Question each other and dig deeper. This is a book with many layers. What does the word "fate" mean to you all, for instance? Is this book only about religion or something more?
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Andrew Jackson I think that the story is a bit simple minded and an east read. I have already finished the book and in response the first question. I feel that I best identify with the main character but I think that everyone will because there are not a lot of people in this book. I think I identify best with this character because he is on a journey to better know himself and aren’t we all on this journey and if we weren’t why do we come to school. The second part of this question is about any conflicts that have happened and the conflicts that seem apparent are the once between the Sheppard and the thief, and between the Sheppard and himself, the conflicts were the thief stealing his money and his argument with himself to seek after his personal goals.
I think the Alchemist is a really good book so far. It interesting and makes me want to keep reading. Some words I am unsure of are *Sycamore on pg. 3. and *Zenith on pg 8. Other than that I find the reading to be easy and non challenging. A summary of the book so far is that the main character, Santiago is a shepherd of sheep and likes to travel and read. He has a dream about treasure. He goes to a dream reader to interpert his dream and finds that the treasure is in Egypt. The dream reader asks for 1/10 of the tresure that he finds as payment for reading his dream. In Africa the boy meeets a old man named Melchizedek who claim to be the kind of Salem. He tells the boy where to find the tresure and how to get it and asks for payment of 1/10 of his sheep. The boy gets read of his sheep and decided to search for the treasure. So far I love the book and I believe that everyone has a destiny and so does the boy in the book. I have read ahead and the conflicts in the book so far are him getting read of his sheep in order to look for the treasure and a man stealing the boys money.
Amanda Brooks: My reaction to the first set of pages was, I didn't really like it that much the first time I read the 33 pages. I read it again to understand it more it got a little bit better. I'm not really interested in the book yet so hopefully it gets better. I've heard the book is really good though. The character I thought was interesting was the old man and how he likes to have a downer on the boys life. When he says "parents would rather see their children marry bakers than shepherds" then the boy gets all upset because he wants to marry a merchant's daughter but theres most likely a baker in her town. I thought that was funny. A conflict between the boy and old man is that the boy is a shepherd and the old man is talking about how that's not what he should be doing by traveling and things like that. Then the spoon with the oil making people think about looking at your surroundings instead of consintrating on not spilling the oil.
Mitchell I would like to say that I read a lot of books and this book has the best beginning that I have read. It started not giving any names and slowly introduced the characters. It also started by telling about the plot, a treasure in Egyptian pyramids. My favorite character was the old man and I hope that he is a persisting character for I heal he gives a lot to the book.
pg. 33-66 I love this book, it just keeps getting better. Now that a theif has stole the boys money he has to find a way to make for money in a foregin country where they speak a foregin language.The boy is the merchants "lucky" charm, he makes the merchant very sucessful. On the journey the boy is learning valuable life lessons and passing on what he knows. On page 60 what does the word Hokkak mean? On page 66 Alchemy, not really sure what that is yet eighter. Also during these chapters the boy realizes that the merchant and the candy seller resembles the old king. While at a library they boy meets an English man that has the same two stones that the boy does. The stones are named Urim and Thummim. The English boy is looking for an alchemist,which is someone who turns metal into gold.
I agree that the book is easy to read, I have already finished it also becuase I thought it was so go I just kept reading. I would recomend this book to anyone, it is a fun storie. I don't know if anyone else read the introduction but it tells how Bill Clinton and other famous people were seen reading the book and I thought that was wicked interesting too. In the book the author also describes how the alchemist is waiting to share his knowledge with a young boy and that made me wonder weather he was going to share his knowledge with the boy or with the english man who is seeking the alchemist. I think that the most interesting character so far is the old man becuase he is the most mysterious. I whis the book was longer becuse it is so easy to read and very interesting, i just wish there was more to read.
Cory Landroche. So far, amazing book. This book is written so well, its very easy to follow and enjoy. I really enjoy how Paulo Coelho set up this book - many flashbacks into Santiago's past. This approach really helps understand the main character - reading about his past and how he became a Shepard - also explaining why he wanted to go to Egypt.
Mitchell T As this book tries to present us with the idea that your personal goal should be fallowed no matter what. I started to think even if bad things happen like getting all your money stolen it is just an opportunity to look at life in a new way. Even if you louse everything you should always stay positive and work for a crystal salesman until you have enough money to be on your way.
When the boy notifide the people of the oasis that war was coming they said if he was wrong they would take his life. Then he met a man on a horse who pulled his sword on him. It was the alchemist. I was totally suprised that that was the alchemist. I did not expect it. This book is all about destiny and life journy's and how to look at problems in life with different prespectives. Everything happends for a reason, like he got robbed and had to work for the crystal merchant, if he never got robbed he would have never met the crystal merchant and help him. I personally believe that everything happends for a reason and that makes this book very interesting for me.
Andrew Jackson Hey everyone i am ot able to be in school this week becuse i am in texas. We have reached out destination and now i can do my homework. I believe that a hoka is a pipe used to smoke tobaco.
Well I guess I will use one of the disscusion topic questions in the back of the book, The alchemist tells Santiago "you dont have to understand the desert; all you have to do is contemplate a simple grin of sand and you will see in it all the marvels of creation." With this in mind why do you think the alchemist chose to befriend Santiage though he knew that the English man was the one looking for him? Whatis the meaning of the 2 dead hawks and the falcon of the oasis? At one point the alchemist explains to Santiago the secret of successfully turing metal into gold. How does this process compare to the finding of the person ledgen?
I wondered why the alchemist chose to befirend the boy and not the English man even though the English man was the one looking for him. I personally think the alchemist chose the boy because the boy set out in search of his personal ledgen and never gave up even when things were bad. I think that he didnt chose the English man because the English man did not have a personal ledgen and only wanted to find the alchemist. I think that the alchemist had a connection with the boy and the boy had visions about the war coming to the oasis and warned everyone. I am not really sure what the 2 dead hawks and the falcon in the oasis represents. I would like to hear what other people think.
Amanda Brooks: I think that life is like a game. you get Obstacles and thats what gets you to the next "level" and with the boy him a theif has stole his money and he doesnt speak the same language as everyone else that just another level to get finding his treausure. I agree with Jess with the "Everything happens for a reason, he got robbed and had to work for the crystal merchant, if he never got robbed he would never have met the crystal mechant and helped him" I also really like this book because something small will happen and you wont really give it much thought but because this book is about fate you actually do have to think about it to think more in depth with what that could mean.
I think the alchemist chose the boy becaus the could see that they boy would do anything to get his personal legend and the englighman would not and when the englishman came to the alchemist her told him to try making gold the englighs man dose not try as much as santago. Santago gave everything he had and the englighs mane did not.
Page 77: "One night, a camel driver came to the fire where the Englishman and the boy were sitting. 'There are rumors of tribal wars,' he told them. The three fell silent. The boy noted that there was a sense of fear in the air, even though no one said anything. Once again he was experiencing the language without words...the universal language."
Do you believe that we have this "universal language" adapted into our lives? Do we have the ability to understand each other without communicating? What do you all think?
I think we do have a universal language, but only on a personal level. I mean we've all had those moments where we are with our friends and could 'just tell' what they were thinking or how they felt. But in that case, if it were only on a personal level, would that classify as a 'universal' language? I'm not so sure now. I'm interested in what you all think.
Mitchell Townsend D1B1 As I read this book I began to understand the idea. I do not agree with all the beliefs of this author is trying to tell but it douse make me think. The book finally cough my interest during the boys trip across the desert. I could not put the book down and found it very enjoyable. The only thing i do not like about the book is that God is mentioned so much it is like this book revolves around him.
Im not sure if there is a universal language.But there are universal signs like the bathroom or help. Even if humans cannot speak the same language i think they can communicate to some extend. Obvisouly not have conversations but they could probably communicate the nessesities.
Mike Naughton I believe that we all communicate in the universal language. We can use body language and such to express feelings and I, as a magician, think that i use the "universal language" as a guide. You need to know what tricks are appropriate at what time. This is like following your gut, to let the situation speak for itself and do what you feel like you should do in the moment.
At the end of the book the boy finds the treasure right at a local church he kewn very well. What a wonderful ending. The boy travels all across the desert just to turn around and find the treasure near his home. He followed his heart and found his personal destiny. Everyone has a destiny. If you put your heart and or mind to it you can accomplish anything.
Mitchell Townsend Day 1 Block 1 As far as a universal language goes I believe we use it every day weather we know we are doing it or not. To give a person a wink or just walk around with a frown are both part of the universal language. The book talks about the desert having a universal language and I find this a little far fetched being that the desert is an inanimate object and exhibits no qualities that would allow it to change depending on its mood.
This book has many deep meanings to it and some times I fount the meanings to be a little stretched for instance talking to the wind, what was up with that. When the shepherd started talking to the wind was where the book started to get lame. It started with the wind and went on to the gold. Overall I very much liked the book despite its flaws.
I agree with you Jess, I really liked the ending too. I didnt even connect that they were the same place until I read the end a couple of times and then flipped into the beginning. Why do you think Paulo Coelho wrote it this way? I think it was to give a final example of the maine theme of the book, which is fate.
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Andrew Jackson
I think that the story is a bit simple minded and an east read. I have already finished the book and in response the first question. I feel that I best identify with the main character but I think that everyone will because there are not a lot of people in this book. I think I identify best with this character because he is on a journey to better know himself and aren’t we all on this journey and if we weren’t why do we come to school.
The second part of this question is about any conflicts that have happened and the conflicts that seem apparent are the once between the Sheppard and the thief, and between the Sheppard and himself, the conflicts were the thief stealing his money and his argument with himself to seek after his personal goals.
Jess Paey
I think the Alchemist is a really good book so far. It interesting and makes me want to keep reading. Some words I am unsure of are *Sycamore on pg. 3. and *Zenith on pg 8. Other than that I find the reading to be easy and non challenging.
A summary of the book so far is that the main character, Santiago is a shepherd of sheep and likes to travel and read. He has a dream about treasure. He goes to a dream reader to interpert his dream and finds that the treasure is in Egypt. The dream reader asks for 1/10 of the tresure that he finds as payment for reading his dream. In Africa the boy meeets a old man named Melchizedek who claim to be the kind of Salem. He tells the boy where to find the tresure and how to get it and asks for payment of 1/10 of his sheep. The boy gets read of his sheep and decided to search for the treasure.
So far I love the book and I believe that everyone has a destiny and so does the boy in the book. I have read ahead and the conflicts in the book so far are him getting read of his sheep in order to look for the treasure and a man stealing the boys money.
Amanda Brooks: My reaction to the first set of pages was, I didn't really like it that much the first time I read the 33 pages. I read it again to understand it more it got a little bit better. I'm not really interested in the book yet so hopefully it gets better. I've heard the book is really good though.
The character I thought was interesting was the old man and how he likes to have a downer on the boys life. When he says "parents would rather see their children marry bakers than shepherds" then the boy gets all upset because he wants to marry a merchant's daughter but theres most likely a baker in her town. I thought that was funny. A conflict between the boy and old man is that the boy is a shepherd and the old man is talking about how that's not what he should be doing by traveling and things like that. Then the spoon with the oil making people think about looking at your surroundings instead of consintrating on not spilling the oil.
Mitchell
I would like to say that I read a lot of books and this book has the best beginning that I have read. It started not giving any names and slowly introduced the characters. It also started by telling about the plot, a treasure in Egyptian pyramids.
My favorite character was the old man and I hope that he is a persisting character for I heal he gives a lot to the book.
Jess Paey
pg. 33-66
I love this book, it just keeps getting better. Now that a theif has stole the boys money he has to find a way to make for money in a foregin country where they speak a foregin language.The boy is the merchants "lucky" charm, he makes the merchant very sucessful. On the journey the boy is learning valuable life lessons and passing on what he knows.
On page 60 what does the word Hokkak mean? On page 66 Alchemy, not really sure what that is yet eighter.
Also during these chapters the boy realizes that the merchant and the candy seller resembles the old king.
While at a library they boy meets an English man that has the same two stones that the boy does. The stones are named Urim and Thummim. The English boy is looking for an alchemist,which is someone who turns metal into gold.
Jess Paey
I agree that the book is easy to read, I have already finished it also becuase I thought it was so go I just kept reading. I would recomend this book to anyone, it is a fun storie. I don't know if anyone else read the introduction but it tells how Bill Clinton and other famous people were seen reading the book and I thought that was wicked interesting too.
In the book the author also describes how the alchemist is waiting to share his knowledge with a young boy and that made me wonder weather he was going to share his knowledge with the boy or with the english man who is seeking the alchemist.
I think that the most interesting character so far is the old man becuase he is the most mysterious.
I whis the book was longer becuse it is so easy to read and very interesting, i just wish there was more to read.
Cory Landroche.
So far, amazing book. This book is written so well, its very easy to follow and enjoy.
I really enjoy how Paulo Coelho set up this book - many flashbacks into Santiago's past. This approach really helps understand the main character - reading about his past and how he became a Shepard - also explaining why he wanted to go to Egypt.
Mitchell T
As this book tries to present us with the idea that your personal goal should be fallowed no matter what. I started to think even if bad things happen like getting all your money stolen it is just an opportunity to look at life in a new way. Even if you louse everything you should always stay positive and work for a crystal salesman until you have enough money to be on your way.
Jess Paey
When the boy notifide the people of the oasis that war was coming they said if he was wrong they would take his life. Then he met a man on a horse who pulled his sword on him. It was the alchemist. I was totally suprised that that was the alchemist. I did not expect it.
This book is all about destiny and life journy's and how to look at problems in life with different prespectives. Everything happends for a reason, like he got robbed and had to work for the crystal merchant, if he never got robbed he would have never met the crystal merchant and help him. I personally believe that everything happends for a reason and that makes this book very interesting for me.
Andrew Jackson
Hey everyone i am ot able to be in school this week becuse i am in texas. We have reached out destination and now i can do my homework. I believe that a hoka is a pipe used to smoke tobaco.
Jess Paey
Day1 Blk1
Well I guess I will use one of the disscusion topic questions in the back of the book,
The alchemist tells Santiago "you dont have to understand the desert; all you have to do is contemplate a simple grin of sand and you will see in it all the marvels of creation." With this in mind why do you think the alchemist chose to befriend Santiage though he knew that the English man was the one looking for him? Whatis the meaning of the 2 dead hawks and the falcon of the oasis? At one point the alchemist explains to Santiago the secret of successfully turing metal into gold. How does this process compare to the finding of the person ledgen?
I wondered why the alchemist chose to befirend the boy and not the English man even though the English man was the one looking for him. I personally think the alchemist chose the boy because the boy set out in search of his personal ledgen and never gave up even when things were bad. I think that he didnt chose the English man because the English man did not have a personal ledgen and only wanted to find the alchemist. I think that the alchemist had a connection with the boy and the boy had visions about the war coming to the oasis and warned everyone. I am not really sure what the 2 dead hawks and the falcon in the oasis represents.
I would like to hear what other people think.
Amanda Brooks: I think that life is like a game. you get Obstacles and thats what gets you to the next "level" and with the boy him a theif has stole his money and he doesnt speak the same language as everyone else that just another level to get finding his treausure. I agree with Jess with the "Everything happens for a reason, he got robbed and had to work for the crystal merchant, if he never got robbed he would never have met the crystal mechant and helped him" I also really like this book because something small will happen and you wont really give it much thought but because this book is about fate you actually do have to think about it to think more in depth with what that could mean.
Andrew Jackson
I think the alchemist chose the boy becaus the could see that they boy would do anything to get his personal legend and the englighman would not and when the englishman came to the alchemist her told him to try making gold the englighs man dose not try as much as santago. Santago gave everything he had and the englighs mane did not.
Cory Landroche - Day 1, Block 1
Page 77: "One night, a camel driver came to the fire where the Englishman and the boy were sitting. 'There are rumors of tribal wars,' he told them.
The three fell silent. The boy noted that there was a sense of fear in the air, even though no one said anything. Once again he was experiencing the language without words...the universal language."
Do you believe that we have this "universal language" adapted into our lives? Do we have the ability to understand each other without communicating? What do you all think?
I think we do have a universal language, but only on a personal level. I mean we've all had those moments where we are with our friends and could 'just tell' what they were thinking or how they felt. But in that case, if it were only on a personal level, would that classify as a 'universal' language? I'm not so sure now. I'm interested in what you all think.
Mitchell Townsend D1B1
As I read this book I began to understand the idea. I do not agree with all the beliefs of this author is trying to tell but it douse make me think. The book finally cough my interest during the boys trip across the desert. I could not put the book down and found it very enjoyable. The only thing i do not like about the book is that God is mentioned so much it is like this book revolves around him.
Jess Paey
Day 1 blk 1
Im not sure if there is a universal language.But there are universal signs like the bathroom or help. Even if humans cannot speak the same language i think they can communicate to some extend. Obvisouly not have conversations but they could probably communicate the nessesities.
Mike Naughton
I believe that we all communicate in the universal language. We can use body language and such to express feelings and I, as a magician, think that i use the "universal language" as a guide. You need to know what tricks are appropriate at what time. This is like following your gut, to let the situation speak for itself and do what you feel like you should do in the moment.
Jess Paey
Day 1 Bkl 1
At the end of the book the boy finds the treasure right at a local church he kewn very well. What a wonderful ending. The boy travels all across the desert just to turn around and find the treasure near his home. He followed his heart and found his personal destiny. Everyone has a destiny. If you put your heart and or mind to it you can accomplish anything.
Mitchell Townsend
Day 1 Block 1
As far as a universal language goes I believe we use it every day weather we know we are doing it or not. To give a person a wink or just walk around with a frown are both part of the universal language. The book talks about the desert having a universal language and I find this a little far fetched being that the desert is an inanimate object and exhibits no qualities that would allow it to change depending on its mood.
This book has many deep meanings to it and some times I fount the meanings to be a little stretched for instance talking to the wind, what was up with that. When the shepherd started talking to the wind was where the book started to get lame. It started with the wind and went on to the gold. Overall I very much liked the book despite its flaws.
I agree with you Jess, I really liked the ending too. I didnt even connect that they were the same place until I read the end a couple of times and then flipped into the beginning. Why do you think Paulo Coelho wrote it this way? I think it was to give a final example of the maine theme of the book, which is fate.
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