The Alchemist By Melchizek: What Does It Say?

Throughout the book there have been three main themes shown within the characters. One of the themes is pride. Pearl, the daughter of both Hester and Dimmesdale, is a symbol of Hester’s pride. In chapter 7 on page 90, Hawthorne describes the beauty of Pearl’s dress. Her mother dresses her “in a crimson velvet tunic, of a peculiar cut, abundantly embroidered with fantasies and flourishes of gold thread.”

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

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

     After teaching the boy a lot about the journey he will go through, the king gave him omens to follow. Santiago sells his sheep, and travels to a town on his way to Egypt. He finds a man that could take him past the desert to Egypt. So the boy gives him the money that he got for the sheep. When the man shows Santiago the town for a little Santiago loses him in a crowd of hundreds shopping in the markets, and loses all his money. The boy learns not to trust anyone, and is told that there are many thieves in that town.

After Santiago wakes up from his dreams ,he later decides to ask a gypsy what his dreams are about. The gypsy tells him his dreams in order to discover the treasure from his dreams he will have to travel to the Egyptian pyramids. Santiago started to get spectacle about the gypsy and the dream. He later met an older man named

The second half of the book begins Santiago after he has spent a month working for the crystal merchant. He offers to build a display case for some crystals. However, the merchant declines stating that people will knock over the stand. Santiago sees himself as an omen and tells the merchant that he should take advantage of the beginner's luck while he has it. Time passes and business has increased. One day Santiago overhears a tourist complaining about thirst after climbing the hill. Santiago then suggests that they sell tea out of the glasses. He sees this as an opportunity to make extra money from tea and glass sales. A year passes and business is good Santiago can afford plenty of sheep, but he realizes that instead of returning home he

Ultimately, Santiago’s departure from the farm marks the beginning of his journey where he learns not only about the world but also the depth of family bonds and the significance of following one’s dreams. Spirituality: What leads to Santiago wanting to believe in women? Santiago is influenced to believe in omens by his encounters with Melchizedek, the King of Salem, who also introduces him to the concept of personal legend and the importance of pursuing one's dreams. Melchizedek provides Santiago with two stones, Uranium and Thummium, and encourages him to pay attention to omens as they guide individuals on their journey to fulfill their personal

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.

As soon as he arrives, a thief robs him requiring him to find work at a local crystal shop. Santiago takes financial risks and helps the crystal merchant advance his business. Within a year, Santiago becomes rich enough to pursue his Personal Legend and joins a caravan traveling across the Sahara Desert to Egypt. On the journey, he confronts an Englishman who was studying about alchemy. He wanted to meet the alchemist who lives at a Saharan oasis of Al-Fayoum and learn alchemy from him. While on the journey, Santiago learns to listen to the desert and starts uncovering the Soul of the World. After arriving at the oasis, Santiago meets an Arab girl named Fatima and immediately falls in love with her. The caravan leader informs the passengers that tribal warfare is preventing them from moving forward on their journey. Santiago spots two hawks fighting and catches a vision of an upcoming attack on the oasis. He goes to warn the chieftain, who readies his men and defends the oasis when it is attacked. The alchemist hears of Santiago's vision and asks Santiago to join him on a small trip exploring the desert. The alchemist instructs Santiago on the importance of achieving his Personal Legend. The alchemist offered to travel with

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

In the beginning of his journey, the merchants unwillingness showed Santiago that he did not need an exterior force to push him towards his dreams, just his self-belief. Then, the Englishman taught him that as long as he had determination and wanted something, the Soul of the World would guide him to it. While crossing the desert, Santiago’s attention to all the components instilled the message to notice all details in life. Fatima’s leniency towards Santiago leaving showed that no matter how far a couple is, true love prevails, as Santiago eventually returned to Fatima at the end. The final lesson Santiago learned from turning into the wind and circling back to his beginning, was that no matter how impossible a dream or task seems, if you have faith and drive it will lead you to success. The combination of Santiago’s newfound confidence, faith, and focus made him a wiser, more mature person that differs from the young, uncertain boy he was

He goes into a bar where he meets someone, who is willing to help him buy a camel and travel to the pyramids. He loses all of his money to the man who turned out to be a thief and is left with nothing. Santiago walks into a crystal shop where he cleans the crystal glasses in order for the crystal merchant to buy him lunch. The crystal merchant gives santiago a job at the crystal shop, Santiago is working here to raise enough money to travel to the pyramids in Egypt to find the treasure to complete his personal legend. Once he receives the money that he needs to get to Egypt he leaves to go to travel the Saharan desert.

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Alchemy, as stated by Webster’s Dictionary, means the seemingly miraculous change of a thing into something better. The title The Alchemist embodies Paulo Coelho’s novel by showing many incredible changes that the main character, Santiago, goes through. At the start of the story, Santiago is

It was a dark gloomy night and Santiago was in the fields of andalusia for his 60 sheeps to digest themselves. During the dream, Santiago sees that a boy was telling him to go to the Egypt Pyramids for the treasure. A king of Salem named Melchizedek, advice a boy to go to the Pyramid because the boy consulted him about his dream and also quipped he wants to become a traveller.