...Character Development In The Alchemist The novel The Alchemist written by Paulo Coelho is about a boy that is on a journey to find his personal legend. Throughout his journey he is helped by many people he meets, but he also has to overcome many obstacles that try to prevent him from finding his personal legend. In The Alchemist the main character Santiago shows a lot of character development through the ongoing knowledge he gains throughout his journey. At the start of the book Santiago shows immaturity with having a careless job as a shepherd and when he gives up on his journey to find his personal legend. Santiago begins to develop when he is given a job as a crystal merchant's assistant and he learns a lot of knowledge to help him through his journey. Santiago really shows a lot of development when the Alchemist teaches him that he needs to listen to his heart and when Santiago learns how to turn himself into the wind. At the beginning of the novel the character Santiago is a shepherd boy who is still young and immature. Santiago makes this impression when he is talking about his job as a shepherd, and how there are many "joys of carefree wandering." (pg 7) His job is fairly relaxed, he does not have to worry about much and he gets to travel to different places which he likes to do. The job does not have many responsibilities which is not good for Santiago because he is not learning much and it is the same repetitive tasks he does every day. Santiago also shows immaturity...
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...Learning From the Journey Greg Anderson is famous for being a physical trainer who taught people like Barry Bonds and other famous athletes. He states; “Focus on the journey, not the destination. Joy is found not in finishing an activity but in doing it” (Greg Anderson). Gain wisdom as the adventure progresses on shows that all gain knowledge. Also will gain better choices and smarter ideas from experience. As the adventure goes on we gain experience. Also the results of the journey is just as important as the lessons learned along the way. During the adventure through life there are always obstacles along the way. It's a choice if you want them to be faced which in the end will get you to the goal of life. The journey is more important...
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...The Journey Shapes Who We Are Odysseus sets out for Ithaka thinking he is invincible after just defeating the Trojans. But as he journeys home disaster after disaster hit Odysseus and his crew. The journey is important to “The Odyssey” more than the goal. This is because the journey helps develop Odysseus’ humanity. It helps shape the epic theme that we are the ones who bring along the monsters and trial we face. Without the journey Odysseus could never have made it to Ithaka. Odysseus at the beginning of his journey is arrogant and prideful. He taunts the cyclops, Polyphemus, and as a result he is cursed never to return home. He is in agony while tied to the mast of his ship unable to act on the temptation to go to the sirens. He finds himself stranded on the ocean alone after Scylla and Charybdis attack and his whole crew is killed. Being trapped on Calypso’s...
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...Everyman and Death: Understanding the Perception and Treatment Jonathan Thomas Liberty University Thesis Statement: In this paper, this writer will evaluate the perception and the treatment of death in Everyman. Outline I. Introduction II. Purpose of Morality Plays III. Main Body: Discussion of Plays Characters a. God b. Death c. Everyman d. Fellowship e. Kindred & Cousin f. Goods g. Good Deeds h. Knowledge i. Confession j. Five Wits i. Beauty ii. Strength iii. Discretion k. Angel l. Doctor IV. Understanding on Christian faith and biblical scripture in comparison V. Conclusion VI. Reference Everyman and Death: Understanding the Perception and Treatment In life all people must deal with their life and the aspect of death, there is no escape. In Literature, authors often use imagery and experiences in life to help evaluate the human condition and ones’ own experiences in a different manner. The author for Everyman, even though anonymous, has presented an idea of how all individuals must face death and judgment that all will have to face in the presences of God. In this paper, this writer will evaluate the perception and the treatment of death in Everyman, the character usage and the role judgment play in death concluding with the Christian view of death and judgment in comparison. The importance in the play Everyman...
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...Scenes IV -VI 4. Everyman talks with God, Everyman meets Good Deed, Good Deeds forsake Everyman and Good Deeds gets her sister Knowledge to go on Everyman journey, Knowledge leads Everyman to Confession: Scenes VII - X 5. a. Everyman prays to God and Mary for mercy, Good Deeds rise and walk towards Everyman to accompany on his journey, Everyman clears his reckoning, Everyman calls forth Discretion, Strength, Beauty, and his Five-wits: Scenes XI-XII b. Everyman goes to the Priest and honors the seven Sacraments and receives the sacraments, Beauty, Strength, Discretion, and Five Wits deserts Everyman at the grave, Everyman has an epiphany; he understands he can take nothing with him when he dies, In the company of Knowledge and Good Deeds, Everyman commits his spirit in the hand of the Lord; an angel receives Everyman into Heaven: Scenes XI-XII 6. Relevant Character overview B. Author’s Perception of Death and the treatment of death 1. Everyman’s journey compared to Man’s journey in real life; Moral Lesson III. CONCLUSION TIME OF JUDGMENT Douglas Morse is the director of “The Summoning of Everyman.” Everyman is a well known Medieval English morality play on a biblical subject. The play consists of church drama and emotions; such as humor, terror, and sorrow. Everyman gives a spiritual and moral message to its audience concerning one’s journey in life. Everyman speaks...
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...Science and Plato both use logic and reasoning to explain the laws of nature and events within nature * Empirical knowledge can be flawed Weaknesses * Aristotle argues that knowledge comes from our senses * Psychologists state that the majority of our knowledge come from our senses proving that sensory knowledge is also factual * Science has argues that there is no evidence to determine the alternate universe (Realm of the Forms) * The Forms are not based in the physical world and cannot be used to teach us about the physical world Evaluation: Strengths… * Psychologists have shown that our brain filters sensory information, proving how unreliable it can be * Science and Plato both use logic and reasoning to explain the laws of nature and events within nature * Empirical knowledge can be flawed Weaknesses * Aristotle argues that knowledge comes from our senses * Psychologists state that the majority of our knowledge come from our senses proving that sensory knowledge is also factual * Science has argues that there is no evidence to determine the alternate universe (Realm of the Forms) * The Forms are not based in the physical world and cannot be used to teach us about the physical world CONTINUED Philosopher King: prisoner becomes the philosopher king and should now lead and educate society as they are in knowledge of all the true Forms Hard Return: represents the difficulties in seeing the true Forms when in the world of mistaken...
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...The Journey South and Inwards In many stories characters may take a journey south, either literally or figuratively, this journey may be a mental journey through knowledge or a physical journey through an unknown world, so that they can have a better understanding of the connections between their past, their lost traditions and the values they have lost with the lack of encouragement for their own forgotten culture and heritage. The journey “south or inwards” serves as a method for the characters to find their own background, their foundations so that they can acknowledge who they are, what they are and to live with it. In the book Latino Boom, the story “La Promesa” by Guy Garcia is an example of such journey. In the story we meet Tom Cardona, an Americanized Hispanic, who is in the middle of his scavenger hunt, looking for his dead grandmother’s nanny, Blanca Morell. His grandmother requested him to find the nanny, on his journey Tom finds out that his real grandmother is no other than Blanca Morell and that his “grandmother” was in reality the nanny of Blanca. Tom finds out the story of his grandmother, how horribly she lived, and how cruelly she died. In the story it’s said, “Tom felt his blood congeal. The curdled face… was the very same that had pressed against his car window at the airport parking lot”(87). His real grandmother wanted to be acknowledged, she didn’t want to let go until one of her lineage or descendent were to know their history and to not forget who...
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...characteristics. The play centers on the life of everyman, a wealthy man, who is suddenly called by death to appear before God for judgment. On his journey to meet God, he seeks assistance from lifelong companions Fellowship (Friends), kindred and cousins (family), and Goods (material wealth), but all abandoned him. Because he has neglected her in life, good deed is too weak to accompany everyman on his journey. She advises him to call on knowledge (awareness of sin). Knowledge escorts everyman to confession, who directs him to do penance. In the process of everyman’s penance, good deed is strengthened and is finally able to accompany everyman to his final reckoning. Everyman, now wearing the garment of contrition, continues his journey. Until now it was a quest for spiritual health but increasingly it is showing the qualities of a pilgrimage to salvation. Everyman, knowledge, and good deeds are joined on the journey by beauty, strength, disgretion, and five wits. After donating his wealth to charity, Everyman follows the advice of knowledge and five wits and receives the sacraments of communion and extreme unction. Meanwhile, knowledge and five wits converse on the subject of corrupt priests in the church. Approaching his grave, Everyman is again deserted by all his companions except knowledge and good deeds. As the story closes, knowledge remains behind as everyman and good deeds together descend into the grave. Now, in his moment of greatest despair, Everyman considers his own...
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...that he will not accept his riches as he has no use for them. Introduction It was in the late fifteenth century when an unknown author wrote a morality play named Everyman. “Everyman is a dark book,” (Garvey, 2006) as dark as the play is there are some very enlightening points to be made. “Morality plays are allegorical, it is tempting to perform them broadly and rhetorically, but it would be an error to do so.” (Keyishian, 2008) This play consisted of the characters of God, Death, Everyman, the Messenger and a few others, these characters all symbolize something in our real lives. The idea behind the morality play was to communicate a moral lesson, in this play the author’s moral lesson dealt with death and the journey of life to the end. During the journey Everyman had to make decisions and search out the best possible path. The author’s perception of death and the treatment of death is one of a messenger from God. The idea is that no man can escape Death and that Death is sent from God to spread His message. While everyman tries to make deals with Death in order to extend his time Death continuously denies him, Death tells Everyman that he will not accept his riches as he has no use for them. Everyman will eventually die the question then becomes whether he will die spiritually as well. God has provided a way for our spirits to be saved from eternal death and that is through the acceptance of Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior as he died on the Cross for our sins. ...
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...Overview of the Project – Part -1 Name of the Project: Illustrative journal and creative writing using Poem as a medium Project Objectives: When students complete this project, they will be able to… * Use prior knowledge to comprehend * Identify factual details from the text * Analyze poems using various comprehension strategies * Use creative writing tools to draft their class poem * Explore and evaluate the different railway systems across the world * Use technology to research about new topics and enhance learning * Use connections from real life to add and subtract numbers * Appreciate rhythm in poems by exploring the nuances of the same * Co-create tune for the class poem * Interview and learn from peers, family, relatives and community members * Design an independent project and co-create the same based on interviews, readings and research. Integration of Other Functional/Academic Skills: Problem Solving, Critical thinking/ Analysis are required throughout all the lessons. Each one of these fundamental academic skills can be integrated with the other to produce a project-based outcome. With respect to integration of subjects, it would be Mathematics, History and Geography along with Reading fluency, Comprehension, Speaking and listening, and Writing. There will be use of technology, music and dance throughout the project. Estimated time and brief outline of the project: The estimated time of the project would be around...
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...and is about Odysseus’s voyage home. He took 20 years to get home as a result of the many challenges he faces. “Ithaka” by Phillip Sherrard is about his journey as well. In The Odyssey, Odysseus’s curiosity was revealed when he wanted to see the Cyclops even though it was dangerous. He learned to treasure his home when...
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...enriches our understanding of the concept of journeys and expands our knowledge. However, by contrasting ?Late Ferry... Save Paper Inner Journey- Alibrandi, My Place, The Road Not Taken development towards a better understanding of themselves and the world around them. The growth we derive from such journeys can present us with an avenue for self... Save Paper Statement Of Purpose I could engage with persons from diverse backgrounds and cultures to expand my understanding of the world I live in. I have a desire to go beyond the boundaries... Testing extent has studying the concept of physical journeys expanded your understanding of yourself, of individual, and of the world? Peter Skrzyneckis Immigrant... The Power Of Journeys along the way, and the experiences we possess. Journeys have the ultimate power to change our thinking, our ideas and concepts, inevitably changing us individually... Save Paper Inner Journeys extent has studying the concept of inner journeys expanded your understanding of yourself individuals and of the world? Inner journeys are about the process in... Journeys Lead The Traveller To Knowledge other end of the scale, Priscilla: Queen of the Desert also maintains the concept of Journeys lead the traveller to knowledge, but in a more clever and humorous way... Save Paper Journey Speech story of Edwards view on himself from a different perspective as a hero. The concept of journey is present in the film through flashbacks...
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...Joseph Campbell's The Hero Cycle from The Hero with a Thousand Faces and Plato’s “Parable of the Cave” are both written pieces that are made to explain the common journey characters go on to gain knowledge and become enlightened and the importance of their transformation on their quest. Joseph Campbell's theory is that there are certain steps all characters must take before gaining the title of Hero and the prize of enlightenment and knowledge. These steps consist of separation, initiation, and return. Separation is either deliberately or involuntarily leaving one known condition and ending up in an unfamiliar condition, initiation is encountering trials or villains, and return is the result of being shaped by this experience, and coming out...
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...“Everyman” Research Paper COURSE # and TITLE: _ENGL 102: Literature and Composition_ SEMESTER OF ENROLLMENT: _Fall D04-2010_ NAME: _Nathalia Santos_ WRITING STYLE USED: _APA_ Thesis: The English morality play “Everyman” uses allegorical characters to represent what Everyman holds onto and values during his life. Everyman has neglected his spiritual life, but as the play develops Everyman repents of his sins on time. Summoned by Death, Everyman realizes that he is not ready and does not want to die alone. Thereafter, Everyman seeks to find a companion to go with him on the journey to give account of his life to God but to no avail, Everyman soon realizes that all of those who accompanied him on earth soon abandon him. Outline: i. Introduction ii. Summary of Allegorical Characters iii. Author’s Perception of Death iv. Conclusion i. Introduction “Everyman” is an English morality play and the author is unknown. This play first appeared in England in the 16th century. It is known to be early medieval play connected with church drama. The morality play “Everyman” is about a man who is content with his life when Death summons and tells him about his end. The author used symbolic names for characters to emphasize the moral of the play. “The characters in an allegory often have no individual personality, but are embodiments of moral qualities and other abstractions” (Allegory, 2010) ii. Summary of Allegorical Characters The anonymous author of the...
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...The play, Everyman, is a play when you are called to come home you must be ready to go at any time. In this case when Everyman was told by death that it was time to go, he said that he wasn’t ready, that he wanted to seek out someone to go with him. This is his story of great pilgrimage. The first person that Everyman called on was, Fellowship. Fellowship said at first that no matter where he went that he would follow, but as soon as he heard of the journey...he left him by himself. Everyman was very disappointed and felt kind of alone. He then decided to call on Goods for help, Goods said that at first he would join him on his journey. When Goods heard of the journey he laughed at Everyman and was confused at the fact that Everyman wanted...
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