`` Fullmetal Alchemist `` By Hiromu Arakawa

‘’ The desert will give you an understanding of the world; in fact, anything on the face of the earth will do that. You don’t even have to understand the desert: all you have to do is contemplate a simple grain of sand, and you will se in it all the marvels of creation.’’ (127)

Personal Perspective is how an individual view the world around them, different people perceives different things and that could shape their personality. In the novel, The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho, a boy who is a shepherd tries to seek a treasure in which he sees it in his dream. There are many obstacles that he has to overcome, he met numerous individuals along the way and learned valuable life lessons. People may grow differently depends on how they perceive the world, and if the way they comprehend the world changed, they could also change who they are as a

“Fahrenheit 451” by Ray Bradbury is an excellent book that is truly captivating and engaging to all of its readers. The book is about a time in the future when books are illegal and firemen start fires instead of stopping them. Society has forgotten what real social interaction is like and everyone prefers to watch giant televisions instead. It is very engaging and makes the reader feel like he or she is actually in the book. The symbolism in this book helps understand the story even more. It very much relates to the type of society we live in today. “Fahrenheit 451” is very captivating, and has a lot of symbolism, and relates very much to the world we live in today.

Ed also seeks love within his Mother and for her to accept him as her son. After the Clown Street message and the heavy discussion with his mother, Ed gains an understanding of why their relationship is so broken. This leads ED into a better situation with his mother and overall the love he has been asking and craving for from his mother, even if its not the traditional love we would expect between a mother and son. “My heart is so tired”, Ed says to himself after trying and trying to win over Audrey, this quote shows us how much Ed has tried and tried to love but Audrey wouldn’t except it.

The Alchemist is a novel first published in 1988 by Brazilian-born author Paulo Coehlo. It has sold more than 65 million copies worldwide, making it one of the best selling books of all time, and has been translated in over 60 languages. The book follows an adventurous shepherd boy named Santiago who has recurring dream leads him on a journey to find hidden treasure. The book begins Santiago has the same troubling recurring dream, when sleeping under a sycamore that grows out of the ruins of a church, of a child telling him to seek treasure at the base of the Egyptian pyramids. After a gypsy tells him to go to Egypt once hearing his dream, a strange old man appears, claiming to be the King of Salem, tells him it is his

The novel is stuffed with lessons that people of all gender, size, race, or age can assimilate. Its morals on the fear of failure, love, and time are the reasons why the book The Alchemist should be taught in schools. It explains that fear only exists in our thoughts, it proves that love can be a hindrance to success and that sometimes it is acceptable to give up things that we love to get something much greater, it too shows that people should make every second of the present prolific, don’t worry about the future too much, and don’t let the past represent who they are. Although one can argue that there are countless books that convey the identical message, The Alchemist differ from all because of its clearly relatable scenarios and the simpleness

The start of the novel Ed’s narration and dialogue of himself showed that Ed believed he did not deserve happiness, to be better, to love that he would amount to nothing. The very first introduction of what how Ed saw himself was when he

- When Santiago was in the pyramids then he was robbed again by the thieves that brought him to a near death experience.

The novel, Divergent, by Veronica Roth, is the first-rate book of this century. This is an exciting book and allows you to have a closer of the society we live in the present. It is full of self-sacrifices for the main character, Tris’s, family and friends. However, it show us that society is a place where people betrayal one another in order to achieve happiness. Divergent also show what is truly an act of courage and not just a heroic action to attraction to him or herself. Sometimes, you have to make wise choices about whether you should act in the society or be loyal to your family. Ray Bradbury's book, Fahrenheit 451, the events in the book links to these themes, self-sacrifice, betrayal, courage, and choice in Divergent. These two

Henry retreated during the second attack but eventually came back. Henry was immature and he felt wronged because most men in the regiment deserted him and left him to fight without much help. He fled because of annihilation. Another example of how immature Henry is, is that seeing a squirrel run made him feel better because it helped him rationalize his own flight of danger. As Henry becomes more mature, he promises Jim that he will not let him die in the road. His actions show maturity because at this point, Jim’s life is more important that his own. After seeing all the dead soldiers Henry begins to realize that this is a part of a war. He wishes he were dead because he was a coward and had run from battle. He wants to be a war hero but does not believe he can be because he had run from the war earlier.

He awoke to a surprise attack of the opposing force. Many soldiers from Henry ’ s regiment began to flee, and Henry became anxious. “ There was a revelation. He, too, threw down his gun and fled. There was no shame in his face. He ran like a rabbit. ” When Henry learns that the Regiment withstood the attack without him, he felt ashamed and continued to run further in frustration. He soon ran into a group of injured soldiers, and meets the tattered soldier which makes Henry feels worse because he realizes he has no Red Badge of

There was a time in my life when I rejoiced this subtle, innocent concept from an international bestselling book - “when you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.” I read the book twice and also listened to its audio book. Many students in the class might have also read this simple, inspiring book. It is “The Alchemist” by Paulo Coelho.

While yes, Santiago did face many obstacles and challenges on his way to find the treasure, the main conflict of the story is not an external one, but an internal one. Santiago’s inner turmoil between choosing either to make sacrifices and take risks in order to complete his Personal Legend or settling for the comforts and treasures he already had was the key problem in the story. This also validated Santiago not only as the protagonist, but also as his own antagonist. There were many instances in which the story could have been cut short if Santiago had not taken a leap of faith. From the very beginning, upon meeting Melchizedek, he had been reluctant to make the decision between what he was accustomed to, his flock, and what he wanted, the

Then Henry heard that the regiment are able to protect their position. That make henry very shameful that he ran into the woods and found a corpse lying. Afraid, he ran back to the camp and the soldier asked him if he has any wound, but he ignored him. Henry desire for his wound in battle as well that wound would symbolize how courageous he is, he called that wound “ a red badge of courage”. He saw Jim wounded badly offering him help but Jim do not want it. Jim then run into the field fall down and

Fullmetal alchemist is an anime about a boy who loses his arm and his leg but by miracle of science he obtains, automail. This "automail" is a prosthetic connected to the nerves allowing the user movement comparable to a real arm, why does this matter? My dad is a veteran who is 70% disabled, he can't stay on his feet to long or it will hurt his knees and asking him to work would hurt him way too much. I however selfish it may be, would like to remove his bum legs and give him automail in real life and with technology improving today it's possible it's actually almost done being made and I want to join. I will help people with disabilities become like the boy in fullmetal and achieve everything they strive to achieve on their own to legs.