How is Santiago a dynamic character in The Alchemist?
How is Santiago a dynamic character in The Alchemist?
Santiago- Santiago is a round and dynamic character. He is round because you get to know a lot about him. You know that he is from the Andalusia and that he is a Shepard who lives near a synagogue. You know that he is dynamic because his personality changes from the point he met with the King of Salem.
Who is the Englishman and what do we learn about him in The Alchemist?
The Englishman is a well-educated and ambitious aspiring alchemist. He is adventurous enough to join a caravan in search of the alchemist, but is rather anti-social. He prefers to read his large collection of books rather than interact with others or take interest in his surroundings.
What does the alchemist mean?
An alchemist was a person who sought, among other things, to turn base metal into gold. Santiago meets an alchemist, a veiled stranger on a white horse, at the oasis in the desert. Santiago travels with the alchemist for a time and witnesses him actually turning lead into gold.
Can humans perform alchemy?
Short answer: Depending on how you define alchemy, yes, it’s possible, and we do it. Long answer: Alchemists were basically the precursors to chemists, in the same way that philosophers conjecturing about the four elements were the precursor to physics.
What is your higher self?
Higher self is a term associated with multiple belief systems, but its basic premise describes an eternal, omnipotent, conscious, and intelligent being, who is one’s real self. Blavatsky formally defined the higher self as “Atma the inseparable ray of the Universe and one self.
Who is the crystal merchant in the Alchemist?
Crystal Merchant A middle-aged resident of Tangier, he hires Santiago to work in his shop. The crystal merchant’s Personal Legend is to make a pilgrimage (or haj) to Mecca, but he knows he will never fulfill this dream. He is Santiago’s foil, a character who characterizes another by contrast.
What is the name of the shepherd boy in the Alchemist?
Santiago
How does the reader know that more trouble awaits Santiago?
he encourages Santiago to listen to his heart so he will be on tune with the world and be able to follow his dreams. how does the reader know trouble awaits Santiago? trouble is foreshadowing when the alchemist says “Every search ends with the victor being severely tested.” (Pg 132).
How is Santiago supposed to use the two stones Urim and thummim that the king gives to Santiago?
He gives Santiago a white stone and a black stone named Urim and Thummim. Melchizedek tells Santiago that the stones will help him read the omens on his journey. Santiago must only use the stones when he cannot read the omens himself.
What does URIM mean?
cursed or faultless
What is the seer’s secret to reading the future?
According to the camel driver, a seer told him that God only reveals the future if God wrote that future to be altered. If the seer is correct, then the future can, in fact, be changed.