The Alchemist

(Coelho 118). This shows that he learns how to be patient and wait for good things to happen, rather than wrecking havoc. Santiago is also motivated by good, to find his treasure, and along the way he gets all sorts of treasures, like helping to fix the crystal merchant's business and

During his journey, Santiago faces the obstacle of overcoming his fear of defeat. This challenge of his fear of defeat is what is significant to Santiago’s growth. As Santiago arrives in Morocco, he was robbed by a stranger and left with nothing in a strange place. Yet, over time Santiago found a job with a Crystal merchant and, “…he had been working incessantly, thinking only

In The Alchemist, Santiago goes on a journey to find his personal legend and learns to understand women and the world. Santiago is a shepherd who transforms into a wise individual. He encounters many symbols and faces them to reach his personal legend. Three ways he changes are by meeting the Englishman, the crystal shop owner, and the Urium and Thummin.

First of all, the Coelho emphasized on the importance of dreams and striving for attaining our personal legends; as the main purpose around Santiago’s actions was chasing his dream. Moreover, the most important message in the novel was to follow our personal legends. In addition, the writer highlighted the theme of fate, as he stressed on the fact that everything is determined; as the motto of the crystal merchant was “Maktub”. At the same time, Coelho elucidated that we can’t accomplish anything unless we take action and pursue our dreams while accepting our

You are a shepherd boy whose dream has led you on 2 personal journeys to find an unknown treasure. Although your journey started off well, your luck turns on you after a friendly local tricks and rohs you of your many. This leads you to a crystal merchant’s shop where you are forced to confront your fears. The Alchemist tells the story of a boy, Santiago, who experiences just this. His first negative experience away from home led him to face his fears.

Not before long, Santiago meets a crystal merchant. Trying to run away from his Personal Legend once again, he gets a job at the

Ultimately, Santiago learns the value of his own decisions and learns that he has control over his own fate. Santiago arrives in Tangier and sits at a bar. When he sees people engaging in local behaviors such as sharing pipes and walking hand-in-hand, he scorns the people as infidels. He worries that he can’t speak Arabic, reassuring himself with the money in his

- Melchizedek applies Expectancy Theory to motivate Santiago to pursue his dreams by reminding him of the treasure. - The Englishman in motivated to undertake the journey driven by the need to achieve the Soul of the World and the elixir of life. The same is illustrated as per McClelland’s Theory of Needs. - Santiago hesitates briefly to pursue his dream because he feels satisfied with the wealth he has. The Alchemist, however, pushes him forward.

P.57 This quote emphasizes how important it is to have goals to work toward, even when achieving them seems difficult or uncertain. During his time at the crystal shop, Santiago gains exposure to different perspectives and cultural practices, which broadens his perspective on the world and gets him ready for the adventures he will have as he pursues his own legend. Overall, Santiago's job with the crystal merchant builds his character and gets him ready for the trials and triumphs he will face on his journey to fulfill his

Furthermore,In the book, Santiago reflects the theme in many different ways. One way in which Santiago reflects the theme is when he meets the crystal merchant and helped him in the shop so much that it became the best crystal shop ever. According to the Merchant on page 54, Santiago has changed this life and himself to the best version of themselves. For instance, in the book, it says, “Crystal Merchant: “I’ve had this shop for thirty years. I know good crystal from bad, and everything else there is to know about crystal. I know its dimensions and how it behaves. If we serve tea in the crystal, the shop is going to expand. And then I’ll have to change my way of life.” / Boy: “Well, isn’t that good?” / Crystal Merchant: “I’m already used to the way things are. Before you came, I was thinking about how much time I had wasted in the same place, while my friends had moved on, and either went bankrupt or did better than they had before. It made me very depressed. Now, I can see that it hasn’t been too bad. The shop is exactly the size I always wanted it to be. I don’t want to change anything, because I don’t know how to deal with change. I’m used to the way I am.” The boy didn’t know what to say. The old man continued, “You have been a real blessing to me. Today, I understand something I didn’t see before: every blessing ignored becomes a curse. I don’t want anything else in life. But you are forcing me to look at wealth and horizons I have never known. Now that I have seen them, and now that I see how immense my possibilities are, I’m going to feel worse than I

Without the crystal merchant’s presence in Santiago’s journey, he wouldn’t be able to continue on his journey. He would have remained stranded on North Africa, in a place where he doesn’t understand the language. He would not have had any money to go back home to Andalusia. The crystal merchant helps Santiago on his journey by giving him money to continued his

In the book The Alchemist the main characters name is Santiago. Santiago is a young Shepard that really enjoys his life and the sheep that he owns and takes care of. Santiago noticed early on in his life if he wanted to be truly happy he had to seek out a higher purpose. Santiago has a dream early on in the story that a child came up to Santiago when he was with his sheep and the child grabbed Santiago’s hands and transported him to the great pyramids in Egypt and tells him that he will find the treasure near them. After Santiago has this dream he goes to a dream interpreter to have his dream analysed and the lady tells him that he should go on and pursue the treasure that the little boy told him about.

When Santiago arrives in Tangier he is robbed by a thief and is forced to find work from the locals. He meets a crystal merchant and gets hired to work for him. Santiago convinces the merchant to take some risks in his business. This advice pays off and Santiago becomes a rich man in just a year. Santiago stars to gain confidence in his decisions and decides to use his earning to pursue his personal legend. Santiago soon joins a caravan crossing the Sahara desert and meets an Englishman who is studying to become an Alchemist. On the trip Santiago and the Englishman don’t converse much but Santiago still ends up learning a lot

Paulo Coelho’s The Alchemist tells the story of Santiago, a young shepherd living in an abandoned church in a small Andalusian town, who is stripped of his comfortable and safe lifestyle after an encounter with Melchizedek, an Islamic king who tells him of his “Personal Legend” (21). Melchizedek points Santiago in the direction of his treasure only after taking one-tenth of his money, giving him two stones, and a lesson on reading omens. Throughout his journey, Santiago meets new friends, has everything stolen from him three times, and travels the vast and unknown Sahara Desert all while achieving personal growth and an understanding of his life’s meaning. His journey leads him to an Oasis

Don't get us wrong: the crystal merchant is a good guy. He gives Santiago a job when he's down and out, keeps him fed, and pays him well. Plus, his own inactivity and fear of change gives Santiago an example of what not to do. It's like an after-school special about not letting your infant brother drive the riding lawnmower. Better to learn from example than