The Alchemist Essay In life‚ everyone has their own personal legend. Whether it be giving people a reason to remember the name or getting the dream job‚ the journey to a personal legend is not an easy one. A personal legend can take your entire life to achieve or even realize what it is! Santiago’s personal legend was to find the treasure‚ and although it was not an easy task to handle he managed to make it happen. Santiago would not have reached his personal legend without the dream that started
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The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien The main character is Bilbo Baggins. He is a small little hobbit. He really likes adventures‚ but doesn’t like to show that he does. He is a quite person. He likes to have his privacy. Now Gandalf the big gray wizard is very tall and is The Hobbit is a book that shows that even the most unlikely person‚ or hobbit can turn out to be a real hero. In the book‚ Bilbo gets caught up in an adventure that will later change his life. In the beginning Bilbo Baggins ran into
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The play opens with a violent argument between Subtle and Face concerning the division of the riches which they have‚ and will continue to gather. Doll breaks the pair apart and reasons with them that they must work as a team if they are to succeed. Their first customer is Dapper‚ a lawyer’s clerk who wishes Subtle to use his supposed necromantic skills to summon a "familiar" or spirit to help in his gambling ambitions. The tripartite suggest that Dapper may win favour with the "Queen of Fairy‚"
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The Alchemist a story of a boy named Santiago who learns five life lessons the first life lesson that Santiago learned was that the fear of failure is the greatest obstacle to happiness. To me means that if you think that your going to fail then it will thou you of your concentration and then you probably will fail. That life lesson connects with me and my life because I have over confidence which has in most terms the same effect but with it I don’t think about it to much and it throws me of my
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I will be talking about Gandalf’s role in the story and how he is like a father figure to Bilbo. The Hobbit was wrote by J. R. R. Tolkien. We first see Gandalf at the beginning of the story when he meets Bilbo at his hobbit hole. The first impression the story gives us about Gandalf is he is wise and every time he visits he tells adventourus stories. Gandalf is a old wise wizard‚ who isn’t interested in the gold the dwarves were looking for but to push Bilbo into a new life style. Gandalf’s role
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could dry their clothes on and they want to see if there is more food for them to eat. They all were miserable because they were wet and cold from the rain‚ they were hungry because they had little food and they hadn’t started a fire yet. 6. A hobbits natural trait of moving quickly and quietly would be great value to a burglar. 7. When Bilbo showed up the trolls were arguing about how they haven’t had a satisfying meal in a long time‚ just mutton every day‚ since William convinced them to
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Throughout The Hobbit there are several different themes. The main theme in The Hobbit is to “always face your fears”. Bilbo faces his fears many times during the adventure. That is the main theme because Bilbo and other hobbits are known to not like adventures‚ or do anything unusual. In the beginning‚ Bilbo was afraid to even go on the adventure‚ but by going on the adventure he faced many of his fears. He thinks about not doing many things during the adventure‚ but yet he faces his fears by doing
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questions into the beginning of the course‚ so students should bring their book and responses to class when they begin in August. Furthermore‚ students should expect some form of assessment on the book—test or essay—during the first week of class. The Hobbit There is a word doc. and printed copy of the study guide on the 7th grade website** under Language Arts tab‚ in the front office or in Mrs. Jorgenson’s room 402. The study guide will be due on the first day of school. We will briefly go over
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The Hobbit was originally published in September of 1937. When the book was first published‚ as a children’s novel‚ hopes for the book were not very high. The first print was only 1500 copies however‚ the novel has sold 100 million since. It brings up a very important question‚ what is the underlying reason the story has endured over generations of readers? Some people would argue it is the quest‚ or the journey. Other people argue that the idea of overcoming obstacles‚ loyalty‚ friendship‚ and courage
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Personal Reading Response The novel “The Hobbit‚” written by J.R.R Tolkien is about Bilbo Baggins‚ a normal Hobbit‚ who had never asked for an adventure until 13 dwarves and Gandalf The Wizard show up at his doorstep for tea. They want to use Bilbo as a thief for their quest to reclaim the treasure from the fearsome dragon‚ Smaug. Bilbo reluctantly joins the company of the dwarves as they set off on their journey to cross the Misty Mountains‚ which is troll and golbin country and the untamed wild
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