The Alchemist Symbols

Symbols
-Urim and Thummin
Meaning uncertain, possibly "Light and Perfection" or "Perfect lights". A method for inquiring of the God of Israel that was kept part of the priestly garments.The Rabbis understood the Urim and Thummim to be part of the Breastplate of the High Priest and that its oracular function came from light shining through the twelve gemstones mounted on the breastplate.Some believe the Urim were the lights, while the Thummim was a device or code that helped in interpreting the message.

-Omen
Omen seen or heard or even visualized at the initiation of an activity, are said to foretell the outcome of the activity.

-Desert
The Sahara (arabic"The Greatest Desert") is the world's largest hot desert. At over 9,000,000 square kilometers (3,500,000 sq mi), it covers most of Northen Africa, making it almost as large as the United States or the continent of Europe. The desert stretches from the Red Ses, including parts of the Mediterrian coasts, to the outskirts of the Atlantic Ocean. To the south, it is delimited by the Sahel: a belt of semi-arid tropical savanna separating the Sahara from Sub-Saharan Africa.

The Alchemist Part 2

The Oasis
This picture reminds me of the alchemist because Santiago and the Englishman travel in a caravan to pursuit their Personal Legend and they and the other people land in the oasis. This oasis is important in part two because thats were the Alchemist lives and the Englishman has traveled so far and for so long to get to that place to ask the Alchemist about the Elixir of Life and about the Language of the Universe. While the Englishman has been reading in books about the Language in the Universe he doen't know that it is love, whwt he has been looking for all his life is just love. Santiago found the Language of the Universe by just looking at Fatima and he thought that him coming to the oasis was a good omen.

Snow

I am reading a book called Snow. It's about the story of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfes, but a little different. She leaves her home because her stepmother wants to kill her. So she goes to leave with some half-human, Half-animals and she becomes a maid and works for them as long as she lives in that place. She is lonely since she is alone in that house the whole day. Her father never showed any feelings for her because he loved Snow mom alot and Snow's mom died when she had Snow. Someone who would like to read this book should like fiction stories.

The Alqumist part 2

Some changes that I've seen in Santiago is that he seems more confident about going to the pyramids. He recognized that he could look for the treasure and if he dosen't find anything he could still go back to beign a sheperd. At least knowing that he could still look for the treasure he will be happy to know that at least he tried to realize it, not like the cristal merchant who was afraid. And Santiago is not afraid of realizing his dream now that he knows he could still be a sheperd.

Dear Lemony Snicket,

I have been reading the books A Series of Unfortunate Events. I'm in the fourth book, The Miserable Mill where the orphans go to their new guardian. I started reading this series because a friend told me to read it. I am very sad to see three children working in such a terrible place with that mean foreman. How could they give the workers gum for lunch and pay them with coupons that you get in the newspaper. And why are the workers still there? Working in that awful place, why don't they just leave and never come back? Why did Mr. Poe leave them with that man who you can't even see his face? and he new they would have to work in order to live there. It really annoys me that when they have Count Olaf on their hands they never catch him. He is greedy and mean man who dosen't care about anything other than to get his hands on the money. I hope he never gets the Baudelaire fortune.

The Alchemist

The Alchemist is a book about a boy seeking his personal legend. I find really intersting that he is actually going to make that journey. What is really interesting is that the king told Santiago all about him, that Santiago had never told anyone. Why would a king be telling other people to chase their dreams when he's a king. I always though kings where like greedy or arrogant. But this king is not all about himself. So in this book the king's job is to tell people about their personal legends but what about the king? Where does the king get the information about the people he seeks. I wish someone could just come to me and tell what's my purpose in life and my purpose in this world. It would be much easier , but in real life you won't know your personal legend until your old

Reading this year...

Reading this semester so far has been great. I've read some great books. Lately I've been readin the Harry Potter series. I love them even more than the movies because they have more details and explain the theme better. I've just finished the sixth book and I need to get the seventh and last book The Deathly Hollows. They're so far my favorite books I've ever read. I've just finished readin the sixth book and it was sad because Dumbledore dies because Snape killed him and left with Draco but I always though Snape was good and I still believe it. I know Harry will defeat Voldemoert but I wonder how without Dumbledore. I think Harry, Hermione and Ron will look really deeply into the memories and find out were the Horcruxes are and they will tell the Order too about the memories and the Horcruxes and they all will find them and destroy them and defeat Voldemort and the Death Eaters.