Santiago

Santiago: Santiago is a shepherd boy from a small town in Spain. He is also the protagonist of The Alchemist. Santiago goes on a journey to find treasure at the Great Pyramids in Egypt. He is determined and wants to learn all that he can about the world, which allows him to overcome challenges and complete his destiny. He is very brave. Santiago takes every opportunity to learn that he possibly can.

Along the way to the Pyramid, Santiago meets Fatima and instantly falls in love with her. He spends days with her and confesses his love by saying “ I want you to be my wife” (95). Entranced by Fatima’s beauty, Santiago conveys his willingness to adjust his plan and settle with his love in a small oasis in the Sahara. He says “I want to stay at the oasis… I’ve found Fatima, and, as far as I’m concerned, she’s worth more than treasure” (118). Despite Santiago’s unconditional love and its ability to change his mindset, Coelho implies that love acts as a distraction that interferes one’s journey and that one must sacrifice such fascinations to become entirely fulfilled in the future. For instance, the alchemist suggests Santiago that he “must understand that love never keeps a man from pursuing his destiny. If he abandons that pursuit, it’s because it wasn’t true love” (120). Moreover, Santiago learns to accept the idea that the omens will help him reunite with Fatima after he finds the treasure if she is “a part of his dream” (97). Accordingly, Santiago sacrifices his time his love in order to stay on the path for his Personal

To begin his long journey, Santiago meets a wise old king name King Melchizedek. He is in a local market when the king walks up and asks Santiago what he is reading. The king continues to say that the book he is reading is important but irritating because it describes the characters inability to choose their own Personal Legend. When Santiago asks where this mysterious stranger is from, King Melchizedek replies with “I am from many places, but I was born in Salem as I am the king there” (Coelho 64). Accepting his statement as true, Santiago continues the conversation allowing them to eventually talk about his dream of the Pyramids. The king wants to help Santiago, but for a price of six sheep. Before leaving with Santiago’s sheep he shares, “’The secret of happiness is to see all the marvels of the world, and never to forget the drops of oil on the spoon’” (Coelho 32). His message to Santiago reminds him that by following his dream he will witness beautiful sights and people, but that he should always remember the purpose of his travels. Leaving it at that, the king pointed Santiago in the direction to follow his dream.

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,

Santiago,the boy who was born in a priest’s family and was put up to become a priest.But ever since he had been a child,he had wanted to know the world ,and this was much more important than knowing about God and learning about mans’ sins.He summed up courage and told his father that he want travel all over the world and learn.He is a humble shepherd whose desires are few–he wants to be free to roam with his sheep, to have some wine in his wineskin and a book in his bag. Fate intervenes, however, in the form of the recurring dream of a great treasure hidden thousands of miles away at the base of the Egyptian Pyramids. When Santiago meets melchizedek, a strange wise man who claims he is a king from a far-off land, he decides to seek his treasure. The next day, Santiago sells his sheep and embarks to Africa to pursue his dream.

The boy realises what he must do to fulfill his purpose in life; go to the pyramids of Egypt in search of treasure. In the same instance, however, Santiago recognizes that the time he had spent in Spain was not a waste. He learned valuable lessons from his sheep, gained an education in his childhood, and met a girl whom he thought he loved. His previous experiences had all been part of fulfilling his Personal Legend.

Many people have dreams throughout their lives, but not very many people are able to achieve them. Santiago had dreams and throughout The Alchemist, he was fate. First, the boy's parents wanted him to be a priest. Santiago knew that, that's not what he wanted to do. Santiago wanted to travel the world and with the help of his sheep, he was able to. Second, the boy meets Melchizedek, who is the king of Salem. Melchizedek told Santiago about the Personal legends and about his treasure he was having dreams about. The king, however, would not tell Santiago how to get to his treasure unless he sold one- tenth of his sheep. Third, while the boy was traveling through Tangier, he worked for a crystal merchant. The longer Santiago worked for the

This theme shows readers each characters will to make a choice benefitting themselves despite what others attempt to say or do to stop them. In The Alchemist, Santiago faces discouraging factors many times throughout the story. After his friend in Tangier takes all of his money, Santiago meets the glass merchant, where he is set on returning home once he gains enough money to buy a new flock of sheep. Santiago works for the merchant after being discouraged by his friend in Tangier, until he finally faces the decision to go home or stay on the path to the pyramids.

Santiago then decided to go with the Caravan, which traveled across the desert to Egypt. Santiago meets an Englishman, who is traveling the desert to meet an alchemist. The title of this book is “ The Alchemist” and this is the first time that Alchemist and alchemy is mentioned. I feel that Alchemy has a lot to do with Santiago. Maybe he might become an Alchemist, since in his dream he wakes up before he can find the treasure.

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

Finally, after a long journey, the boy meets the alchemist, a wise and powerful 200-year-old man living in the desert oasis. The alchemist takes Santiago in as his student, and

Not only does Coelho use symbolism and geography to further prove his theme, he uses his characters to manifest his notion. Santiago is the ideal individual who listens to omens in order to understand the language of the soul of the world and achieve his personal legend. Santiago is both a dreamer and seeker that illustrates how an indiviudal should pursure his dreams no matter what. On the other hand, the characters he encounters represent the opposite and ultimately encourage him to continue his journey. To demonstrate, Santiago encounters the King of Salem when having doubts of his personal legend. The King of Salem reveals the story of the baker and how he gave up his desire to travel in order to have a stable life. As found in The

Santiago is a humble shepherd whose desires are few–he wants to be free to roam with his sheep, to have some wine in his wineskin and a book in his bag. Fate intervenes, however, in the form of the recurring dream of a great treasure hidden thousands of miles away at the base of the Egyptian Pyramids. When Santiago meets Melchizedek, a strange wise man who claims he is a king from a far-off land, he decides to seek his treasure. The next day, Santiago sells his sheep and embarks to Africa to pursue his dream.

How can a man be destroyed but not defeated? In the novella The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway it can be seen that one can live on after death through the people that one knew. Spirit. Legacy. Inspiration. This is how one can live on through and after their destruction. The exploration of these three branches could exploit the style in which one lives and how significant their lives are to others.