Throughout life, people will have to make decisions everyday whether it is important or inessential. In this book, Santiago is deciding whether he should follow his “Personal Legend” (what one has always wanted to accomplish), or…
List the five aspects of the QUEST and then apply them to something you have read (or viewed) in the form used on pages 3-5.…
From listening to their dreams, Santiago and Siddhartha realize their Personal Legends and embark on their journeys to pursue enlightenment. Both characters need experience to help them understand what they desire from life. In the town Tarifa, Santiago is intrigued because in his dream “[a] child [takes] [him] by both hands, [ ] transports [him] to the Egyptian pyramids” and tells him that he will find treasure near the location (Coelho 13). Therefore, Santiago craves to know if his dream is significant. Without this dream, Santiago would not be able to go to the gypsy who tells him he must go to the Pyramids in Egypt to find a treasure that will make him rich. Santiago “[has] the same dream that night, a…
The Crystal Merchant became a good friend to Santiago because he gave him a chance. In return, Santiago helped make the Crystal Merchant’s store successful again. The merchant did not like to take risks and did not like change. He was a religious man. His fear was fulfilling the fifth obligation in his Muslim religion, which was to make a pilgrimage to Mecca.…
One of the main themes the Alchemist talks about is that every individual has a personal legend, which is a purpose or destiny that calls to them. Santiago's journey symbolizes this with his universal quest for meaning in his…
In the first place, Santiago is faced by having to decide between completing his Personal Legend to travel all the way to Egypt to find a treasure at the pyramids and settling along the way for the treasures he has already earned. If he completes his Personal Legend, he will have succeeded in what he’s been yearning to find for so long. But, if he settles for the length he’s gotten to so far, he will later regret not completing his journey. As the alchemist said in the novel, “You’ll spend the rest of your days knowing that you didn’t pursue your Personal Legend and that now it’s too late.” It’s easy to say follow your dreams, but it’s not always as easy as it sounds.…
Without the approval of his father, Santiago would never had to chance to meet Melchizedek, who helped him decided on whether or not to pursue his Personal Legend, and the Alchemist, who took him under his wings and thought Santiago about the Soul of the World. During Santiago’s most dubious times, Santiago meets these people who encourages him to complete the quest. The Alchemist serves as an important lesson to many people, because it teaches people that true happiness is received from doing what you want to do and completing that objective, no matter what hurdles you face. Santiago’s story will serve as an example of how happiness is found through completing his dreams, because not one he met his one true love, he also obtained many new…
Every person is faced with important decisions which can change his or her life. The main characters in Siddhartha by Herman Hesse and The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho realized that they had the power in their own hands to change their lives around. In both novels, the main characters, Siddhartha and Santiago, set out on a journey in order to reach enlightenment, because they felt disconnection within themselves. Although Santiago and Siddhartha faced different types of obstacles on the journey, they both had the same desire to find their Personal Legend. Neither of the characters gave up on their dream, because they listened to their heart. Siddhartha and Santiago also had mentors who guided them in the direction of finding enlightenment. Despite the external influences on the main characters’ journey to achieving their personal goals, the most important influence on them was the inner voice, which they learned to follow.…
Among all of the themes established in The Alchemist, the most relevant theme to the novel is the idea of one’s own personal legend. The story revolves around Santiago, striving to achieve his personal legend. He meets new people, faces hardships, and learns new things about himself and his personal legend on his journey.…
Across the world, many think of Jesus Christ as the symbol of purity, love, and all…
In the novel, The Alchemist, by Paulo Coelho the main character, Santiago had to overcome many obstacles. There are four obstacles that Santiago had to overcome while trying to find his treasure and complete his personal legend.…
In the alchemist by Paulo Coelho, Santiago’s greatest obstacle is overcoming his fear of the unknown. As the boy goes to the ticket booth to buy a ticket to Africa, he comes to the realization, “If he sold just one of his sheep, he’d have enough to get to the other shore of the strait. The idea frightened him.” (26). Santiago is fearful because he doesn’t know what will happen if he leaves. He knows his sheep and the lands of Andalusia, but does not know what will occur if he leaves what he knows for the vast mysterious desert to achieve his personal legend. The alchemist wants the boy to understand, “If a person is living out his Personal Legend, he knows everything he needs to know. There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure” (141). Santiago must accept the fact that he will not let fear of what he cannot do affect what he can do. Also, he must not let fear cloud his judgment of what his heart thinks. He does not know what will happen so he fears of what cannot be predicted. Finding a way to manage with his fear of the unknown is a constant challenge for Santiago. Even though he knows he should pursue his personal legend into the desert, Santiago has second thoughts when “He reminds himself that he had been a shepherd, and that he could be a shepherd again. Fatima was more important than his treasure” (95). The boy debates whether he should leave the oasis with the alchemist to fulfill his personal legend or stay with his love Fatima. He is scared because he does not know what will be the outcome of their relationship if he leaves Fatima. He worries if their love will last even if they aren’t together. He is afraid to take the risk because he won’t know the result until he returns. The boy has many obstacles on his journey but finding a way to cope with his fear of the unknown is an ongoing challenge for Santiago throughout the book.…
Foreshadowing or first obstacle helps to identify, or gives a hint (idea) of what the problem of the story is. Paolo Coelho has several foreshadowing events in the Alchemist; for example, the scene in which Santiago relates his dream to the gypsy, regarding the Egyptian pyramids. The dream itself is an indication of a foreshadowing event. It indicates the events that eventually will occur through the book, ‘’gives a taste of the problem ‘’.…
The Alchemist by Paul Coelho is a memorable and meaningful story about a young shepherd named Santiago, who has a dream about finding a treasure buried in the Pyramids of Egypt. As he travels in search for his treasure, he learns to listen to his heart and realize that his Personal Legend is part of the Soul of the World. He meets people along the way who points Santiago in the direction of his quest. Throughout the novel, this inspiring novel displays various themes. Three major themes that are very important in this novel is the danger of fear, fate, and Personal Legends.…
The Alchemist a story of a boy named Santiago who learns five life lessons the first life lesson that Santiago learned was that the fear of failure is the greatest obstacle to happiness. To me means that if you think that your going to fail then it will thou you of your concentration and then you probably will fail. That life lesson connects with me and my life because I have over confidence which has in most terms the same effect but with it I don't think about it to much and it throws me of my concentration.…