"In order to arrive, you must follow the signs. God inscribed on the world the path that each man must follow." In the book, The Alchemist, Paulo Coelho emphasizes this quote to express that each one has its own Personal Destiny. Clearly, each one has a predestined path to follow; it is a matter of recognizing the importance of the choices people make in following it through. The author wants the readers to carefully recognize the signs as they journey toward their own destiny. In The Alchemist, when Santiago decided to find his Personal Destiny, he encountered different obstacles and learned the importance of understanding the signs throughout his journey in searching for the treasure.
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Sometimes, there will be doubts, fear, and about to give up; this where they will realize the importance of the choices they make. Like for instance, when the old man gave the stones to Santiago, he says, “When you are unable to read the omens, they will help you to do so…but, if you can, try to make your own decisions” (33). How many times has Santiago been tested throughout his journey? He was in a strange land; everything is new to him: the people, the language, and their culture. He trusted a wrong person and ended up robbing all his money…because he was distracted, “Then he realized that he had been distracted for a few moments…he wanted to believe that his friend had simply become separated from him by accident…he waited and realized, he was in a different country, where he couldn’t even speak the language” (41). As it continues, “He was feeling sorry for himself, and lamenting the fact that his life could have changed so suddenly and so drastically” (42). This is where people will understand that though they are predestined to do or to have something, they still have the free will to make their own decision; they will start to doubt or even blame God like what Santiago did, “He wept because God was unfair and because this was the way God repaid those who believe in their dreams,” he said. Like normal people, it is okay to be
In every journey, each has to start somewhere. …show more content…
Sometimes, there will be doubts, fear, and about to give up; this where they will realize the importance of the choices they make. Like for instance, when the old man gave the stones to Santiago, he says, “When you are unable to read the omens, they will help you to do so…but, if you can, try to make your own decisions” (33). How many times has Santiago been tested throughout his journey? He was in a strange land; everything is new to him: the people, the language, and their culture. He trusted a wrong person and ended up robbing all his money…because he was distracted, “Then he realized that he had been distracted for a few moments…he wanted to believe that his friend had simply become separated from him by accident…he waited and realized, he was in a different country, where he couldn’t even speak the language” (41). As it continues, “He was feeling sorry for himself, and lamenting the fact that his life could have changed so suddenly and so drastically” (42). This is where people will understand that though they are predestined to do or to have something, they still have the free will to make their own decision; they will start to doubt or even blame God like what Santiago did, “He wept because God was unfair and because this was the way God repaid those who believe in their dreams,” he said. Like normal people, it is okay to be