The Theme Of Change And Transformation In The Alchemist By Paulo Coelho

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

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?

     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

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.

Santiago changes in many ways. He changes from worrying about the future, to not worrying. He learns that

The alchemist is a well written book that accurately describes every concept about life and explains it through a story. The Alchemist is a book about a shepherd named Santiago, who discovers his personal legend and receives help from others to help achieve his Personal Legend and learns many major life lessons along the way. Santiago gets advice that when life puts him down, keep getting back up and to focus on the task at hand, which is Santiago’s own personal legend. Along the the journey, Santiago receives help from many different characters but only three characters who helped him the most throughout his quest for his Personal legend is the alchemist, the Old King and the Englishman. The best advice a reader is able to gain from this story is the advice the the Old King taught Santiago, which is” there is only one thing that makes achieving a dream impossible to achieve, the fear of failure” which means is to never be afraid of failures and to follow your own path God has laid out for you because if you are too afraid to pursue your personal legend, meaning if people are too afraid to take risks to make their own life better than it already is now, then they will not have the opportunity to accomplish their own goals. In Coelho's The Alchemist, Santiago learns the Soul of the World through experience, patience, time and help from the Old King, the Englishman and the alchemist.

 While in the abandoned chapel, Santiago remembered his past dream and changed.  Santiago’s character change came from the realization of what his goal was in life, which was to go to Jerusalem.  If it wasn’t for the dream then Santiago’s character would

As for Santiago, he met a few helpers and mentors he had met were the gypsy woman and the englishman, the alchemist and the crystal merchant who guided him to push forward and challenge himself. “It's almost as if he had been here and left his mark, he thought. / On the other hand, he said that he always appeared to help those who are trying to realize their destiny.” Santiago felt as if he was going on the right path, that he shouldn’t quit now just because he’s comfortable of where he is. Here Santiago realized that the king was right about the entire universe coming together to help realize someone’s

“The black signifies ‘yes’ and the white ‘no’… always ask objective questions.” (Coelho 31) The King offers an extremely important, yet small aid to Santiago. After he influences Santiago into going after his personal legend not much of him is seen. He lets the natural process of social Darwinism take its tide. “social Darwinists argue that governments should not interfere with human competition..” (Social Darwinism 1) When he steps in, the King is essentially informing Santiago that if he (unknowingly) follows what he says (the principles of social Darwinism), then he will achieve greatness. The king sets Santiago on his way, and then quickly removes himself from the situation, emphasizing how it is all up to Santiago and that he has done his job. This is a prime example of the literary theory having an impact on Santiago and the

The Theme of “The Alchemist,” by Paulo Coelho is, always follow your dreams and listen to your heart. At the start of the novel Santiago does not know what he should do when he is confronted by his dream. But by the end of the novel Santiago completely trusts his heart to guide him though life. Santiago’s story shows him learning and living out the theme of the novel.

right away. Santiago is travelling, while doing so he is meeting up with a gypsy, who in which tells him about finding treasure because of this recurring dream he is having. After Santiago has his dream, he is soon visited by Melchizedek, the mysterious King of Salem, who tells him that soon after someone realizes their personal legend, all of the universe conspires in helping them achieve it, but only for a little while. This being said, “ ‘It’s what you have always wanted to accomplish. Everyone, when they are young knows what their destiny is. At that point in

Personal Perspective is how an individual view the world around them, different people perceives different things and that could shape their personality. In the novel, The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho, a boy who is a shepherd tries to seek a treasure in which he sees it in his dream. There are many obstacles that he has to overcome, he met numerous individuals along the way and learned valuable life lessons. People may grow differently depends on how they perceive the world, and if the way they comprehend the world changed, they could also change who they are as a

Young boy Santiago is a shepherd because he knows what he wants. In “The Alchemist” Santiago changes in many ways and learns many things from the start to the end of the book. Santiago is going to a village as a shepherd and in the meantime, he is staying in an abandoned church. When he is sleeping he keeps having a reoccurring dream, so he explains it to a gypsy woman. The woman says that he will find a treasure in the pyramids in Egypt. Later, he meets an old man that tells him that to he has to listen to omens to find his treasure. He also gives Santiago stones that will tell him what to do. Santiago sells his sheep to find his hidden treasure, however, when he is going he gets robbed, and he has to work at a glass shop to get money again. When he gets enough money to cross the desert and go to the pyramids, he meets a caravan about to cross the desert. On their way to the other side of the desert, they figure out that war is going on in the middle of the desert, so they have to stop for a long time until the war is over. Since Santiago

The Alchemist uses the idea that omens can help anyone reach their far fetched dreams. Omens are riddles or cipher keys that can help decipher the language of the world. They helped Santiago understand his true calling and guided him to his destiny. An example of an omen would be, when the bandits beat up Santiago and mentioned the church he had been in the night before he met the king. It was in that church that Santiago found his treasure and fulfilled his destiny. Paulo Coelho calls it seeking ones personal legend.