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In Santiago’s dreams, he sees that he must travel to the Pyramids of Giza in order to find the treasure that is hidden for him. After meeting with Melchizedek, he realizes that it is his “Personal Legend” to reach the Pyramids and decides to sacrifice everything that he had to accomplish it.

He arrived in the town, Tangier, where he got his money stolen and then worked for the Crystal Merchant. His experience when he first arrived to Africa made him not trust people when he first meets them and started his character development. By the end of the novel, Santiago did not find any treasure. One of the boys that was with him told him about how he had the same goals as Santiago and that he will learn that a man should not be so stupid. Santiago, “stood up shakily, and looked once more at the Pyramids.

     Santiago leaves his family to become a shepherd, before leaving his dad gives him money he has saved up, Santiago buys sheep with the money. As a shepherd Santiago travels around Spain. As he travels he is in search of food and water for his sheep. During his journeys he gave his sheep names and really connects with them. When he ran out of money, Santiago sold wool from his sheep for

Santiago’s dream sequence mentioned at the beginning of the novella is one of the most significant symbols in the novella. He dreams that “he was going

Santiago starts his journey relying on his good luck, but when he arrives in Tangier, he is stolen from. The alchemist tells him

Miguel began to hear strange sounds, like waterfalls and people laughing, though all he could see was fog surrounding his boat. Suddenly, the old map began to glow in his hands and blinding sunlight broke through the fog. When Miguel was finally able to see he was in shock, all around him were people of the Indian variety. There were statues and buildings made of gold, with a giant golden pyramid on nearby mountain side. A man approached Miguel, though he did not seem very happy. He questioned Miguel, “You! Who are you? Why have you come here?” Miguel explained how he had been searching for El Dorado and that only made the man angrier. The man exclaimed, “You should not be in this sacred place! Greed surrounds your heart and makes up your soul! As punishment, we shall take all of your fortune and banish you from this holy place!” In an instant flash, Miguel was back on his boat, yet none of his stolen fortune was to be found. Miguel couldn’t believe it, his greed and misdeeds had cost him the paradise of his dreams, and got everything he owned taken away. He sobbed many tears of grief as he sailed back to Spain, the only place for a man like

Santiago returned to Spain and went directly to the old church and started digging under the Sycamore tree. When he was digging he suddenly spotted a Monk, it was the same guy that had told him to go find his

At the age of 16 Santiago living in a small village has a dream of traveling the world to visit the pyramids. He then mentions it to his father, he was not too happy about Santiago decision to be. His father Said, "Amongst us, the only ones who travel are the shepherds."That is when Santiago he decided to become a shepherd boy. But his father had plans for Santiago, as a priest. The next day his father gave him a pouch with three ancient Spanish gold coins which he found out in the field. He then

Upon his arrival, a thief steals all his money, which caused him to work in a crystal shop with a merchant in order to earn the money back. The merchant was someone who long ago had dreams of his own, however gave up on them because he did not want to leave the crystal shop, which symbolizes his comfort zone. While working with the merchant, Santiago learns that for the sake of achieving one's dreams, changes and risks are necessary, and that the only thing that could stop a person from realizing his dreams, was the person itself. After long months of work, Santiago joined a caravan that was crossing the Sahara desert. There, Santiago meets the Englishman, a intelligent man that Santiago looked up to.

Abstract: This essay details the achievement of personal goals, as well as the banishment of fear and self-doubt that may hinder this pursuit within the novel The Alchemist. The main purpose of this literary analysis is to demonstrate the extent to which Paulo Coelho uses a plethora of rhetorical strategies all revolving around the motif of fear and its parallel relationship to self-doubt, not only to motivate Santiago on his journey of self-discovery, but to ultimately change his bases as a character on a metaphysical plane allowing him to overcome the paralyzing effects of fear. To conduct this analysis: religious allusions, extended metaphors, parables, diction, personification, and various other literary techniques were examined to determine

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

Omens prove to be a valuable part of Coelho's masterpiece that guide Santiago on his treacherous journey and define a theme of the novel: one’s only task in life is to follow one’s personal legend. For instance, when Santiago, is in Tarifa, Spain after traveling with his sheep for hours to meet his crush, he befriends the King of Salem in the marketplace, who then prepares Santiago to follow his personal legend by stating, “In order to find the treasure, you will have to follow the omens. God has prepared a path for everyone to follow. You just have to read the omens that he left for you”(Coelho 29). Santiago

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.

A one night changed santiago whole life. Imagine Sleeping near the church at night after working so hard to feed almost 60 sheeps! What a person can get rather than a snorting and a dream! A dream can be different can make you scared, can bring hints or even happiness. This is the same story took place at midnight with a young shepherd named Santiago. Lets Begin!

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