People usually go to pray , meditate , read and spend time in silence to rest . When they return to the world of people , the busyness , the noise , the talk and the daily tasks of life tire them again. The Alchemist , the opposite is true . The time in the silent desert is a difficult, emotionally exhausting journey for the protagonist, the place with people and noise , represents safety and rest -escape . This example of ____A. Parallelism , b. Situational irony , C. Dramatic irony , D. Direct characteriza