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Period 1 Hero's Journey Essay: // The Alchemist // Jeopardy Challenge (AKA Study Guide) Category 1: The Englishman (Pages 51-86)

What job did Santiago find, and how did he feel about it? The merchant is a Muslim, or a follower of Allah. How does he describe the five duties of a faithful Muslim? Why does the crystal merchant refuse to travel to Mecca? Why does the author include the merchant in the story? Explain Maktub? What makes Santiago think the old king has been with him during the year he spent in the crystal shop? Why does this constitute a turning point in the story? What motivates the Englishman’s decision to befriend Santiago? The caravan becomes a metaphor for a journey to a destination. The Englishman, however, is unaware of this. Why does he not understand this, and what does his lack of awareness imply for his larger journey? According to the Englishman, what is the Soul of the World? Through the Englishman, what does the reader learn about alchemy?

// The Alchemist // Jeopardy Challenge Category 2: The Oasis (Pages 86-123)

Describe the oasis. Explain the laws relating to conduct at the oasis. What is the language of the world and how does Santiago learn it? What power does Santiago’s love or Fatima give him? What agreement do they come to? Explain the hawks. What do they signify? What do they say about Santiago? Describe the arrival of the alchemist. What advice does the horseman give Santiago? After the battle, Santiago goes to the alchemist’s tent. What advice does the alchemist give him now? Locate and explain the significance of the following quote, “Remember that wherever your heart is, there you will find your treasure” (Coelho 116).

// The Alchemist // Jeopardy Challenge Category 3: To the Pyramids (Pages 123-163)

What does the alchemist say about the existence of the natural world? Why is the desert important? What can a single grain of sand symbolize? How does the reader know that more trouble awaits Santiago? What did the Arabs find when they searched the alchemist? Why did they allow the alchemist to keep these treasures? What does the alchemist reveal to Santiago about the quest for gold? Explain the events at the military camp. How does Santiago save himself? What advice did the boy’s heart give him as he approached the Pyramids? What did he find, how did he know where it would be?

// The Alchemist // Jeopardy Challenge Category 4: Epilogue (Pages 165-167)

Where do we see Santiago next? Who is “the old sorcerer” that Santiago talks with? Is Santiago bitter that he went halfway across the world when the treasure was right at home? Why does the boy plan to return to Tarifa? What scent does Santiago detect on the levanter?

// The Alchemist // Jeopardy Challenge Category 5: The Language of the World (Vocab)

Alchemy Maktub Bedouins Mecca Scarab Simun Levanter Luminous Koran Purification // Night // __ Night __ 1. Where does Wiesel live? 2. How old is Wiesel? 3. Who is Moshe the Beadle? 4. What do Eliezer’s parents do for a living? 5. How many siblings does the narrator have & what are their names? 6. Eliezer’s teacher is captured and then escapes back to Sighet. What does he tell the people of the town? 7. What are their reactions to this? 8. After Passover, Wiesel says, “the curtain rose.” (p. 10) What do you think this refers to? What happened? 9. Who are the Gestapo? 10. What were the Jewish people forced to wear? 11. What is ironic about the comments that Eliezer’s father made regarding the wearing of the yellow star? 12. What were the Jewish people first confined to within their town? 13. When the Jewish people were forced out of their homes, what were they forced to bring out and lay on the ground in piles? 14. What were the Jewish people herded onto when they departed from the town? // Lord of the Flies //
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