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Examples Of Archetypes In The Alchemist

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Alchemist Archetypes Essay By Matthew Deffenderfer 9-23-2014 Period 2 "In order to arrive you must follow the signs. God wrote on the world about a path that each person had to follow. All it takes is reading the paper he wrote for you." The Alchemist. It is very important when he mentions of a universal language spoken by every human on Earth in The Alchemist. This language shows off in ways shown by nature. Coelho stress his viewing point of a uniting, tying language to the rest of nature. The world is a written page, full of meanings to be learned and spoken. "Everything on Earth is constantly being changed because the Earth has a soul." Everything on Earth is related. This is because everything has a soul. Santiago's ability to talk with …show more content…

"You don't have to understand the desert: all you have to do is think about a grain of sand, and you will see all the greatness of creation and existence." The alchemist is showing simplicity. In The Alchemist, alchemy itself has become impossibly tricky, when once the easiest of formulas could turn rock to gold. Now, the alchemist considers a large desert - from a seeable view, the most basic of land types, and disagrees to Santiago that all looks, all greatness, all complication can be found in a speck of dust. "A blessing rejected becomes a curse." This saying reminds us of the Santiago's short wanting to slow the following of the treasure in order to stay with Fatima. While this seemed like an ok idea, the alchemist, who said these words, knew that the choice would only lead to rage in the future. "Anyone who messes with the outcome of others personal legends will never discover their own." Along Santiago's travels, he begins to find out that everyone must follow their Personal Legend in their own way. This teaching is shown by the Englishman, who is following his Personal Legend through complex books of alchemy. Santiago discovers that even though this might not be

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