to others such as nomadic peoples. The nomadic people then in turn, used the techniques to create their own advanced weapons to use against China. During the tang dynasty, Daoist alchemists discovered how to make gunpowder while testing many different concoctions while looking for elixirs to prolong life. Alchemists singed beards and even destroyed buildings with the volatile compound, the mix of charcoal, saltpeter, sulphur, and arsenic. However, military officials sought opportunity in the highly
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The Alchemist, a novel written by Paulo Coelho teaches us something about the importance of self-dicovery by taking us through the journey of a young shepherd, Santiago. Santiagos depth of self-discovery means at the beginning of the novel are shallow, and we see this when Coelho perceives him believing that travelling through the deserts and experiencing a life as a shepherd is all he wanted to live for. A life of shepherding, Santiago feels was to be his dream. A life different from that as a priest
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out how the lake was also too caught up in its own beauty to notice other people. The new myth focuses more on good outcomes from bad events while the original is negative. It shows everything to be self-centered. This relates to the tale of the Alchemist because, in chasing his personal legend, Santiago had to learn to see the world for all that it was, not just what was in his face at the time. 2.The novel opens with Santiago thinking about his sheep. What does he observe about their existence
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The Alchemist: A Fable about Following your Dreams is similar to the work of literature that John Steinbeck wrote, Of mice and Men. Both stories talk about the dreams that the main character(s) and what they do to achieve them. In Of Mice and Men we see all of the hardships and difficulties that main characters George and Lennie go through to reach their Personal Legend, or, what they always wanted to accomplish. So far I believe the book is trying to show what it may take to reach your goals
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more focused and pays attention to the world around him. Coelho uses the story of Narcissus in the beginning to show the reader that when you are caught up in your own life you do not realize greater things like nature and friends. The Alchemist has a message that states you can connect a person to nature and the spiritual world. Santiago puts his own interest first throughout the whole book. Instead of becoming a priest he becomes a shepherd to fulfill his desire of travelling. Its different
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The Alchemist Throughout life we all come across obstacles. Some we’ve already faced but most we still have yet to face. When we come across these obstacles nothing in life truly comes easy. We’ll come across some that will be good and benefit us in life but we also have to be open minded to the fact that we can also come across some bad obstacles in life. In the novel The Alchemist, written by Paulo Coelho, we come across a young man who goes after the name Santiago. Santiago is a shepherd from
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born in 1947. He his success global makes of the most famous writer and in the year 1988 the first issue of his books alchemist. In this book tells about very many personalities, a lot of adventures and many countries of journeys around the world. This is a stunner novel of world statement. The Alchemist had prevailed success globally and became famous. When I was reading The Alchemist. I liked three people in the book. I will introduce of famous the three people, which it was interesting reading
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Alexander Fleming Penicillin Alchemists developed the tools and techniques for working with chemicals. Lavoisier helped to transform chemistry from a science of observation to the science of measurement that it is today. Scientific method Observations Hypotheses Experiments scientific law Theory Extensive Depends on the amount of matter in a sample Mass Volume Heat capacity Intensive Depends on the type of matter Density pH Color Boiling/freezing point Half-life Physical
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Egypt that it was being used to pay wages. In ancient Greece, wine became the main export of a vast seaborne trade, helping to spread Greek culture abroad. After the fall of Rome, spirits such as brandy and rum, made using a process devised by Arab alchemists, fueled the Age of Exploration, fortifying seamen on long voyages and oiling the pernicious slave trade. Coffee also originated in the Arab world and went on to inspire scientific, financial and political revolutions in Europe during the Age of
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The Father of English literature is Geoffrey Chaucer. He is widely considered at the most astonishing English poet of the middle ages. He was brilliant at many things. He had variety of skills which he displayed by being an author, philosopher, alchemist and astronomer. Even doing this entire he still had time to maintain an active career in the civil service as a bureaucrat, courtier and diplomat. He had many books, which include “The Book of the Duchess”, “The House of Fame”, “The legend of Good
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Peter Hyun Mr. Cundari ENG4U September 16, 2013 Importance of Copyright in the Cyberspace The development of internet society, human life changed a lot. People having convenience from internet and want to have more simple life. So, online crimes are increasing, especially the infringement of copyright. In now day people do not recognize this issue is not a problem, some of them don’t think this is a breaking the law. People should not download or sharing by illegally; the violator will
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reliable framework based on rational materialism. However, alchemy still has ardent followers in popular culture. It is a popular belief that alchemists made contributions to the modern "chemical" industries. Followers state that, the concept of transmutation—turning one metal into another—was based on a coherent theory about the composition of metals. Alchemists believed that all metals were compounds of the same two materials. The differences among them were due to the proportions of those two materials
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and Santiago becomes a rich man in just a year Santiago decides to cash in his earnings and continue pursuing his Personal Legend. He joins a caravan crossing the Sahara desert toward Egypt and meets an Englishman who is studying to become an alchemist. He learns a lot from the Englishman during the journey. For one, he learns that the secret of alchemy is written on a stone called the Emerald Tablet. The ultimate creation of alchemy is the Master Work, which consists of a solid called the Philosophers
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Berenice Mejia Jehanne Brown English 70 Journal #1 Main Points: * Santiago is a Shepard who likes to his job because he enjoys traveling. * He meets a shopkeeper’s daughter which he can’t stop thinking of and is looking forward to see her again after waiting a whole year to deliver wool to his father again. * Santiago dreams a strange dream twice which he is curious about. * He decides to go see a Gypsy to try to figure out what his dream means. * After hearing his dream
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of alchemy is the Master work, which consists of a solid called the Philosopher's Stone that can turn any amounts of lead into gold, and a liquid called the Elixir of Life that can cure all illnesses. Then I really met the Alchemist who is supposedly 200 years old. The Alchemist taught me how to connect with the Soul of the World. I also learned to read and communicate with my surroundings and of course guiding me to my treasure. WELL Gathering water from the oasis was probably one of the most important
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the Father of English literature, is widely considered the greatest English poet of the Middle Ages and was the first poet to be buried in Poet's Corner of Westminster Abbey. While he achieved fame during his lifetime as an author, philosopher, alchemist and astronomer, composing a scientific treatise on the astrolabe for his ten year-old son Lewis, Chaucer also maintained an active career in the civil service as a bureaucrat, courtier and diplomat. Among his many works, which include The Book of
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they see themselves. This then pursues society to act on what is right and what is normal or to them, perfection. Nathaniel Hawthorne’s “The Birthmark” illustrates this theme very clearly. Aylmer, the main character has the dream of being a famous alchemist. He becomes very obsessed with this idea but sets his goals to high that he cannot achieve them. Aylmer is constantly seeking for perfection but seems to fail constantly as demonstrated in the story. As Aylmer is still trying to achieve perfection
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In The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho, The main character, Santiago, takes three detours on his journey to find is treasure. The first detour is at a crystal shop where he becomes a crystal merchant. His second detour is at a village oasis in the desert. His third detour is through the desert to the pyramids. On all of these detours, he learns things about himself and these lessons end up leading him to his goal. His first detour is at a crystal shop, where he becomes a crystal merchant. At first when
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promising young scientist named Jan Hendrik Schon, received an award for scientific breakthrough of the year. Schon’s claims were described as revolutionary. As one Princeton professor put it, Schon had “defeated chemistry.” He had become a modern alchemist, apparently conducting electricity where it had never gone before. Schon’s study was so successful that it could have been in contention for the nobel prize. With the study being so popular and groundbreaking, scientists world wide attempted to
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how your gonna do it and when you do that and apply action to that then the universe has no choice but to move out of the way. He then goes on to compare himself to an alchemist, or a mystical person who can create something from nothing or create something better from something lesser. He then goes on to make a metaphor of an alchemist turning lead into gold and him turning something bad into something great. He also goes on to say that the person who has the most drive, the most heart, the most hustle
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The alchemist reads a book containing the story of Narcissus. According to legend, Narcissus kneeled every day beside a lake to admire his reflection, until one day he became so fascinated with his own beauty that he fell into the lake and drowned. The goddess of the forest appeared at the lake and found the water transformed into salty tears. She asked the lake why it cried for Narcissus, assuming it had admired Narcissus’s beauty. The lake replies that it was enjoying its own beauty reflected in
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In The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho the Crystal Merchant, Fatima, The Alchemist and Melchizedek taught Santiago the greatest lesson along his journey, the importance of perseverance. For example the Alchemist said ‘”You must understand that love never keeps a man from pursuing his destiny. If he abandons that pursuit, it's because it wasn't true love … the love that speaks the language of the world.’” (120) The Alchemist encouraged Santiago to continue his journey, and did not let his love for Fatima
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Lessons From Alchemy Paul Coelho paints an extremely touching and thought provoking novel in The Alchemist. True to its name, the book itself had an undertone that corresponded directly to alchemy. Its title was one of the reasons I was quite hesitant approaching the novel. I expected it to be a historical piece about how science changed the world. My misunderstanding was so beyond wrong, as I am glad that it was, because reading the book really had an impact on how I viewed my individual worth
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called Archives of Hell. Coelho used to be a lyricist for the Brazilian singer Raul Seixas and has released 5 EPs. These are most of Paulo Coelho’s published books: 1982 Hell Archives 1986 Practical Manual of Vampirism 1987 The Pilgrimage 1988The Alchemist 1990 Brida 1991 The Gift 1992 The Valkyries 1994 Maktub I Sat Down and Wept 1996 The Fifth Mountain 1997 The Manual of the Warrior of Light 1998 Veronika Decides to Die 2000 The Devil and Miss Prym 2001 Fathers, Sons and Grandsons 2003
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makes him/her special or unique from others. There are some literature that discusses identity, like ‘A Doll’s House’ written by Henrik Ibsen, where he writes about a woman, Nora, who pretends to be a doll for her husband, Torvald. Also, in ‘The Alchemist’ written by Paulo Coelho, where Paulo discusses about a boy, Santiago, who wish to travel around the world, became shepherd to fulfill his wishes. And in ‘The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake’ written by Aimee Bender, where a girl name Rose is a
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Book Notes The Alchemist Quote- “Its the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting”(24) This quote is really significant, because it relates back to Santiago's journey and how he has a notion and strong belief that his dreams are simply giving him a message. Whats awaits him on his journey can really be fascinating and extremely interesting. The whole concept of this quote really shows his character development and shows how the main character (Santiago) follows his
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"The Alchemist" written by Paulo Coelho has many themes that go on throughout the book. The most prominent theme in the book is one about dreams. Santiago starts the novel off with him wanting to pursue his reoccurring dream and finding the meaning of it. While on his path to finding the meaning of his dream, he meets a gypsy so she can tell him what it's about or at least give him some insight on it. One quote that stuck with me during their encounter was, "And when you want something, all the
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THE STRANGER and THE ALCHEMIST Belief and Response Essay As one would make it through The Alchemist or The Stranger they would start to notice a clear separation of what each of these books portray. On one side you have The Alchemist which represents more of a positive outlook on life and following your dreams. On the other you have The Stranger which depicts more of a negative connotation on life. Although these two accounts seem far from each other, they present themes throughout the text that
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The Alchemist was written by Paulo Coelho and it was first published in 1988. It was originally written in Portuguese and has since been translated in 67 different languages. It has sold over 65 million copies worldwide and was awarded “Best Fiction Corine International Award” in 2002. It follows a story of a boy named Santiago who is following his personal legend. The Alchemist has many archetypal themes and symbols including wise old men, women, and the nature around him. Throughout this novel
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