Santiago Dreams In The Alchemist

The Alchemist Listening to one’s dream have great effects on people. If he or she listens to their dream, it can make them strive for success and to understand how life and the world works. If one does not listen to their dream, it can cause regret and depression in their lives. This happens to Santiago and the Englishman, In Paulo Coelho the Alchemist, It tells the story about a shepherd named Santiago who goes on a journey to claim his treasure. On his journey he meets many people who guide him and help him understand the soul of the world. At the end of his journey he finally claims his treasure through his struggles and his journey. One Theme in the Alchemist by Paulo Coelho is listening to one’s dream which Coelho shows through Santiago …show more content…
In the story Santiago had his dream which led him to leave his home and his family, but, because he didn't give up, he worked hard and continued to strive until he finally found his treasure. Santiago had to face trials and tribulations to show that he really wanted his treasure. An example of this is when he met King Melchizedek king of Salem. Melchizedek talked to him about how he helps those with their personal legend by pushing them towards their life goal. He tells Santiago he should go to the pyramids for it is the will of the world. Later they discuss about how he will get there. He tells Santiago he will give him money if he sells his sheep, and Santiago did sell them. After that Santiago goes to Melchizedek home and he gives him two items that will help him and guide him to make the right decisions towards finding his treasure. The items are called Urim and Thummim they will later on help him on his journey by simply asking them what to do. They will either say yes or no (Coelho 30). Next example is when Santiago goes to Africa. In Africa he meets a person who he thought could help him go to Egypt. But end up getting robbed, Stranded and no money to survive. Knowing not what to do he asks the Omen stone Urim and Thummim what to do it sinks into the ground? This meant he’s getting close to the treasure. To continue on reaching his treasure he seeks employment at a …show more content…
It was them who encouraged Santiago to go find his treasure. It was through fate and the will of the world that led him to his goal. Melchizedek helped him understand how important it is to follow your dream. He paved a way by giving him money and Urim and Thummim and Explaining how he help those who needed help with reaching their dreams. It turned out how it wanted he got his treasure. Many ideas in the novel is to God or the soul of the world. Without god or the soul of the world to help Santiago out when he was confused many times on his journey about whether he should continue it. Santiago would never have the will to keep moving forward. He probably would have stayed. This shows that god didn’t care whether Santiago was rich or a king. God simply helped him because he wanted him to reach his goal and to not be like all the people he met who didn’t follow their dreams. They were all sad and full of regrets and wish they could go back and change their fates. With his faith in God, God helped him out. The soul of the world approved of him and it guided him with more obstacles which strengthen him and allowed him to keep going forward until he found his treasure.
When you relate Paulo Coelho in The Alchemist to Santiago he to faced many trials to become who he is today. “Like Santiago Coelho had left his Jesuit schooling and Roman Catholicism