The Alchemist Flashback In Santiago’s, the main character, flashback, he goes to town to sell his sheep’s wool to a merchant, and while he waits for the busy merchant to finish up in his shop, he meets the merchant’s daughter. She questions his ability to read since he is a shepherd, and the conversation goes on for hours after this. The girl makes Santiago want to settle down and live in one place. This flashback begins while Santiago roams the peaceful countryside. He and his sheep begin to come close to this place they visited previously, which causes Santiago to think about this girl more and more. She consumes his thoughts so frequently that he begins to tell his sheep about her, which in turn triggers this memory. After this recollection,
