Blood Diamond Alchemist

I believe he takes what he tried to teach him more seriously. I thought this was a big quote and statement for Santiago’s destiny. I believe at the beginning of the book Santiago was not at Free will even though he chooses to become a Shepard instead of a priest. Santiago later in the book meets the Crystal merchant which he grows to love and respect. Even though Santiago enjoys his time at the store his still wants to follow his personal legend. At all time during this book I felt Santiago controlled his free will and made choices to continue forward. He had several obstacles and but we able to be worked through. He experienced theft, love and to be humble along his way to the pyramids. All these obstacles are not easy on life and for him to handle in one journey is amazing. Santiago made a big consequence when he met the love of his life. Even though she told him she was going to wait for him he still didn’t want to. She only will marry him if he completes his journey to the pyramids. This could have been a big lose for him but he never lost track of his destiny. Another example that Santiago showed free will was when he meets the Alchemist and he teaches Santiago about being

The third and fourth obstacle Santiago faces is his fear of defeat and realizing his dream. For example, “They made him continue digging, but he found nothing. As the sun rose, the men began to beat the boy. He was bruised and bleeding, his clothes torn to shreds, and he felt death was near.” The obstacle he defeated was the fear of defeat people will meet on the journey to fulfilling our destiny. People have to be patient in difficult times and know that the universe is conspiring in our favor, even if some do not know. Santiago had patience and allowed the men to beat him. Because of his patience they eventually left him alone

During his journey, Santiago faces the obstacle of overcoming his fear of defeat. This challenge of his fear of defeat is what is significant to Santiago’s growth. As Santiago arrives in Morocco, he was robbed by a stranger and left with nothing in a strange place. Yet, over time Santiago found a job with a Crystal merchant and, “…he had been working incessantly, thinking only

14) Earlier in the story, the alchemist told Santiago "when you possess great treasures within you, and try to tell others of them, seldom are you believed." At the end of the story, how does this simple lesson change Santiago’s life? How does it lead him back to the treasure he was looking for?

The Gypsy women tell Santiago to follow his dream and go to Egypt. Santiago, still not confident about going to Egypt, meets a man claiming to be the king of Salam. This man echoes the dream interpreter’s opinion and tells Santiago that it is his personal legend to journey to the pyramids and that he should sell his flock of sheep and set off to Tangier. This man said, “…people are capable, at any time in their lives, of doing what they dream of.” (23) This shows that you just have to have confidence and you can do what you dream of. Santiago takes the man’s advice and sells his flock of sheep and goes to Tangier.

Santiago actually finds his treasure at the church. God wanted him to see the pyramids’ beauty even though his treasure was not there.

He was having the same dream for a few weeks, and he knew that the dream had some type of meaning. He dreamt of finding his treasure in the Egyptian pyramids. Santiago knew that he needed to find his treasure, but he also knew that he would have to leave a lot of things behind if he went on this journey. Santiago finally made the decision to go on this mission. During his journey, Santiago learned a lot more about what was affecting his life and the things he needed to do in order to find his treasure.

Throughout Santiago’s journey, he had several setbacks. As Santiago begins his journey to his treasure, he enters the continent of Africa and stops at a bar. Santiago then meets a man he thinks he can trust. After entrusting the entrusting the man with his money, Santiago gets robbed and never sees the man or his money again. After that experience, Santiago learns it is difficult to trust people. This was a the first of a few major setbacks for him. In Africa with no money, Santiago has to find a job. I think of that as a set back, it took Santiago an extra year to get to his treasure. Santiago worked for one year and when he gained enough money to continue his journey towards his treasure he moves on. Not too long after Santiago’s first

In his journey, some helpers and guides he meets are the gypsy, the crystal merchant, and the Englishman; and each of them would help Santiago in find his personal legend. One of the guides Santiago meets is a gypsy woman in Andalusia. This woman tells Santiago where to go to find treasure. She tells him to go to the Pyramids of Egypt. Santiago would find “treasure that will make you a rich man” (Coelho 17).

Soon after, Santiago is forced to work for a crystal merchant in the hopes of replacing his lost money and continuing on his quest. He works for the merchant for eleven months and during this time, continues to think less and less of his Personal Legend. He becomes skilled in this practice and begins to work towards instead, replacing his flock of sheep and returning to his past lifestyle. During this time, Santiago perceived reaching the pyramids as an impossible feat claiming “Egypt was now just a distant dream for him” and that, like a mirage, it would always be just out of his reach (56). In this way, Coelho shows that Santiago’s morale is lessening. The more that he stays at the crystal shop, the more he sees his treasure as a mirage instead of a physical object.

Santiago is confused on what he wants to do because his heart is telling him that he wants to stay with Fatima( the girl from the desert) but he knows that he has to follow the dreams he had and find the treasure at the great pyramids. The alchemist is just trying to advise santiago on what he thinks he should be doing he also gave him a scenario of what would

Santiago had never laid his eyes on the pyramids before, yet he saw them in these dreams; something that seemed impossible, unless there was some form of spiritual connection to the universe that wanted him to pursue his “personal legend”. The boy became curious so he decided to get his dream interpreted by a gypsy. Curiosity is another aspect that makes Santiago successful in finding his “personal legend”. Had he not have been both curious and ambitious, the story would just be about a young boy tending to his sheep. The gypsy informs him of the great treasure that awaits him at the foot of the pyramids.

After finding out would have to go to the Pyramids to fulfill his Legend, he knew giving up his sheep would be the first step. Before doing so, he went to buy a ticket for a train ride to Egypt. “While standing at the ticket window, the boy had remembered his flock, and decided he should go back to being a shepherd…a shepherd may like to travel, but he may never forget about his sheep”(26!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!). Santiago’s love for the flock was always associated with traveling, so when he decided to stay with the sheep because of the memories he had with them he inadvertently halted his Personal Legend. Once he realized the sheep were keeping him from seeing what the world had to offer, he was content with letting them

        In the same way, Santiago faces numerous obstacles along his journey as well. On his journey when Santiago arrives in tangier, he meets a boy who is his age who speaks Spanish and offered to help him get to the pyramids. When they were about to leave the bar owner grabs Santiago and tells him something. “The boy push the owner aside and pulls Santiago outside with him” and tells him that “the owner wanted Santiago’s money” (Coelho, 37). But the owner of the bar was

Santiago plays a huge role in the theme is developed throughout the story. This is mostly due to how much the reader sees how Santiago changes as the novel progresses and as he gets closer to completing his Personal Legend. In the beginning of the story it is revealed that Santiago decided to abandon becoming a priest in favor of traveling, which can be interpreted as the earliest sign of change and transformation from the main character before his real journey begins. "I found these one day in the fields. I wanted them to be a part of your inheritance. But use them to buy your flock. Take to the fields, and someday you'll learn that our countryside is the best, and our women the most beautiful" (Coelho 18). Digging into the story more only leads to more examples of how Santiago changes. One major example that