The Boy Santiago Quotes

In Nancy Farmer’s The House of the Scorpion, Matteo Alacran, a clone, discovers that everybody is different. To start with, Matt is El Patron’s clone. El Patron is 143 years old. In this book, a piece of land between Mexico and the United States is called Dreamland or Opium, and is owned by El Patron, and the Alacran family.

The characters in the story are all stock characters that have been used in many works. Santiago is the hero that has flaws that will be fixed as the plot goes on. Melchizedek is the wise old man that had knowledge that the protagonist needs. Fatima is the girl that distracts the protagonist from achieving his goal as he falls in love with her. This goes on for every single character in the story. The plot has also been used many times. The plot is basically about a man who gets rich from a dream. The Man of Bhagdad, Treasure Under the Bridge, and Upsall Castle are all stories that had used this plot before this book was written. All of this goes to prove that no work is ever original, because it uses stories that were written

The characters are an important technique used to position the reader to see how precious the environment is. Abel is the most important character and is constructed as a boy that is passionate and cares

During the story Antonio encounters a problem he questions after how they connect to him and what they will do to change his future. As the story progresses Antonio starts to understand how they are connected using his dream. Which then helps him get a better perspective on what is going on around / with him.

In my opinion Santiago, a shepherd boy from Andalusian town, changed the most in this novel. In the beginning of the story he was scared to trust in himself and follow his dreams. Santiago goes to the extent of searching for help from a gypsy. She tells him his meaning of his own dream and instead of trusting her he seeks another opinion. He goes on a journey across the Sahara to reach the Alchemist. When he asked The Alchemist how to turn himself into wind and he doesn’t get step by step instructions he is forced to trust his own judgement and intuition and believe in himself to figure it out. At the end of the story, he encounters a robber who talks to Santiago about his dream and why he would go on a journey across the Sahara. Santiago realizes

In the book there are a lot of characters, but the main characters are Santiago, The Alchemist, Fatima, Englishman and the Crystal Merchant. I am choosing to write the Analysis on Santiago, he is the protagonist. Santiago is a shepherd from Spain, he kept on having a recurring dream about a treasure in the Egypt. He was determined to find his treasure and learn about the world. His parents wanted him to become a priest, but instead became a Shepherd because of his desire to travel throughout the country. Santiago was hesitant at first, but it all changed when he met a king from Salem, he explained about omens and powers of nature. This quote was the inspiration “And dreams are the language of God. When he speaks in our language,

The book The Alchemist was about a young man named Santiago who followed his dream to discover a hidden treasure. As Santiago progressed throughout his journey, his character changed a lot. Santiago, a man who has great instincts, is afraid to trust his dream at the beginning of the book but over time becomes more and more confident with his choices in in this aspect he changes from the beginning of the book to the end.

I will be doing my character analysis over Enrique from Enrique’s Journey. The book follows Enrique from development from a small child of just 5 years old who was left behind in Honduras by his mother to an adult who is a responsible member of his family, as well as all the hardships that befall Enrique along his path in life.

In the beginning, when I was reading the Alchemist, I wondered on how this novel could translate into fifty-six languages and sold over sixty-five millions of copies because the story was not appearing to me. The story begins about a shepherd, whose name is Santiago, talking to himself and his sheep all the time, and having a recurrent dream about there is a treasure at the Pyramid. It was a boring beginning. As the story continues to be dull until the old man, the king of Salem, tells the boy a that “..the world’s greatest lie [is] that at a certain point of our lives, we lose control of what's happening to us, and our lives become controlled by fate” (Coelho, page 18). His conversation with the boy catches my attention, and makes me want

Robert Gonzalez misses the theme and point of the novel. The novel is meant to convey the emotions and the hardships of the struggle against a controlling leader, and the life in the Dominican Republic. Some examples of this is when, Minerva finds out that her father was hiding her letters that were from Lio. She gets very upset and drives to her father’s car and runs into the back of it. Another example may be when, Nelson was released by the government and, his mother just starts to break down and cry.

I’m not going to pretend I know what it’s like to grow up under racial prejudice. I’m not going to pretend I understand any of the struggles people of a different race or ethnicity go through. I’m a white Christian female. I have not gone through the same things that people like Jose has gone through, but he uses many different examples to help connect with people from all walks of life, such as homosexuals, immigrants, Americans, and people with anxiety. Jose Vargas impacts a larger audience by sharing the personal details of his unconventional lifestyle and the help he received as a homosexual undocumented immigrant with anxiety.

Some may refer to The Alchemist as a best-selling novel written by Paulo Coelho which explains the ideas of having a dream, or Personal Legend, and going through obstacles to conquer it. The book starts off like any other, introducing and describing the main characters, in this case Santiago is the first to share the interest of peers reading the story. He is said to be a small town shepherd boy who will do anything for his flock of sheep. In the opening scene of the story, Santiago takes his flock to an abandoned church and lies down under a sycamore tree hoping to get some rest. He is soon woken up from a disturbing dream which foreshadows further into the story of his own Personal Legend. Later in the book, Santiago is faced with multiple tests to be successful in finding his treasure. “Remember that wherever your heart is, there you will find your treasure” (Coelho 15). Paulo continues to add characters in the book that help Santiago throughout his journey.

Santiago’s growth was inspiring to me. He has learned a great deal from action. He learns quite a lot about the land and his sheep by being a shepherd and paying attention to the world around him. His grandfather had mentioned to him a while back of an omen. “By traveling, watching and paying attention, the world will speak to Santiago to help him find is Personal Legend.” Through action, Santiago learns how easy it is to search for one’s Personal Legend. Everyone has their own way of learning things. For example when Santiago decides to try reading the Englishman’s book and he would try and read the signs of the desert. The boy does not learn a thing from the book and the Englishman learns nothing from watching the caravan. Just as Santiago

Santiago the poor adventurer boy, seeks the treasure in his dreams. Despite having a family that wanted him to become a priest. But as Santiago made way towards his journey, he was faced with the unlucky fate of being robbed of all he had. While he had nothing, he could only go up. He learned to find omens which that will lead him towards a better future. As a result he managed to land a job within a crystal merchant’s shop. Another instance is when Santiago is confronted by the love of his life. He wanted to stay with her forever, however doing so would force him to abandon his journey. Fatima,

The book tells a story of a shepherd boy, who owns a herd of sheep. His name is Santiago. In his sleep, he has dreamt a dream at two occasions that he needs to go to the pyramids of Egypt to find treasures.