The society fears change. It is the nature of humanity to be uncomfortable being out of their comfort zone. In, Paulo Coelho’s, The Alchemist, Santiago meets an old man who is a
crystal merchant that has anxiety and Santiago starts working for him. He finds out that the
crystal merchant always wanted to go to Mecca but does not because the crystal merchant thinks
that he will lose his purpose, this teaches and motivates Santiago to keep following his Personal
Legend. A theme for this event is that change is one’s biggest fear and one’s biggest treasure.
The crystal merchant is an example of what will happen to one if they fear change and
not follow their Personal Legend. As the crystal merchant wakes up with anxiety-like he does
every day, the narrator states, “He had been in the same place for thirty years: a shop at the top of
a hilly street where few customers passed. Now I was too late to change anything” (Coelho 47).
It hints that the crystal merchant fears change because he has been in the same place for 30 years.
This quote also supports the idea that change is a treasure because the community he is in
changed, his shop used to be popular, and now only a few customers even pass by. The narrator
uses the words “too late to change anything” to emphasize that the crystal merchant fears change
because it is never too late to change. It is too late for him to change because he fears it and that
is his excuse for not changing. The crystal merchant told Santiago that everyone that went to Mecca was happy doing it.
When Santiago asks him why he did not go he responds with, “I’m afraid that if my dream is
realized, I’ll have no reason to go on living” (Coelho 57). The narrator implies that the crystal
merchant fears change without saying it. The crystal merchant knows that change will be a good
thing, but he is still scared to do it. He knows that if he goes to Mecca he will be happy but still
does not do it. The narrator suggests that if he completes his dream that he will pass away by
saying that he will have no reason to live. Santiago takes away what he learns from this situation
and keeps chasing his Personal Legend and he gets a literal treasure from it.
The fear of change that the crystal merchant has takes a hit on his life. He can live aw
fulfilling life if he allows change in his life, but instead he rather live with anxiety everyday and
do the same thing everyday

Which three excerpts would best be characterized as expository texts? excerpt 1 may 17, 1980, was a quiet day in silver lake, washington. if you had been there, you probably would have seen mount st. helens, one of the state’s famous mountains. the mountain looked like a cone capped with snow. it rose from a valley of deep green trees and bright blue lakes. mount st. helens is volcanic. scientists were watching the mountain carefully that spring. for two months, they recorded small earthquakes near the mountain. steam spewed from its top. and yet, from a distance, the mountain looked picture-perfect. a volcano can erupt when pressure underground builds and forces its way to the surface. volcanos can be active, dormant, or extinct. an active volcano has erupted in the last 10,000 years and is thought to erupt in the near future. a dormant volcano has not erupted in the past 10,000 years, but is thought to erupt again. an extinct volcano is one scientists do not expect to erupt again. for example, in 1980, mt. st. helens was an active volcano. excerpt 2 anxiety sometimes manifests as an apprehensive feeling or worry that you are unable to explain fully. stress is often a trigger. symptoms can include tense muscles, churning stomach, nausea, diarrhea, headache, backache, heart palpitations, sweating, flushing, and numbness or “pins and needles” in arms, hands, or legs. with all these symptoms, it is easy to mistake anxiety for a physical illness. everyone becomes anxious from time to time, but when anxiety interferes with life when there’s no real threat, or is present long after a real threat has passed, it is a problem. one of the best ways to deal with anxiety is to learn how to manage stress in your life. relaxation techniques are also good. meditation, breathing techniques, and yoga are all possible ways to ease anxiety. being healthy also . follow a regular sleep pattern, get plenty of exercise, and maintain a healthy diet. all of these practices will reduce anxiety and stress. excerpt 3 visiting a different country can be a great way to spend a vacation. as a tourist, you are there to see new sights and have new experiences. but living in a different country is not the same as visiting one. when you move to a new country, you move away from people you are close to and many things that you know. a new place may have different customs, different food and often, a different language. the climate and land may be very different. buying food and getting to work may be a major challenge. you will have times of feeling afraid, angry and homesick. these feelings are examples of culture shock. excerpt 4 there never was such a country for wandering liars; and they were of both sexes. hardly a month went by without one of these tramps arriving; and generally loaded with a tale about some princess or other wanting to get her out of some faraway castle where she was held in captivity by a lawless scoundrel, usually a giant. now you would think that the first thing the king would do after listening to such a novelette from an entire stranger, would be to ask for credentials—yes, and a pointer or two as to locality of castle, best route to it, and so on. but nobody ever thought of so simple and commonsense a thing as that. no, everybody swallowed these people’s lies whole, and never asked a question of any sort or about anything. (from a connecticut yankee in king arthur's court by mark twain) excerpt 5 she was dressed in rich materials—satins, and lace, and silks—all of white. her shoes were white. and she had a long white veil dependent from her hair, and she had bridal flowers in her hair, but her hair was white. some bright jewels sparkled on her neck and on her hands, and some other jewels lay sparkling on the table. dresses, less splendid than the dress she wore, and half-packed trunks, were scattered about. she had not quite finished dressing, for she had but one shoe on—the other was on the table near her hand—her veil was but half arranged, her watch and chain were not put on, and some lace for her bosom lay with those trinkets, and with her handkerchief, and gloves, and some flowers, and a prayer-book, all confusedly heaped about the looking glass. (from great expectations by charles dickens)

You need to start an experiment and the instructions are to mix 2 g of sodium bicarbonate with 50 ml of distilled water and then mix the solution. describe what lab apparatus you would use and what safety precautions you must observe when completing this experiment.

"introduction to oedipus the king": what is most likely the author's intent in writing about the difference(s) between sophocles's play and the original myth on which it's based?