What Is The Climax Of The Alchemist
In a storyline, the climax is the point when the protagonist has lost all hope. And how they deal with that, whether it is giving up or continuing to fight, can show what type of person they are. Leading up to the climax, the alchemist tells the chief of the war tribe that Santiago can turn himself into the wind and demolish his whole camp. The chief says he wants to see him do the impossible act, and gives Santiago three days to prepare. If Santiago could not complete the task, the chief was allowed to take the alchemist and the boy’s lives. After three days of preparing for his task with the alchemist, they both return to the camp. From the start Santiago believed he was going to lose his life because he assumed his undertaking was not possible.
Santiago goes to stand on the cliff so he could begin to turn himself into the wind. When he is up there he starts to converse with the desert asking it for help, but the desert says it cannot help him and to ask the wind for assistance. When he talked to the wind, the wind realized he didn’t know how to achieve what Santiago was asking, and told him to ask heaven. The sun isn’t able to help him, but tells him to ask the hand that wrote all. He then feels a rush of love and realizes he can perform miracles. For years after that day, people talked about the boy who turned himself into the wind. After Santiago realized what he could do, the wind blew harder than ever and when it was done, Santiago was on the other side of the camp.
After Santiago performed this task he thought was impossible, he is both proud and surprised of what he could do. Right before Santiago turns himself into the wind, he thinks something to himself “And he saw that the Soul of God was his own soul. And that he, a boy, could perform miracles” (Coelho, page 86 on pdf). Throughout the book Santiago has a hard time believing in himself and I think at this point he finally realizes he is different from other people and can do things that are believed to be impossible. Once that realization hits him, he is finally able to believe in himself and be proud of what he is becoming. From the beginning of the book, Santiago is doubtful about many things. He is not able to see that he is different from ordinary people, and that it is a good thing.
Santiago goes to stand on the cliff so he could begin to turn himself into the wind. When he is up there he starts to converse with the desert asking it for help, but the desert says it cannot help him and to ask the wind for assistance. When he talked to the wind, the wind realized he didn’t know how to achieve what Santiago was asking, and told him to ask heaven. The sun isn’t able to help him, but tells him to ask the hand that wrote all. He then feels a rush of love and realizes he can perform miracles. For years after that day, people talked about the boy who turned himself into the wind. After Santiago realized what he could do, the wind blew harder than ever and when it was done, Santiago was on the other side of the camp.
After Santiago performed this task he thought was impossible, he is both proud and surprised of what he could do. Right before Santiago turns himself into the wind, he thinks something to himself “And he saw that the Soul of God was his own soul. And that he, a boy, could perform miracles” (Coelho, page 86 on pdf). Throughout the book Santiago has a hard time believing in himself and I think at this point he finally realizes he is different from other people and can do things that are believed to be impossible. Once that realization hits him, he is finally able to believe in himself and be proud of what he is becoming. From the beginning of the book, Santiago is doubtful about many things. He is not able to see that he is different from ordinary people, and that it is a good thing.