Fatima The Alchemist

Santiago made a reasonable sum of money working for the crystal merchant, and decided it was time to abandon his job to continue his search for his treasure. Along the way, he was halted by a tribal war in the desert and forced to stay in an oasis. During his visit he met a young woman named Fatima. After only a few interactions, Santiago decides he wants to marry this woman, “‘I came to tell you just one thing,’ the boy said. ‘I want you to be my wife. I love you’(Coelho, 95). What once was negative became positive. Santiago’s journey had been paused multiple times, and he was stuck in an oasis instead of venturing to the

Paulo Coelho’s novel, The Alchemist, is developed as a hero’s journey through the realizations from Santiago’s life experiences that propel him on his journey/quest. The novel is about a boy named, Santiago, who is a shepherd and has a strong desire to go on a journey to carry out his personal legend, sending him on a quest to Egypt to find treasure. Santiago meets an old man who claims to be the king of a place called Salem. Still finding him hard to believe, Santiago gives the old man a chance and agrees to give him one-tenth of his sheep in exchange for an explanation how to find the treasure in Egypt. The old man was telling Santiago about omens that god has left for everyone to follow as a “butterfly appeared and fluttered” (32) in between him and the

Santiago the poor adventurer boy, seeks the treasure in his dreams. Despite having a family that wanted him to become a priest. But as Santiago made way towards his journey, he was faced with the unlucky fate of being robbed of all he had. While he had nothing, he could only go up. He learned to find omens which that will lead him towards a better future. As a result he managed to land a job within a crystal merchant’s shop. Another instance is when Santiago is confronted by the love of his life. He wanted to stay with her forever, however doing so would force him to abandon his journey. Fatima,

“Fatima will be unhappy because she’ll feel it was she who interrupted your quest. But you will love her, and she’ll return your love. You’ll remember that she never asked you to stay, because a woman of the desert knows that she must await her man. So you won’t blame her.” The alchemist is telling Santiago that he shouldn’t be worried about Fatima because she knows he will return, the last thing any woman of the desert would do is interrupt one’s personal

In the beginning, when I was reading the Alchemist, I wondered on how this novel could translate into fifty-six languages and sold over sixty-five millions of copies because the story was not appearing to me. The story begins about a shepherd, whose name is Santiago, talking to himself and his sheep all the time, and having a recurrent dream about there is a treasure at the Pyramid. It was a boring beginning. As the story continues to be dull until the old man, the king of Salem, tells the boy a that “..the world’s greatest lie [is] that at a certain point of our lives, we lose control of what's happening to us, and our lives become controlled by fate” (Coelho, page 18). His conversation with the boy catches my attention, and makes me want

“I’m a desert woman, and I’m proud of that. I want my husband to wander as free as the wind that shapes the dunes. And, if I have to, I will accept the fact that he has become a part of the clouds, and the animals and the water of the desert.” (Coelho 103) When Fatima states this quote in the book it shows that she wants Santiago to focus on his end goal during his journey through the oasis and the desert. Fatima understands and wants him to continue on to find the end goal through the journey past her. Fatima helped Santiago realize that the journey is important but the end goal is what he is wanting and what she wants him to get.

He soon began to experience a relationship where he communicated with his heart. When traveling across the desert, Santiago's heart stopped thinking past. Instead it thought of the soul of the desert. Wherever his heart was, there would be where he found his treasure. He would have to trust in his heart to make his

The women he uses are the gypsy woman, his mother, and his soul mate, Fatima. The first woman he comes across is his own mother. His mother is much like his father, who wants him to just to grow up and become a priest. Regardless of that however, she is very supportive and wishes him the best when Santiago tells his parents he wants to be a shepherd. The next woman he encounters is the gypsy woman. Santiago went to visit a gypsy to see if she had could figure out anything about the dream he kept on having. She tells him that he should follow these dreams to the pyramids, but once he finds this treasure, he must give her one tenth of it. ‘“And this is my interpretation: you must go to the Pyramids in Egypt. I have never heard of them, but, if it was a child who showed them to you, they exist. There you will find a treasure that will make you a rich man’” (Coelho 14). The final woman he meets is his soul mate, Fatima. When he first meets Fatima he falls straight in love with her. He had wanted to stay behind and leave his Personal Legend, but it was Fatima and the Alchemist who had told him not to abandon it. Fatima told him to come back for her

In conclusion, the book the Alchemist illustrates the hardships and decisions we all must go through in life. It emphasizes that listening to your heart and going on your Personal Journey can be a hard and relentless road to embark on. However, the lessons learned and experiences gains can lead you to immeasurable rewards and

In fact, Santiago learned from the mistake crystal merchant have made and decide to pursue his journey even further. However, the crystal merchant did let Santiago work at his shop and provides him food,shelter and the money he needed to buy a new group of flocks. The crystal merchant is a mirror character of Santiago’s father, considering they both provide him money, food, and shelter. Santiago was not the only one who has a dream, the crystal merchant once had a dream too, as he responded “Because it’s the thought of Mecca that keeps me alive. That’s what helps me face these days that are all the same, these mute crystals on the shelves, and lunch and dinner at the same horrible cafe.

Instead, one success over hearings and misfortunes by funds of one's determinations and skills, not just by the reliance of luck and fate. It is for this and many other reasons that The Alchemist is not just a novel in admiration of a person's capability for greatness, but one that belittles this prospective by underestimate the importance of the individual's role in which one influences their own destiny. If you are ever in search of a lifting your spirit and hearing the nature of your ever ending opportunities, then this is the wrong book for you, you will not encounter it here. With The Alchemist you will discover that Santiago settles for less and comes to believe that all events are predetermined and therefore

- When Santiago was in the pyramids then he was robbed again by the thieves that brought him to a near death experience.

Paulo Coelho’s The Alchemist tells the story of Santiago, a young shepherd living in an abandoned church in a small Andalusian town, who is stripped of his comfortable and safe lifestyle after an encounter with Melchizedek, an Islamic king who tells him of his “Personal Legend” (21). Melchizedek points Santiago in the direction of his treasure only after taking one-tenth of his money, giving him two stones, and a lesson on reading omens. Throughout his journey, Santiago meets new friends, has everything stolen from him three times, and travels the vast and unknown Sahara Desert all while achieving personal growth and an understanding of his life’s meaning. His journey leads him to an Oasis

This is shown at the end of the book when Santiago finds his treasure and then goes to find Fatima. As said by Santiago,”insert quote”. This quote best represents Fatima being Santiago’s treasure because after all he did to find this he went for her, those coins, gold, and jewels meant nothing to him, all he wanted was his beautiful goddess, wife to be. All he wanted was Fatima. This proves that Fatima is Santiago’s treasure because no amount of money kept Santiago away from Fatima, at the end of the day he went back in search for his most beautiful treasure.

“I also have Fatima. She is a treasure greater than anything else I have won. She wasn’t found at the pyramids, either.” (Coelho 119) An important lesson that Santiago learns on his journey is that things that occur en route to the end destination can’t be ignored, as they can end up being more important than the destination. Had Santiago just rushed through his journey, and only focused on getting to the pyramids, he would have missed a great treasure. Santiago was patient with his journey, and he remained in the oasis for a substantial amount of time, rather than rushing through. In staying at the oasis, he meets Fatima, the love of his life. In the end, Fatima