How does the archetype of melchizedek develop the story in the alchemist? a) he is the considerate benefactor who gives santiago the gift of universal language so he can find wealth. b) he is the generous guide who gives santiago jewels so he can journey through the desert to find his true love. c) he is the enlightened mentor who santiago begin his journey to reach his true destiny. d) he is the cautious advisor who warns santiago to beware of thieves so he will not lose urim and thummim.

Read the excerpt from ernest hemingway’s “soldier's home.” his father was in the real estate business and always wanted the car to be at his command when he required it to take clients out into the country to show them a piece of farm property. the car always stood outside the first national bank building where his father had an office on the second floor. now, after the war, it was still the same car. nothing was changed in the town except that the young girls had grown up. how does hemingway’s description of the town as unchanged impact the readers’ perception of krebs? it emphasizes that while the town has remained the same, krebs has changed. it illustrates that krebs despises the town he grew up in because it is boring. it demonstrates that krebs views himself as similar to the other soldiers from his town. it reveals that krebs is jealous of those who were able to stay in town and avoid the war.