Sunday, October 5, 2014
The concept of relations
In The Alchemist, it can be observed that interactions and relations between characters are not the same as interactions and relations between people in reality, as shown throughout the book. A good specific example for this idea is the dialogue between Santiago and Fatima when Santiago tells Fatima he loves her. "'I came to tell you just one thing,' the boy said. 'I want you to be my wife. I love you.'" (98) Would this situation ever occur in reality? I don't think so. In our world people aren't so open with their feelings, resorting to lies and treachery to get what they want. But Santiago doesn't seem to have a concept of deception. Why would he? He doesn't lie once on his journey, giving only the truth to those who ask. He maintains a relatively perfect innocence on his journey to complete his Personal Legend. He sees many things that would prompt someone in our world to lie to save their own skins, but Santiago does not falter in his integrity. What would our world be like if no one lied?
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I would have to agree, but I want to remind you Caleb about what mr moudry told us in philosophy and the topic we brought up about eternal happiness and think about eternal truth and think about the world without lies
ReplyDeletejust because someone doesn't lie doesn't mean they're innocent. he understood the severity about the warlords coming to the oasis and he understood the concepts of kidnapping and murder and torture, all by viewing these events. if you don't lie your not a lier, but a person who understands death is not innocent.
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