Sunday, September 15, 2013
Analysis: The Alchemist by Michael Scott
In The Alchemist by Michael Scott you are dropped into the lives of the twins Josh and Sophie. living in San Francisco, CA they find that the owner of the bookshop where josh works is Nicolas Flamel. with this realization they are plunged into an adventure that spans several books. one of the things that makes this book so unique is the way it uses setting. it blends together figures from history and mythology, creating a whole new world within the one that we see everyday. the freedom that this allows the author to take means that he can take you from breathtaking landscapes to urban alleyways in an instant. the settings and people who appear in the book are carefully chosen and their historical reputation adds a extra element of foreshadowing to the story.
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Very nice analysis, I found how you used "blend" to describe how the historical and mythological characters were thrown in to the story because it was exactly like that. For, example you would get a few historical characters like Nicholas and John Dee, and then you would get mythology like golems. Then more historical and then more mythological, as if the author was making the book like putting ingredients into a meal.
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