The Alchemist Quotes
Things Aren’t Always What They Seem
A moral that has connection the novel The Alchemist and the news article “What a new study teaches us about football and brain disease” (Partida PBS Broadcasting Service) brightens the idea that objects, people, ideas, etc. aren’t always what they’re imagined. In the novel The Alchemist (Coelho, Paulo. The Alchemist. N.p.: HarperCollins., n.d. Print.) a boy is told an idea that there is a treasure in the pyramids of Egypt. According to the novel, there is more to it than just wealth as the boy travels across lands. “The alchemist said, “No matter what he does, every person on earth plays a central role in the history of the world. And normally he doesn’t know it.”” (The Alchemist Coelho pg. 163) This quote reveals - in the story - that treasure has more value to it than man could even say - even if it’s man itself. Because in the end, the boy realizes that listening to his heart is more value in treasure and embraces it. Much like in the news article “What a new study teaches us about football and brain disease.” In the article, it states that NFL football players are revealed to have a illness known as chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE). In football, the players are known to being used to tackling and being tackled repeatedly. With that being in mind, the article states that as the player keeps up with the constant hitting and pain, the body develops the CTE disease. “Overall, 87 percent - or 177 players - had CTE. But the rate was significantly higher - 99 percent - in former NFl players. On average, participants with mild signs of CTE had played for 13 years, while subjects with severe CTE, had careers lating 15.8 years.” (Partida “What a New Study Teaches Us about Football and Brain Disease” …show more content…
As so, they both have a common theme as well. Both stories share the idea that people can learn from more sights or feelings weather external or
A moral that has connection the novel The Alchemist and the news article “What a new study teaches us about football and brain disease” (Partida PBS Broadcasting Service) brightens the idea that objects, people, ideas, etc. aren’t always what they’re imagined. In the novel The Alchemist (Coelho, Paulo. The Alchemist. N.p.: HarperCollins., n.d. Print.) a boy is told an idea that there is a treasure in the pyramids of Egypt. According to the novel, there is more to it than just wealth as the boy travels across lands. “The alchemist said, “No matter what he does, every person on earth plays a central role in the history of the world. And normally he doesn’t know it.”” (The Alchemist Coelho pg. 163) This quote reveals - in the story - that treasure has more value to it than man could even say - even if it’s man itself. Because in the end, the boy realizes that listening to his heart is more value in treasure and embraces it. Much like in the news article “What a new study teaches us about football and brain disease.” In the article, it states that NFL football players are revealed to have a illness known as chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE). In football, the players are known to being used to tackling and being tackled repeatedly. With that being in mind, the article states that as the player keeps up with the constant hitting and pain, the body develops the CTE disease. “Overall, 87 percent - or 177 players - had CTE. But the rate was significantly higher - 99 percent - in former NFl players. On average, participants with mild signs of CTE had played for 13 years, while subjects with severe CTE, had careers lating 15.8 years.” (Partida “What a New Study Teaches Us about Football and Brain Disease” …show more content…
As so, they both have a common theme as well. Both stories share the idea that people can learn from more sights or feelings weather external or