A Legend of Old Egypt

shepherd, keeps getting a recurring dream about a little kid who leads him to treasure in Egypt. He decides to ask a gypsy about what his dream means, and she just tells him to go to Egypt to find his treasure. He then meets a mysterious man who happens to know everything about Santiago. He says that he is the King of Salem, and he talks to Santiago about omens. He tells Santiago to go achieve his personal legend and gives him two stones, Thummim and Urim. Santiago sells his flock of sheep and buys

open fields of grass. Santiagos sheep follow him becuase he helps find them food and water. All the sheep do is look for food and water and they are content with that. Santiagos sheep symbolize people who aren't interested in persueing their Personal Legend, but are content with just food and water. Overall Andalusia is a setting that is not mentioned a lot but takes

into a prosperous life of “gold”. Santiago, the young sheep herder from Andalusia has a recurring dream of a child who advises him to seek for treasure at the Pyramids of Egypt. Santiago acquires the help from an old gypsy woman who tells him to go to Egypt to find the treasure. On his journey to the Pyramids, he meets an eerie old man by the name, Melchizedek claiming to be the King of Salem. He almost mirrors the advice of the gypsy woman by also telling Santiago to reach the Egyptian Pyramids.

book he got in town. Suddenly an old man sat by him and tells him that he knows where to find the treasure he is looking for, and that he will tell him in exchange of one tenth of his sheep. The boy agreed, and discovers that the man knew about the treasure the dream reader was talking about, and knew a lot about the boy and where he is from. After conversing with him for some time, he finds out that he is king, and that he helps people with their personal legends.      After teaching the boy

Gary Puente Title: The Alchemist Author: Paulo Coelho Date: 9/6/12 Quotes: “Whoever you are, or whatever it is that you do, when you really want something, it 's because that desire originated in the soul of the universe. It 's your mission on earth.” (Melchizedek) “We are afraid of losing what we have, whether it’s our life or our possessions or our property. But this fear evaporates when we understand that our life stories and the history of the world were written by the same

A boy named Santiago was searching for a hidden treasure at the pyramids of Egypt. He slept at an abandoned church with a half-destroyed roof. He had a lot of sheep and used a book as a pillow. The boy knew an old woman that lived in Tarifa and interpreted dreams. When he was there he told her that he has dreamt the same dream twice and a little boy transported him to the Egyptian Pyramids and told him about a treasure. The woman told him that not to pay him for his visit, for she wanted one-tenth

keeps having, and the old king dealt with Santiago. The king said he would tell him what his treasure is for the price of six sheep. “The secret of happiness is to see all the marvels of the world, and never to forget the drops of oil on the spoon,” proving that getting to Santiago’s dream will give him new lessons to learn and opportunities (Coelho,35). The old king implies that without spilling the oil from the spoon, one will be on the right path to your personal legend. The old king has given Santiago

*The Abandoned Spanish building, Spain: The beginning of the story starts here, at an old building, where Santiago rests with his flock. Just like any character Santiago’s somewhat inexperienced at first and he hasn’t gained the wisdom, experience that he gains by the end of the book. This location’s significance is to be the beginning of his journey that nudges him to look into his dream further. *Town of Tarifa: Santiago comes to this town with his flock to visit a dream interpreter, a gypsy

usually ignore this calling the lively Shepard decides to follow his personal legend. After meeting with an old man who disguises himself as a homeless hobo and afterward reveals himself as a rich king. Santiago chases after his personal treasure by selling all his sheep and getting money to go to said location of the treasure. Along the way he finds a young boy around his age to show him around and take him to the pyramids of Egypt, who we later find out was actually a thief that stole his money. After

recurring dream about finding treasure in the pyramids in Egypt. Santiago acts upon this dream and embarks on a journey to the Pyramids to seek his treasure. During his journey, he meets a number of people and experiences many omens that teach him about his Personal Legend and leads him in the direction of fulfilling his Personal Legend. While caravaning through the dangerous Sahara desert, the boy crosses paths with The Alchemist, a very old and wise man who possesses the Master Work. The Alchemist