Order of Santiago

Every individual’s life is a journey. There are different stages in life that one goes through and by experiencing these different stages of life one becomes wiser. In the novel, Siddhartha and The Alchemist the protagonist Siddhartha and Santiago both go through man different stages in life which made them grow, learn and transform into wiser people. Both protagonists go on a journey which is eventually the same but the purpose of journey is different. Similarly, both protagonist struggles

by shovel-nosed sharks , who symbolize the aggressive side of nature . They counter the marlin , who Santiago felt was a worthy opponent , and are able to destroy his success . Yet they do provide a challenge that he again faces with resolution . Without the sharks , Santiago’s determined mindset of reaching his goal , even if it results in death , would not be reinforced . While asleep , Santiago dreams about his adventure to Africa three times . Each time he is able to vividly recall details such

guided by his dreams and desires, not his fate. In the beginning of the novel, Santiago was studying to be a priest, but he forgoes his education in order to follow his dream of traveling the world. Though many as a foolish decision would have seen this, as priests were well respected and shepherds were not, Santiago does as he desires, not what he is told will be the most advantageous. Throughout his travels, Santiago encounters many people who

author discloses how a young adult named Santiago was clueless in what to do with his life. Until a mentor came into Santiago's life to guide him in the right path. Santiago needed to overcome many impediments such as desires and money. The king of Salem, Melchizedek, is the one character who engages and pushes Santiago to follow his Personal Legend. The one mentor who influences Santiago is Melchizedek because he is the only moral character who helps Santiago with his Personal Legend. In “The Alchemist”

conditions that go against a person’s moral values and conscience are also tremendously bad since it can become very difficult for a person to realize as to which rules are deemed acceptable, as we are taught from an early age to follow all rules and order. Therefore, as seen in the film, the rules put in place by the commanding officers of Lance Corporal Dawson and Private Downey directly conflicted with their abilities to comprehend moral values and damaged the

boy named Santiago - through his journey of discovering and uncovering his very treasure. Traveling from Spain to Egypt whilst experiencing obstacles, Santiago succeeds in pursuing his ‘personal legend’. By pursuing what he wants ever so passionately, with the help of several characters, Santiago evolves into a well-rounded individual by gaining knowledge through his travels and rich experiences. Coelho incorporates the use of helpers, a benevolent guide

one of his greatest books. This is due to all the the ideas of having a dream, or Personal Legend, and going through obstacles to conquer it. So this book begins in a small town with the main character, a little shepherd boy by the name of Santiago. He is very educated because he went to school at a church and learn how to read. You see in the beginning of the book that he enjoys to read a lot. But he is pretty content with his life at the beginning, because he believes his sheep can teach

before and after the murder of Santiago. First, the same begin with the visit of Bayardo and his amorousness to Angela Vicario, after, the wedding is performed, in this moment Angela admit to her husband the true about her virginity and to finish this history emphasizes the day of the death of Santiago. Second, he leaves to Angela, she tell her family that Santiago is the responsible for the loss of her virginity. The Vicario brothers inform to town that going to kill Santiago. Neither brother aware reported

Alchemist by Paulo Coelho, Santiago does not feel like he is fulfilling his life to its highest potential. In order to achieve his full potential, he sells his sheep and takes off on a journey to fulfill his personal legend. The story is not just about a boy trying to carry out his personal legend, it is about the symbolic aspects of life and how everything in a person's life affects them. Fate and omens are main motifs in The Alchemist by Paulo Coehlo that helped Santiago find this way through his

achievement. Santiago had a dream of finding his treasure. The novel goes through his everyday life of trying to reach it. Before he could even get his first answer he had to already sacrifice one thing. He had a decision to make, sacrifice something that was close to his heart or just forget about his dream/Legend and stay where he is with the things he loves? After he makes his life changing decision, he faces more than just that one sacrifice. Sacrificing it all was never the answer for Santiago, but