When you finish Part 1, go to page 47 in your book and re-read that page. Then, pretend you are Santiago and consider these questions:
1) Why are you willing to stay up all night cleaning the crystal?
2) How do you feel after the merchant laughs at you?
3) What is going through your head during the "moment of silence"?
4) Why do you think you need money to buy sheep??
NOW, read the page one more time, thinking inside Santiago's head. Number your comments 1-4 and share your reactions, (post them as a comment to this post, not on your own blog).
i was willing to stay up all night because i need money to get to Egypt. i felt like there was no hope and no adventure. the thought of no hope and no adventure was going through my head. i need money to buy sheep so i could become a shepard.
ReplyDeleteGood summary of events Elliot. Would you say this this the boy following his personal legend or giving up on it?
Delete1) The reason why I would be willing to stay up all night cleening the crystals is because i need the money to help me on my journey.
ReplyDelete2) I feel upset and let down because I want/need to get money to finish my journey and he also made me feel pathetic and hopeless.
3) I "sat there, staring blankly through the door of the cafe, wishing that I had died, and everything would end forever at that moment"(pg.47).
4) I just want it to go back to the way everything was with me traveling the wotld with my belovied sheep.
You really show how much despair Santiago is feeling, like when you think you are close to getting something or deserving something and then a person wiser than you just makes you feel like a fool. Great use of your quote and also citing the page!
Delete1) so i can get money so i can get to epypt
ReplyDelete2) pathetic and upset and feeling used
3 is he going to be able to make the money for the journey
4) so i can become a shepard
1.The reason why i would stay up cleaning all night is so i could complete my dream and move on.
ReplyDelete2.I feel ignorant and selfish for asking such a unreasonable thing.
3.I would be thinking of what will happen once i get the money.
4.I would need money to buy the sheep becouse thats all i ever none.
1.) i needed to stay up all night so i could get some money so i can fulfill my long life dream
ReplyDelete2.) i fell like i was in a dark hole,dapperest and didn't know what to think.
3.) the thing that was going through my head at the time was how in the world am i going to tell him i don't care what it takes to get the money i need.
4.) so every thing can just be the way it used to be.
1) I would stay up all night cleaning the crystal in the shop.Because if you wanted to do sometime you've been dreaming of for awhile.
ReplyDelete2) I feel upset and up down that he said that I could'nt get the money that I need.
3) I felt no hope, no adventure, no treasure, and no Pyramids. It was as if the world had fallen silent because the soul had.
4) to became a shepard
1) I need to get money to fufill my destiny.
ReplyDelete2) I feel like he thinks I'm a faure and can't do anything for myself or others.
3) I start weighing my options, thinking that maybe it is a bad idea. The king said that I could do anything if I think it may be my Personal Ledgened. What is my Personal Ledgened anymore?
4) Even if I don't go to get the treasure, I can still be a shephard, I know almost everything about sheep. If I earn enough money, maybe i can go back and be a shephard again, the thing im comfortable with.
1) I despratly need money to get to Egypt.
ReplyDelete2) i feel as if he doesnt think very much of me.
3)"he sat there, staring blankly through the door of the cafe, wishing that he had died, and everything would end forever at that moment"(pg.47).
4) I dont belive i can finish my journay; so im thinking of going back to being a shepard.
1) I'm willing to stay up all night because it gets me money to go to Egypt
ReplyDelete2) I feel kind of anrgy because I want/ need money to finish my journey
3) What was going on in my head was, "No hope, No adventure, no old kings or personal legends, no treasure, and no pyramids." " I was wishing to die, and that everything would end forever at this moment." (pg.47)
4) So I won't be lonely along the way and if I get hungry