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 . parallelism , b. situational irony , c. dramatic irony , d. direct characteriza