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Mohamed Abaas
2R
Mr.Wiessman
The Alchemist
The beginning of the Alchemist starts with the story of Narcissus. Narcissus is very arrogant but the twist of the story is that in the end, even the lake that he viewed himself in, was quite selfish, seeing its own self in the reflection of his eyes. Throughout the story of The Alchemist, the theme is about how most people are in it for themselves and are quite selfish. At the beginning of the story Santiago was somewhat explained like this.
As he walked through the streets of Spain he saw Muslims as “the invaders”. until later on he came to appreciate them explaining the significance of Santiago haili...