Annie Coelho's The Alchemist

Annie was in the car on her way to her saturday dance class towards the end of the year. She suddenly remembered the show they always have. On the drive to dance the sky was blue and the sun was shining brightly. The radio was on loud like always on the same usual station, 105.3. She walked into class as normal and everyone seemed to have more energy than other saturdays as they crowded around Mrs. Tori with her phone out. “I found the song you are doing the dance to for the show, ” she said with a smile. Everyone was really thrilled to hear the song. “I also have some choreography to teach you, ” she exclaimed sounding very excited herself to finally have it figured out. The class had been kind of behind on figuring out the piece for the show …show more content…
Next to her, her friend Lily did not have the same reaction. In fact, Annie could tell she didn’t like the song at all as she showed a forced smile to everyone. At the start of the book The Alchemist Santiago wants to find the treasure. He decides to leave his sheep in search of the trea( Coelho 28). She imagines the beautiful dance in her head as everyone listens quietly. “It will be a lot of new and challenging choreography but I know you all can do it if you try,” says Mrs. Tori with enthusiasm. Mrs. Tori believes in her students and pushes them to be their best. She wants everyone to always try their hardest. In The Alchemist Santiago knew it would be a challenge to go on the journey but he decided to continue even with doubts and fears. He continued because of the king telling him “When you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you achieve it ( Coelho …show more content…
Her mistake was to accidentally say that in front of Mrs. Tori. She caused a famous speech from Mrs. Tori because Mrs. Tori had a strong hatred for that statement. Saying you can’t do something is probably worse than swearing in front of her. Santiago decided to give up on his journey when his money to travel was stolen because of the language he couldn’t understand. He remembered his life as a shepherd and wanted to go back to the simple way it was before. He calculated how long he would have to work to have money to buy sheep. He came up with one year and decided to try it. Then he asked if he could work for the crystal merchant. (Coelho 7). Mrs. Tori decided to stand beside her and go through every single step. Her legs felt tired and her brain just didn’t seem to be working anymore. She decided to push through and learn the steps so she could feel better later. Everyone was exhausted from a long day of dance and just wanted to go home. The Alchemist challenged Santiago. The Alchemist claimed Santiago could turn himself into the wind. “He is going to transform himself into the wind, just to demonstrate his powers. If he can’t do so, we humbly offer you our lives, for the honor of your