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“The boy was shaking with fear, but the alchemist helped him out of the tent”
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho (145)
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“As they moved along, the boy tried to listen to his heart”
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho (132)
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Week 17 Blog
The Alchemist
Paulo Coelho
Pages Read: 70-130
Word Count: 365
Summary:
In this week’s reading, the boy is setting up his journey towards the Egypt. He encounters two men that might stick with him for some time while they all travel together to the same place. The boy mentioned that he was looking after a treasure, so did the Englishman, one of the two men. He mentioned the alchemist, and that he lived in the surrounding for where they were going to. They stopped at a close oasis to find the alchemist, and that’s what this section is all about.
Critical Analysis:
While the Englishman was searching through the village for the alchemist, he used a excited tone to declare his idea. “The Englishman’s eyes lit up. 'That’s it! Maybe no one here knows what an alchemist is! Find out who it is who cures the people’s illnesses!’“ (94). If I were directing the actor who is playing the Englishman here, I would instruct he to say this line in a excited tone, that way the audience would know that he’s really close to find where the alchemist is. Then, Fatima, a woman from the oasis, talks about how the desert is and how tough it could be for the men out there. “Those who don’t return become a part of the clouds, a part of the animals that hide in the ravines and of the water that comes from the earth.” (101) Even though, Fatima only said that “Those who don’t return become a part of the clouds”, I mean inferring that she used euphemism to replace death as becoming part of the clouds and not returning.
Personal Analysis:
Right now, I’m climbing the climax of the whole story where the boy starts to look forward to find the alchemist. So far, there was a lot of introduction to new characters, and it’s speeding up really fast in way of being more catching. Even though it introduced the Englishman just about a few pages down, it creates this kind of mystery within him and the way he acts, but more later on, he starts to open more himself and give away his personality.
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In his heart, he felt a strange sense of joy: he was about to die in pursuit of his Personal Legend. And for Fatima.
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho (pg.115)
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“Those who don’t return become a part of the clouds, a part of the animals that hide in the ravines and of the water that comes from the earth.”
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho (pg. 101)
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The Englishman's eyes lit up. "That's it! Maybe no one here knows what an alchemist is! Find out who it is who cures the people's illnesses!"
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho (pg. 94)
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“The three fell silent. The boy noted that there was a sense of fear in the air, even though no one sair anything.”
Body Language
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho (pg. 80)
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“But, in the desert, there was only the sound of the sound of the eternal wind, and of the hoofbeats of the animals”
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho (pg. 75)
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The man looked at him without responding
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho (pg. 47)
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“It’s too bad he’s quickly going to forget my name, he thought.”
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho (pg. 36)
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“He had already imagined the scene many times; every time, the girl became fascinated when he explained that the sheep had to be sheared from back to front”
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho (pg. 19)
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“Amongst us, the only ones who travel are the shepherds.” “Well, then I’ll be a shepherd!”
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho (pg.10)
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“I never loved anyone. The men who passed through my life only complicated it more.”
The Diary of Caroline Maria de Jesus - (pg 154)
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“"You know, Carolina, life for me is now a bore. After Marina died, nobody loves me any more" I laughed, because he had spoken and made a rhyme. But I stopped laughing, because the sadness in his voice touched me.”
The Diary of Carolina Maria de Jesus - (pg 155)
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“Reading this you are going to think Brazil doesn’t have anythinn to eat. We have. It’s just the the prices are so impossible that we can’t buy it”
The Diary of Carolina Maria de Jesus - (pg 140)
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“He looked at everything surprisedly. But he must learn that a favela is the garbage dump of São Paulo, and that I’m just a piece of garbage”
- The Diary of Carolina Maria de Jesus (pg 135)
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“Have you ever seen a dog when he wanted to grab his tail with his mouth and kept spinning around without catching it? It’s exactly like Juscelino’s government!”
The Diary of Carolina Maria de Jesus (pg 122-123)
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