Double Identity In The Alchemist

In the movie “looking for alibrandi the director presents the viewer with the idea that people can attain an enduring sense of both identity and belonging. The director believes that many life experiences compel us to alter our sense of self. Both text, movie and the story of my friend suggest that our identity changes depending on

person. Without an identity people would not know what kind of person they are. The book

“Freedom began on the day the first sheep wandered away from the herd.” Marty Rubin once said. Nowhere is this idea more clearly shown than in The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho. The Alchemist reveals that for one to complete their pursuit of happiness, sometimes they have to march to the beat of their own drum. Coelho uses foreshadow, symbolism, and foil to further the thematic topic of nonconformity. Modern readers can take away a sense of recusancy. Through this story, they can learn that being themselves is okay, and doing what they want in order to be happy is completely acceptable.

There is no denying that every person needs ti have a persona. One’s personality is developed through the different environments, cultures, and even obstacles faced in order to create the type of person we are. When going through the process of finding our identities, we are faced with aspects of ourselves that we do not wish to be defined as. According to the author, Jennifer M. Volland “Stay: The Archetypal Space of the Hotel,” she emphasizes psychologist Carl Jung’s idea that we each have two sides to ourselves that we are either accepting or unaccepting as she states, “the ‘persona’ which is the outward appearance a person presents to the world, and the ‘shadow,’ the subconscious aspects of that person’s personality — that is, the denied parts of one’s self.” We are able to see parallels of Jung’s argument of what are the components of a person’s identity throughout David Wallace’s work, “Shipping Out,” of how the cruise ship internally exploits workers and manipulates their passengers while externally trying to maintain a facade of what the Zenith stands for.

In philosophy, the issue of personal identity concerns the conditions under which a person at one time is the same person at another time. An analysis of personal identity

False identity can become so inherent to a person’s character, they can begin to forget where it stops and their true self begins. In Tobias Wolff’s novel Old School, the narrator and the literary review the Troubadour both are hiding behind a persona that is placed onto them by themselves or others. An aspirational vision of the characters is the basis of their personas. Wanting to be more then they already are, the characters end up believing in the lies told to persuade others of their importance. Placing the personas on themselves is a way to divert people from the true nature of their identity, which might not live up to their expectations. The identities taken on by the narrator and the Troubadour convey that what they are and what they want to be are not yet the same.

Good morning/Afternoon, I’m Tarryn and today I’m going to talk to you about personal identity. Identity is what makes us who we are, everyone has a different identity. Without identity we wouldn’t be human because everyone needs one to exist. Our identity is changing as we progress through life and as we experience new and different things. The texts that I’ve looked at are “Frankenstein”, the graphic novel by Gris Grimly, published in 2013, is an adaptation of Mary Shelley’s original text, about a scientist who creates a ‘monster’ who he’s ashamed of and leaves the ‘monster’ with no knowledge of anything about himself or the world. My second text is “Edward Scissorhands”, a film directed by Tim Burton and released in 1990, which is about a man created by a scientist who dies before he can entirely finish his creation and must live his life with scissors as hands. From these texts, I am going to be talking about how our journey through life changes our identity and how others can affect our identity.

Cyrano is a braggart and behaves arrogantly in attempts to make himself feel good and impress others. He acts pompous in public, boasting about his bravery, his strength, and his fighting abilities. Cyrano, on the way to fight a mob of 100 hundred men, says:

In conclusion, the book the Alchemist illustrates the hardships and decisions we all must go through in life. It emphasizes that listening to your heart and going on your Personal Journey can be a hard and relentless road to embark on. However, the lessons learned and experiences gains can lead you to immeasurable rewards and

Despite being a very diverse literature genre in terms of influence and inspiration, North American literature encompasses many works that share some very common thematic elements. Though there are several themes shared, one in particular can be found in most any work – the importance of identity. Particularly in some selected pieces yet to be named, identity is a very important element, not only because it is a necessity for a main character in any work of literature, but because these works express ideas about identity as being very individualistic – as opposed to being a mere result of cultural surroundings. Zora Neal Hurtson’s Their

How does identity affect the type of person you are? In Pudd’nhead Wilson, the identities of Tom Driscoll and Valet de Chambers is swapped at babyhood. Both characters experience an alternate reality of what they were destined to live. Tom Driscoll lives as a slave instead of a rich master and Valet de Chambers grows rich and lives the lavish life as a master. Both

The consequences of excessive desire to be someone else, a recurring theme I evaluated from an accumulation of texts ‘All the bright places’ written by Jennifer Niven, ‘The Talented Mr Ripley’ directed by Anthony Minghella, Gattaca directed by Andrew Niccol and Catch me if you can directed by Steven Spielberg. To examine this theme in detail to further an understanding of how the same theme can be expressed in a number of ways, I used three questions to help develop a conclusion-, has society alienated the protagonist and if so how, how does the characters struggle with their identity , also what consequences this desire has caused.

Another disturbing feature of the main character is the amount of energy, pressure, and stress that is associated with the amount of deceiving and manipulating the other characters in the play. It would seem that if Richard puts half of the time and thought that he puts in deceitfulness into honesty he could be more successful and he would live longer. Richard's constant facade becomes apparently tiresome on his character. He states, "Yet so much is my poverty of spirit, so mighty and so many

The first example of characterization that develops the theme that appearance can deceive reality is Dr. Watson’s impression of Mr. Stapleton. Originally deemed the innocent, quirky, naturalist, Mr. Stapleton, and his sister are not what they seem. Under his odd personality and “with his straw hat and butterfly-net, I seemed to see something terrible...a smiling face with a murderous heart (636). Stapleton personality portrays him as a weird naturalist, however, Stapleton's actions reveal him to be a desperate murderer. Stapleton was very clever and used Sir Henry's stolen boots scent to guide his hound to the victim, however, Barrymore had given Sir Henrys clothes to Selden on the moor to help him. Unfortunately, this leads to Selden's death. When Stapleton spies

An identity defines a person’s life on who they are. We do not get to choose our identity; our identity chooses us. Whether one doesn’t get to choose their identity, it is important to be appreciative of ones identity. In the novel The Human Stain by Phillip Roth, identity is displayed through Coleman Silk actions. Coleman Silk a man that made decisions in his life such as making a racial comment while teaching, lying about his race, and having an affair. In all, he was trying to find a new identity in search for power. In results of his life decisions, Coleman Silk lost his original identity that would dawn on him forever.