people start saying that you are guilty of it. For example Elizabeth talked in the story and she got blame has a witchcraft and went to jail for just give her opinion of what she thought of it. That’s why everyone in the town stays quiet because afterwards they get blame for it .

The novel The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho is a story based on a young boy name Santiago, who travelled around the world as a shepherd to follow his own dream of searching for an unseen treasure in Egypt. In order for Santiago to undertake his desire, he must leave his family. After the boy left his home he confronted himself with many complications on the route, but he triumph over them with the support of numerous people. As Santiago has learned about the forces of the universe, he knew that in order to find happiness, the one must have first fulfill his personal legend. However, on his mission of completing his personal legend Santiago made many mistakes, but today I will be describing three of

The premise of Intertextuality, as explained in "How to Read Literature Like a Professor" by Thomas C. Foster, is that 'anything you write is connected to other written things' (page 197, HTRLLAP). Using 'allusions and references and parallels' (page 31, HTRLLAP), all written works can be connected to another, rather it be poems, novels, movies, plays, etc. This is definitely true for Paulo Coelho's book "The Alchemist." Just one of the many intertexutual comparisons that can be made is with the book "Things Fall Apart" by Chinua Achebe. In "Things Fall Apart," the main character Okonkwo has a large fear of failure, one that the main character of "The Alchemist" Santiago shares. When the Alchemist forces Santiago to try to turn himself into

In the novel The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho, Santiago is faced with a personal problem of discovering what his personal legend is. Santiago is an Andalusian shepherd living in an abandon church in Spain with this reoccurring dream of his personal legend. Throughout the book Santiago is going on this adventure cause that is what he believes will help him discover his personal adventure. In the book The Alchemist, Santiago shows that anyone can achieve your personal legend no matter what.

The alchemist is a well written book that accurately describes every concept about life and explains it through a story. The Alchemist is a book about a shepherd named Santiago, who discovers his personal legend and receives help from others to help achieve his Personal Legend and learns many major life lessons along the way. Santiago gets advice that when life puts him down, keep getting back up and to focus on the task at hand, which is Santiago’s own personal legend. Along the the journey, Santiago receives help from many different characters but only three characters who helped him the most throughout his quest for his Personal legend is the alchemist, the Old King and the Englishman. The best advice a reader is able to gain from this story is the advice the the Old King taught Santiago, which is” there is only one thing that makes achieving a dream impossible to achieve, the fear of failure” which means is to never be afraid of failures and to follow your own path God has laid out for you because if you are too afraid to pursue your personal legend, meaning if people are too afraid to take risks to make their own life better than it already is now, then they will not have the opportunity to accomplish their own goals. In Coelho's The Alchemist, Santiago learns the Soul of the World through experience, patience, time and help from the Old King, the Englishman and the alchemist.

The Alchemist Essay “To realize one’s destiny is a person’s only obligation”. (from The Alchemist). The story of the alchemist is about an Andalusian shepherd boy named Santiago who travels from his homeland in Spain to the Egyptian desert in search of a treasure buried in the Pyramids. Focusing on fulfilling our own Personal Legend, Coelho encourages his reader to follow their dreams and the importance of listening to our hearts. Everyone has their own Personal Legend, their ultimate goal in life, but many of us never pursue it.

Deep inside people want to fulfill their dreams, but they have to go on a long journey to fulfill those big dreams. In the book The Alchemist by Paulo Coehlo a boy named Santiago travels a long way and has many obstacles he faces before he fulfills his dream. The Alchemist is similar and different from The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost because in both texts someone goes on a long journey to get somewhere they want to be. In The Alchemist, Coehlo says, “The hills of Andalusia were only two hours away, but there was an entire desert between him and the Pyramidst” (Coehlo 64). Frost says “And looked down one as far as I could To where it bent in the undergrowth” (Frost), and this is similar to what Coehlo says because they both go down a path

Paulo Coelho’s The Alchemist tells the story of Santiago, a young shepherd living in an abandoned church in a small Andalusian town, who is stripped of his comfortable and safe lifestyle after an encounter with Melchizedek, an Islamic king who tells him of his “Personal Legend” (21). Melchizedek points Santiago in the direction of his treasure only after taking one-tenth of his money, giving him two stones, and a lesson on reading omens. Throughout his journey, Santiago meets new friends, has everything stolen from him three times, and travels the vast and unknown Sahara Desert all while achieving personal growth and an understanding of his life’s meaning. His journey leads him to an Oasis

The way one takes upon a challenge holds up to its accomplishments. How you handle a challenge has an effect on its outcomes. Following your dreams, and letting nothing stop those dreams is the concept of this book. In the novel “The Alchemist”, Paulo Coelho explains how personal legends affect another's life. This concept is delineated through Englishman Santiago and Fatima, and how love will rest for the desire of an achievement.

One must “surrender oneself to the universe” and follow its signs to find one’s personal legend. In both novels, The Alchemist and Siddhartha, we read about how to recognize omens and signs that will guide us along our life journey. In the Alchemist, Santiago recognizes and reacts to many omens he encounters on his journey to find his hidden treasure. After stumbling upon the Oasis while traveling with the Englishman, Santiago sees a sign that the oasis will be ambushed in the form of fighting hawks. Santiago observed “one of the hawks [make] a flashing dive through the sky, attacking the other. [In doing] so, a sudden, fleeting image came to [him]: an army, with its swords at the ready, riding into the oasis.” (Alchemist, 95) In order to find

"The media 's the most powerful entity on earth. They have the power to make the innocent guilty and to make the guilty innocent, and that 's power. Because they control the minds of the masses” (Ruddy, 2002). Malcolm X, a prominent African American human rights activist, strongly believed that the media played a vital role in how they make society perceive events and people. An issue that is present, historically and currently, is media contributing to racism. When news is reported involving certain races, stories are sometimes distorted in a way that creates a negative perception of that race. In result, society’s stereotypes, assumptions, bias’ and beliefs can be altered. Further, media reaches masses of people through a multitude of outlets. For instance, radio, television, advertisement, internet, and social media are all mediums that can depict a race poorly given the opportunity. Through an analysis of specific instances throughout history, it will be clear to see that Malcolm X was able to identify an unfavorable power the media has. All in all, media has the capability to foster bias and also misrepresent races involved with public news in order to create an image they favor to be shown to society.

America has a problem: With over 2.3 million people incarcerated, we haven’t done enough to prevent reoffending. According to the Institute for Higher Education Policy (IHEP), nearly seven in ten people who are formerly incarcerated will commit a new crime. Additionally, every five in ten people will be behind prison bars within three years. Because 95 percent of those incarcerated will eventually rejoin society, it’s imperative we develop a solution to keep our communities safe and allow prisoners to reach their full potential.