Love In The Alchemist

Was there a loved one you had to leave behind? In The Alchemist, Santiago has to leave his loved one behind, but when you leave a loved one behind, you always come back if the love is true. In the novel, The Alchemist, by Paulo Coelho, Santiago learns, “Remember where your heart is, there you will find your treasure.” First, Santiago becomes aware of his purpose in the world. Next, Santiago experiences the feeling of love. Last, Santiago discovers that items end up where they originally started.
First, Santiago realizes his purpose in the world. For example, when Santiago decides to become a shepherd, he decides to talk to his father about becoming a shepherd. "The jacket had a purpose, and so did the boy. His purpose in life was to travel, and, after two years of walking the Andalusian terrain, he knew all the cities of the region." (pg. 10). Santiago knows that he has a place for him in the
For example, Santiago goes on his journey and reaches the pyramids, then he realizes that his treasure was where he had started all along. “Because now, he knew where his treasure was.” (168). Santiago has realizes that his treasure was back where he started all along. Santiago also had experienced the desert. To conclude, Santiago realizes that he had travelled all through the desert, just to go back to where he started.
To conclude, in Paulo Coelho’s The Alchemist, Santiago learns, “Remember where your heart is, there you will find your treasure.” Therefore, Santiago decides to find his treasure and on his way to find his treasure, he falls in love with Fatima. Santiago later realizes that his heart belongs with Fatima. At the end of the book, Santiago finds out that his heart was where he started. In our lives, we always end up finding a loved one. Whether it’s someone in our families, or that significant other. We feel like our hearts belong to our loved ones. But in the end, our hearts always find our