“Literature is the art of discovering something extraordinary ordinary people, and saying with ordinary words something extraordinary” -Boris Pasternak
This quote reminds of Paulo Coelho’s book called The Alchemist in which he describes the life of an ordinary shepherd who was destined to be something great he describes his life in a way that is really fascinating with a lot of plot twists Coelho constructs the Shepards story in a manner which gives a purpose to the character he develops this character into a self sustaining individual who crosses the vast and barren deserts to find a hidden treasure which a witch told him about when she read his palm going on this seemingly never ending journey in which he met the love of his life in an oasis where he spend quiet sone time so much so the shepherd was at one point considered the hero of the tribe because he saw a dream that the tribe was in danger and was going to get attacked and it was true so he went from being an ordinary to having this amazingly constructed journey which led to him Learning a lot along the way.
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Yaqoob, this is a good response that addresses the quote very well. You show how a small, simply written book about an ordinary shepherd can have an extraordinary message and led to a remarkable outcome.