Order of Santiago

Santiago is constantly being reminded of the omens all around him. Every elder that he meets gives him a interesting experience that always teaches him something. Santiago and the crystal merchant represent the different paths a person may choose in life, with fear and complacency acting as the dividing factors between the courses they select. Whereas Santiago feels eager to pursue his Personal Legend and get to Egypt, the crystal merchant fears pursuing his own dream to make a pilgrimage to Mecca

uses his characters to manifest his notion. Santiago is the ideal individual who listens to omens in order to understand the language of the soul of the world and achieve his personal legend. Santiago is both a dreamer and seeker that illustrates how an indiviudal should pursure his dreams no matter what. On the other hand, the characters he encounters represent the opposite and ultimately encourage him to continue his journey. To demonstrate, Santiago encounters the King of Salem when having doubts

Author Paulo Coelho employs a number of stylistic techniques in The Alchemist in order to communicate the core didactic theme of the importance of fulfilling one’s Personal Legends. Readers are educated on the danger of fear, the treasures gained along the journey, the ideology of continuous self-improvement and the importance of following dreams in one’s pursuit of their destiny. In order to express these relevant didactic sub-themes to readers, novel structure, narrative perspective and characterisation

taught to always follow orders, and never question their authority. In the film A Few Good Men, this question is brought up in the murder case of Private William Santiago. Private Louden Downey and Lance Corporal Harold Dawson were ordered to perform a Code Red on Santiago because he broke the Marine Corps code. This code red ordered ended up killing Private Santiago. The case against Dawson and Downey was sitting on the fact that the two soldiers simply followed an order. This is not unlike the

Men, two marines, Lance Corporal Harold Dawson and Private Louden Downey, are on trial for the murder of Private William Santiago because they had followed orders from their commanding officer to give Santiago a Code Red. The trial was not about if they were guilty or not, but about obedience in the military. Kaffee had to prove that Dawson and Downey were just following orders from a commanding officer and they were not guilty because they were performing their duties as marines in the military.

situational, and verbal irony are utilized in conjunction with other literary devices to demonstrate how foretold the death of Santiago Nasar truly is. Márquez’s use of the three types of irony is illustrated by the lack of communication and the unusual behaviours of the townspeople, and Santiago Nasar himself. Through this, the circumstances that ultimately lead to the death of Santiago Nasar are exemplified. In Chronicle of a Death Foretold by Gabriel García Márquez, the three types of irony demonstrates

further illustrating the dark humor Marquez employs in Santiago Nasar’s death. This device reigns crucial to the end of the novella, where the Vicario twins murder

Throughout the “Alchemist” by Paulo Coelho, Santiago learns many life lessons that put him on the right path.  Although Santiago is tempted to not change and remain in the same place, Santiago’s character, attitudes, and understanding for people change as he follows his personal destiny.     Character is defined as a person's moral.  As an example, the first part of the “Alchemist” Santiago went from being depressed to excited.  While in the abandoned chapel, Santiago remembered his past dream and changed

Every individual’s life is a journey. There are different stages in life that one goes through and by experiencing these different stages of life one becomes wiser. In the novel, Siddhartha and The Alchemist the protagonist Siddhartha and Santiago both go through man different stages in life which made them grow, learn and transform into wiser people. Both protagonists go on a journey which is eventually the same but the purpose of journey is different. Similarly, both protagonist struggles

Our main character is a boy named Santiago, he is a shepherd in Spain living a simple life with his sheep and books, however one day he meets an old king who opens his heart and mind to the idea of adventure and finding treasure that has been repeatedly showing up in his dream. Santiago decides to embrace the king's words and go on this adventure to find this treasure, making it his personal legend. On this journey he grows in what he would have never imagined, he grows from a lowly shepherd to an