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English Review
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 1. Who is Santiago? How is he introduced in the beginning of the story? | Santiago is a shepard who is going on a journey to accomplish his Personal Legend. He is introduced at an abandoned church that he was going to sleep there and keeping an eye on his sheep. |
| 2. What is strange about Santiago’s dream? | it has happened the same way twice. It starts with a child playing with his sheep, the child takes him to the Egyptian Pyramids, tells him to go there to get his treasure, and then right before she is about to show him where he wakes up. |
| 3. Where is Santiago going? | Santiago is going to the Egyptian pyramids. |
| 4. Santiago spends a lot of time thinking about his sheep and their place in the world. Why would the author include this kind of thought? | Santiago spends all of this time thinking about his sheep because it shows what he has known for a lot of his life. It shows how everything has it’s own place in their world and he is able to relate these thoughts to these new situations. |
| 5. The Introduction has prepared the reader to understand that something significant occurs while the boy and girl are talking. What is it, and what does it mean? | It is significant because the girl is trustworthy and knows where the treasure is. Since this exact dream has happened multiple times we know the general area of where his treasure is and what he needs to do for his Personal Legend. |
| 6. What is the geographical setting for this part of the story? | The geographical setting in the first part is in Tangier in Southern Spain. |
| 7. What did the boy’s parents plan for him, and how did he change the plan? | Santiago’s parents planned for him to become a priest. He decided to become a shepard and travel. |
| 8. What does Santiago plan to do in Tarifa? | He plans to get his future read by the women, exchange his book for a thicker one, fill his wine bottle, shave, have a haircut, sell his sheep’s wool, and meet with the merchant’s daughter. |
| 9. One ethnic group is singled out in a negative light. What group is stereotyped by the presence of the old woman who interprets dreams, and how is this group described? | This group is called Gypsies. They are described as liars, cheats, and thieves. |
| 10. What is the price of Santiago’s consultation with the old woman about the dream? | The price of Santiago's consultation is 1/10 of his treasure. |
| 11. Santiago meets an old man in the village. The old man says that Santiago’s new book is irritating and contains the world’s greatest lie. How does it irritate, and what is the lie? | it says the same thing that almost all books say and it’s wrong. The lie in the book is that people cannot choose their own Personal Legend. at a certain point in our lives we don’t control what happens to us and our lives become controlled by fate (lie) |
| 12. Who is the old man, and what is his name? | The old man is the king of Salem. The old man’s name is Melchizedek. |
| 14. How does the old man convince Santiago of his power? | The old man convinces Santiago of his power by writing things in the sand about the boy like his parent’s name, the merchant’s daughter’s names, and even things he hadn’t even told anyone. |
| 15. How does Melchizedek explain the concept of the Personal Legend to Santiago? | telling the story of the miner and the emerald where the man had been mining for an emerald all his life and just when he was about to give up he found exactly that and relate this idea to his personal life ig traveling, marrying the merchant’s daughter. |
| 16. How does the old man explain why few people attain their Personal Legend? | The man explains this concept by talking about shepherds and bakers. He explains that what society thinks about people becomes more important to them than their real Personal Legend. |
| 17. Melchizedek, who has identified himself as the king of Salem, reveals that he may appear in other forms. Why has the author given him these powers, and how will these powers add suspense to the story? | it shows the true meaning of a Personal Legend the man talks about how the universe will help them achieve their Personal Legend. Adds suspense because we don’t know when we will see him again or if something bad will happen where the boy will need him. |
| 18. Where do we next see Santiago, and what does this location tell us? | The boy goes to Tangier in Africa. This location tells us that he is as farther from home than he had ever been. It tells us that he is going to experience new things. |
| 19. What does Santiago learn about the local people, their customs, and their faith? | Santiago learns that quite a few local people speak Spanish, they don’t drink alcohol there, people are Islamic, and that there are a lot of thieves. |
| 20. What happens when Santiago follows his new friend to the marketplace? | Santiago follows his friend his new friend to the marketplace and gets distracted by a sword with lots of jewels and stuff. When he gets distracted by this his friends leaves with all of his money. |
| 21. What is Santiago’s reaction when he realizes he has been fooled and robbed? | The boy’s reaction was immediately to feel bad for himself and was scared of this new place. |
| 22. A turning point occurs, helping Santiago rethink his frustration. What helps Santiago change his outlook? How does this incident strengthen the structure of the novel? | Santiago makes this mental shift when he was reminded of the king’s words and blessing when he looks at the stones that he had given him. This incident shows the man’s impact on the boy and the changes that are starting to take place in the boy’s mindset. |
| 23. Although he does not speak Arabic, he has a “conversation” with the candy seller. Why is this important? | it shows the boy starting to make these connections with people without his sheep or the money, his ability to see things and understand them in ways that he couldn’t before, new things that he can start understanding about the world. |
| 24. Describe Santiago’s first exchange with the crystal merchant and what they learned from each other. | Santiago’s first exchange with the merchant teaches them both what working hard and being determined can result into. Santiago learns kindness and the merchant sees Santiago’s determination. |
| 25. What does Santiago say he needs money for, and what does this tell the reader? | Santiago says that he needs the money in order to buy some more sheep. This shows that he is still determined and wants to complete his journey by doing something he knows how to do. |
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