When reading “The Alchemist” Santiago was a character of intriguing traits whether they were proficient or unfavorable is another subject and mainly up to the reader to decide. As the main character, the story revolved around his actions and personality which affected many of the other characters along with them having a lasting affect on him. It seemed to me that the author, Paulo Coelho, didn’t leave any stone unturned but didn’t add in detail for unnecessary purposes when it came to the character of Santiago and who he is. As the story progresses Santiago proves himself to be a certain way and be confident of the way he is, believing he is all good. My goal through this literary composition is to prove Santiago wrong but also back up his
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His perseverance is an obvious and crucial trait throughout the story from what I have interpreted. Even if he needs a push from a fellow teacher, Santiago continues on his journey to achieve his personal legend despite the great number of obstacles that attempted to get in his way. When he is speaking to the elements, Santiago explains himself without struggle and with complete determination. “‘Maybe it’s better to ask Heaven.’ ‘Well then, help me do that,’ the boy said” (pdf 83). This quote illustrates Santiago’s persistence to turn into the wind in order for him to continue to live, realize his personal legend and go back to the woman he loves. One of the earliest but prime traits of the boy’s is his mass intelligence. He explains that school had much to do with how his mind came to be as advanced as it is but provides proof that his interest in books and literature is what truly kept him educated. The Englishman is in awe and somewhat envious of Santiago’s intelligence in the quote, “The Englishman was disappointed. The years of research, the magic symbols, the strange words and …show more content…
Santiago, above all that irked me, had a naive characteristic. A great deal in the text traces his forms of gullibleness such as the fact that he believed his literal dream of finding a treasure to be true or the fact that he trusted a man he knew nothing about once reaching Africa with his entire savings. One of the main forms of credulous trusting is cited in this quote: “When he looked into her dark eyes and saw that her lips were poised between a laugh and silence, he learned the most important part of the language that all the world spoke- the language that everyone on earth was capable of understanding. It was love” (pdf 51). Santiago literally just met this girl and he believes that he is in love without even hearing her speak. I know little about love but I understand that a humans can hardly achieve true feelings for a person without knowing them for at least a sentence long. What Santiago felt for this women at that moment was nothing more than lust and he proved to be naive enough to mix up the feelings of lust and love. Not only did his relationship with Fatima exemplify his negative trait of an ingenuous mind but also the negative trait of the disgusting fault of being unfaithful. In the beginning of the story Santiago introduces his love for a merchant’s daughter which seemed reasonable considering that they both talked before he came to the conclusion of love. This quote
His perseverance is an obvious and crucial trait throughout the story from what I have interpreted. Even if he needs a push from a fellow teacher, Santiago continues on his journey to achieve his personal legend despite the great number of obstacles that attempted to get in his way. When he is speaking to the elements, Santiago explains himself without struggle and with complete determination. “‘Maybe it’s better to ask Heaven.’ ‘Well then, help me do that,’ the boy said” (pdf 83). This quote illustrates Santiago’s persistence to turn into the wind in order for him to continue to live, realize his personal legend and go back to the woman he loves. One of the earliest but prime traits of the boy’s is his mass intelligence. He explains that school had much to do with how his mind came to be as advanced as it is but provides proof that his interest in books and literature is what truly kept him educated. The Englishman is in awe and somewhat envious of Santiago’s intelligence in the quote, “The Englishman was disappointed. The years of research, the magic symbols, the strange words and …show more content…
Santiago, above all that irked me, had a naive characteristic. A great deal in the text traces his forms of gullibleness such as the fact that he believed his literal dream of finding a treasure to be true or the fact that he trusted a man he knew nothing about once reaching Africa with his entire savings. One of the main forms of credulous trusting is cited in this quote: “When he looked into her dark eyes and saw that her lips were poised between a laugh and silence, he learned the most important part of the language that all the world spoke- the language that everyone on earth was capable of understanding. It was love” (pdf 51). Santiago literally just met this girl and he believes that he is in love without even hearing her speak. I know little about love but I understand that a humans can hardly achieve true feelings for a person without knowing them for at least a sentence long. What Santiago felt for this women at that moment was nothing more than lust and he proved to be naive enough to mix up the feelings of lust and love. Not only did his relationship with Fatima exemplify his negative trait of an ingenuous mind but also the negative trait of the disgusting fault of being unfaithful. In the beginning of the story Santiago introduces his love for a merchant’s daughter which seemed reasonable considering that they both talked before he came to the conclusion of love. This quote