The Alchemist Dialectical Journals CHARACTER 1) “Astride the animal was a horseman dressed completely in black‚ with a falcon perched on his left shoulder. He wore a turban and his entire face‚ except for his eyes‚ was covered with a black kerchief. He appeared to be a messenger from the desert‚ but his presence was much more powerful than that of a mere messenger.” (page 109) Response: My first impression of this man was definitely creepy. The boy viewed this unusual man as some
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1) "The Antarctic is the vast source of frigidity on our planet‚ just as the sun is the source of our heat‚ and it exerts tremendous control on our climate ‚" [Jacques] Jacques Costeau told the television camera . "The cold ocean water around Antarctica period north to mix with heater water from the Torrid Zone ‚ and its upwellings help to aplomb both the open water and our atmosphere. Yet the fragility of this regulating system is now threatened by human activity‚" (Captain Jacques Yves Costeau
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Stylistic and Linguistic Analysis of a Literary Text Using Systemic Functional Grammar Noriko Iwamoto Q M.A.K.Halliday + Q Q QQ Q Q Q QQQ Q Q Q Q transitivity Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q QQ Q Q Q QQQ Q Q QQ Q Q Q QQQ Q Q Q Q Q Q Q the ideational function Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q QQ QQ Q Key words : functional grammar ; transitivity ; stylistics ; narrative ; gender +. Introduction This article explores the relationship between linguistic structures and socially constructed
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in Europe during the Middle Ages. The Portuguese crown gave two cities as dowry to the British Crown in 1661 when King Charles II of England‚ Scotland and Ireland married Catherine of Braganza‚ a princess of Portugal. They were Mumbai in India and Tangier in Morocco. The giving of a dowry more or less disappeared in Europe in the 19th century. The practice grew‚ however‚ in South Asian countries like India‚ Pakistan‚ Srilanka and Bangladesh. In India‚ dowry includes cash‚ jewelry‚ electrical appliances
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behind his dream ‚so he took advice from a gypsy fortune teller and by a mysterious man who claim to be the ancient King of Salem. The little boy soon found himself heading North Africa. Santiago was crossing through the Strait of Gibraltar and Tangier‚ where he robbed of his money. However‚ he is able to work hard and gain enough to join a caravan across the desert. Santiago’s journey through the desert is highly symbolic of the path that must be taken by the spiritual initiate‚ and the challenges
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The Alchemist Reflection Questions 1) What is the significance of Santiago becoming a shepherd rather than a priest‚ as his parents had hoped? Why has he made this choice? What does being a shepherd allow him to do? Santiago becoming a shepherd rather than a priest as his parents had hoped is extremely significant to the plot of this book. If Santiago never became a priest‚ he never would have been able to fulfill his Personal Legend. The boy made this choice because “…I [he would] like
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Alan Aguilar Prof. Baker English Fall 2014 The Alchemist Essay Have you every wondered what it takes for you to achieve perfection? In the novel The Alchemist Santiago has certain impurities that he has to get rid of to reach his personal legend. 3 impurities Santiago has in the novel are Fear‚ Purity‚ and faith. “The land was ruined‚ and I had to find some other way to earn a living. So now I’m a camel driver. But that disaster taught me to understand the word of Allah; people need not fear
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Battuta The Adventure of Ibn Battuta gives a historical account by Ross Dunn concerning the Islam world during the 1400s. The report is based on the coeval book created concerning the journey of Ibn Battuta. Ibn Battuta hailed from the Province of Tangier in Morocco in which he had education in legal matters. The travels of this young scholar spanned some countries and regions; Sub-Saharan Africa; the Northern parts of Africa; the Middle East; Palestine; Persia; China; and India. The Sultan of Morocco
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Melchizedek (King of Salem)‚ he realises message in the dream‚ and then makes a biggest decision‚ which will eventually change his life forever; he decides to listen his inner calling and to pursue his dream. So Santiago sells his sheeps‚ sails to Tangier‚ is tricked out of his money‚ regains it through hard work‚ crosses the desert with a caravan‚ meets alchemist at oasis‚ reaches the pyramids after confronting setbacks & tests of time and eventually earns not only treasure but a timeless wisdom
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difficulties on the way of finding his Personal Legend. Not only he has a dream and it also takes courage for him to follow his dream. He shows his courage many different ways throughout the story. When Santiago is robbed all of his money in the bar in Tangier‚ he doesn’t give up his dream and he has courage to continue follow his dream. His courage also shows when he goes to tell the chieftain that the village would be attacked‚ but chieftain doesn’t believe him. If this did not happen they will kill him
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