The Alchemist

The Alchemist, written by Paulo Coelho, is a story about life. I liked this story because i think it teaches you true things about life. I think everyone who understands the message of the story should read it and the people who don't, should try to understand it. I don't have much to say about it because I think it's perfect.

Job

The job that im chosing is advertising design.
Finding information will be needed because understanding fully what you are advertising is needed in order to get a point across.
Imagining new solutions helps because it will set that solution apart and creates new ideas.
Reading volumes of material is helps because the more you know the better the outcome of a product.
Listening to others is important to find out what point there trying to get across.
Relating to the public is important because an advertisment is for the public.
Collaborating ideas is important so you can find the solution that best fits the product.
Analyzing problems are important because not all problems are clearly understood by everyone.
Taking personal reponsibility is important be its an independant job.
Creating meaningful and challenging work is important because the work wouldn't be meaningful if it weren't challenging.
Knowledge of community/government affairs is important because one persons views could cause change in the way we think about community and government.
Creating new ideas is important because it could cause a person to think and get newer ideas.
Coping with deadlines are important because if you wait to long the idea might be out dated and being on time is professional.
Displaying artistic ideas is important because it could make you think deeper.
Thinking of creative ideas are important because creativity creates.
Expressing feeling is important because people can relate.
Inventing new ideas are important because new turns into old.
Selling the product is important because thats the main idea.
Comprehending ideas are important because you can't express ideas clearly without comprehention.
Selling ideas are important because ideas are what the job is about.
Meeting new people is important because theres a lot to be learned from everyone and a it makes for a better understanding of how people are and how to treat them.
Picking out important information is important because selling useless information only distorts what your really trying to say.
Skillfully applying professional knowledge is important because it results in a professional peice of work that people would want to buy.

I don't think it's ok to invade someones privacy. I think you sould only invade someones privacy if your trying to look out for that person. If you do invade someones privacy and find out something that your not supposed know, i think you sould keep it to yourself. Invading someones privacy only causes drama and a lack of trust between people. If it gets to the point were you have to invade someones privacy, then you proply souldn't even be around that person anymore. Some people care about there privacy more than others, so you sould be careful with what you say or know.

Torture in Shakspeare's England

Torture in Shakspeare's England was the result of the people disobeying the law. If people disobeyed the law they would be publicly tortured so that the rest of the people would be scared to disobey the law. They did this because most of the population was poor. The rich and middle class needed to torture otherwise the poor would overthrow the rich. Exicution was highest form of torture and was displayed publicly. The poor would relize that the rich wouldn't hesitate to kill, in order to attain power and order. If it wasn't displayed pulicly there would probly be more crimes. I think Corperal punishment effects the person it's getting done to. It also works best, if you have to get important information out of someone. I think Capital punishment only effects the people that see it being done or to people who know about it, because i wouldn't matter to the person it's getting done to because they'll be dead anyways. I don't think any of these forms work good in the long run because no matter what there's always going to be bad people and those bad people usually influence other bad people. I think spreading good is the only true way to reduce the amount of bad people in the world.

My Favorite scene of the book is in book 5 when Ino saves Odysseus. Massive waves came crashing down on Odysseus and he got seperated from his raft. There was no fast way out, no struggling up from under the giant wave's, his clothing dragged him down. Half drowned he didn't forget his raft. Inos says strip off those clothes and leave your craft for the winds to hurl and swim for it now you must strike out with your arms for landfall there. I like this scene because i can relate to it. It was winter time and i took the train to atlantic city. I went there with my surfboard and a backpack. Once I got to the spot i like to surf i changed into my wetsuit. The winds were very strong and the waves were choppy and big. It took at least a half hour or more to get past the breakers, wave after wave came and took me under. Once one wave came another would be close by to take me under again. I would only have about a second to catch my breath before another came. I would have to ditch my board because the waves were to big and strong to duckdive under. I remember seeing about five to six waves coming towards me. I paddled as fast as i could to get under the first wave so that the rest of them wouldn't crash on me. I didn't make it past it so i had to hold my breath and pop up to the surface and take a breaths inbetween, waves. Once those waves past the waves calmed and i saw an opening. I got to were the lineup was and i rested on my board for awhile to catch my breath. My wetsuit is tight around the neck and it made the whole experience that much worse not to mention i makes your whole body feel heavier. After my brainfreaze when away and i found stregth to actually start surfing. Paddling made my arms feel like jello, but i managed to ride a couple lines without getting out of the line up and into the whitewash. However my luck didn't last to long because i caught a wave that made me realize how powerless i truly was out there.

My town is not worth fighting for. The people that live in my town, my family, my friends, and everyone else is worth fighting for. Eventhough the things in my town are nice, they wouldn't mean anything to me if the people within the town weren't there. I don't make as many connections with the town as i do with the people. If i came home after years of absence and the town was perfectly fine, but all the people who lived there moved away, it wouldn't feel like home; i would feel lost. I don't think just the people of the town make up the town, obviously i care for the town itself, but only because of the memories that i see when i look at different things. If i grew up in a different town, with different people in it, Laurel springs and the people that lived in that town wouln't matter to much to me. Itwould just look like a strange town with strange people who i wouln't care to know.

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Is Odyysseus a good leader

Odysseus is a good leader. He is a good leader because he is wise, loyal, and he takes risks. He is wise when he tells the cyclops that his name is nobody. He was wise because when they were attacking him the cyclops couldn't ask for help because he said nobody was attacking him. He is loyal because he looks out for his men. He looks out for them when they were in the cyclop's cave because he made sure everyone else got out safely before he got out. He takes risks when he makes all the men put bees wax in there ears while the song was playing, while he listens to it.