Paulo Coelho has portrayed great adventure and self righteousness in the novel “ The Alchemist” a story about a young boy filled with curiosity to seek his treasure, what is the treasure is the real question. Santiago is a young shepherd focused and dedicated to completing his very own personal legend.Santiago’s father has is a kind family man who had always hoped his son would become a priest but loved him anyway when he became a shepherd. There are many other characters that are going to be introduced a Gypsy, Merchant, Kings, Englishmen, but their time will come later. Santiago faces many challenges when he sets off on an adventure to Egypt with not much but his will to strive and succeed. Santiago is on a hero’s journey a journey where he faces places he’s never been doing things he’s never done facing obstacles and struggling to get by. Santiago needs to find out the person he really is and the journey he’s about to take would most definitely answer all of his question.
In the beginning of the novel Santiago had this reoccurring dream where he would see pyramids this was his call to adventure something not only in his mind but in his heart was telling him to go to the pyramids there has to be a reason for him to go to Egypt. The dream was the …show more content…
Which they do they meet the alchemist and he shows them a new meaning on life opening up their eyes to different aspects of the world Santiago feels like a new person as if he was born again and looking at everything differently ‘’ You must not let up even after coming so far” they alchemist had told him they got this far he has got to keep fighting and working at his personal legend he is on a hero’s journey. This left santiago with motivation it made him believe that he can actually find his
In the beginning of the novel Santiago had this reoccurring dream where he would see pyramids this was his call to adventure something not only in his mind but in his heart was telling him to go to the pyramids there has to be a reason for him to go to Egypt. The dream was the …show more content…
Which they do they meet the alchemist and he shows them a new meaning on life opening up their eyes to different aspects of the world Santiago feels like a new person as if he was born again and looking at everything differently ‘’ You must not let up even after coming so far” they alchemist had told him they got this far he has got to keep fighting and working at his personal legend he is on a hero’s journey. This left santiago with motivation it made him believe that he can actually find his