Beginning The Alchemist
What is alchemy (or alchemists)? (If you don't know, Google it.)
- Alchemy can be defined as a magical process of transformation. A alchemist is one who practices alchemy transforming/ creating something through what seems to be magic.
- Alchemy can be defined as a magical process of transformation. A alchemist is one who practices alchemy transforming/ creating something through what seems to be magic.
Santiago (the boy) endeavors to travel from Spain to Egypt. This is evidently before trains, cars, or planes. What is the significance of this journey?
- The endeavors of the journey Santiago travels is that’s he would have to use different modes of transport ;such like camel back , horses even just relying on his legs to get him from point A to B. The significance of this journey that Santiago travels is the people that he meets along the way and not the destination. For example when he meet the merchants daughter he was interested in marrying her snd the opportunity to work the alchemist.
Often, the events in The Alchemist will repeat and offer new interpretations of old experiences. So, although the boy hates the tea at first, he likes it later. Or he realizes that Northern Africa (Morocco) is not a "strange" place, but a "new" one. What do you think these simple shifts in perspective are trying to tell the reader?
- The shifts in perspective are trying to tell the reader on how change can happen over time and nothing is set in stone. The changes Santiago goes throughout the story shows growth in his character. With these changes his experiences are expanded over time and is no longer a simple Sheppard.
- The endeavors of the journey Santiago travels is that’s he would have to use different modes of transport ;such like camel back , horses even just relying on his legs to get him from point A to B. The significance of this journey that Santiago travels is the people that he meets along the way and not the destination. For example when he meet the merchants daughter he was interested in marrying her snd the opportunity to work the alchemist.
Often, the events in The Alchemist will repeat and offer new interpretations of old experiences. So, although the boy hates the tea at first, he likes it later. Or he realizes that Northern Africa (Morocco) is not a "strange" place, but a "new" one. What do you think these simple shifts in perspective are trying to tell the reader?
- The shifts in perspective are trying to tell the reader on how change can happen over time and nothing is set in stone. The changes Santiago goes throughout the story shows growth in his character. With these changes his experiences are expanded over time and is no longer a simple Sheppard.
The king of Salem says that the world's greatest lie is that at a certain point in our lives we lose control of what's happening to us and we're controlled by fate (20). Do you agree or disagree? Explain.
- I agree with this statement , often times people think there in control but that could be true but only to a extent the control is based on you and you only the affects of things that happen around you are out of your control.
What questions do you have so far?
- What time period does it take place exactly?
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