The Alchemist Essay

it all started. And sometimes, the journey to achieving it is much more than the achievement itself. In The Alchemist, Santiago starts off as a shepherd traveling southern Spain alongside his sheep. While sleeping under a sycamore, Santiago has a dream that he feels is his destiny to follow. After meeting various characters like the King of Salem, the crystal merchant, and the Alchemist, Santiago makes his way to the Great Pyramids. All while leaving his love, his sheep, and his home behind. On…

Santiago learns through action that by traveling, watching and paying attention the world will help him find his personal legend. While giving the six sheep to Melchizedek he tells Santiago “god has prepared a path for everyone to follow. You just have to read the omens that he left for you.” (pg 31-32) That is exactly what Santiago does therefore seeking his personal legend. Santiago also learns that giving up on one’s personal legend can be easy. He learns this when his money is stolen in the…

The character traits that discuss about Santiago is a reliable, dependable when it comes t his sheep and he is always aware of his sheep, he also knows when they should move and where to graze on the field. He is also aware on keeping his sheep safe from any predator or severe weather conditions and provides protectable shelter for them. Santiago's second trait is he is always open to learning new things. He reads one of the books the Englishmen had to have a better understanding of the world.…

goals. People are scared to achieve these goals because of the fear of failure, love, fear of realizing the dream they have fought for all our lives, and from childhood people are told everything they want is impossible. In Paulo Coelho’s novel The Alchemist, a young boy named Santiago, who was a shepherd decides to follow his dreams in finding treasure at the pyramids in Egypt. Santiago is faced with many obstacles that test his ability to follow his personal legend. While many people would…

Albert Einstein). Knowledge and experience is what shape ones everyday life. Gold and gemstones only affects your social life . In The Alchemist, Santiago (protagonist) went on a journey to find a treasure full gemstones and gold. What made the journey most valuable were the experiences and struggle Santiago went through, and the knowledge he got throughout The Alchemist . Santiago learned from the King of Salem to not abandon his dream. The King taught him that a person’s dream is…

Phosphorus was discovered by the German alchemist Hennig Brandt, in 1669. In a surely arduous process, Brandt heated and processed 50 to 60 buckets, per experiment, of urine until he isolated a substance he named ‘light-bearer’ or phosphorus. Each of these experiments could take two weeks. He would let these buckets of urine stand until they ‘bred worms’. Brandt would then boil the urine with sand, and this is how he distilled elemental phosphorus. This discovery is also notable, aside from…

The Teachers The king, the Alchemist and the sheep all taught santiago something threw out his journey. some more than the others. But still each taught him a something. Something that help him on his adventure. The alchemist taught him many things. He taught Santiago about personal legend. that no matter what he does even if he stayed and married fatima the bad omens and luck would call him to fulfill the quest. he also teaches Santiago that the quest is more about the journey than the…

be long or short. Follow your heart and your dreams and one is truly able to reach their own personal destiny. Reading The Alchemist, listening to “Eyes of the World”, and watching Randy Pausch's Last Lecture, one can realize one great connection. The theme surrounding all three pieces is the idea of creating one’s own destiny. Destiny is what pushes Santiago in The Alchemist to go on a journey across vast lands in search of his subconscious dreams about his treasure. Creating…

The book “The Alchemist” is a story about a young boy named Santiago, he has a recurring dream about him finding treasure, the story is about his journey to find it. Along the way his character grows, and it develops into a character that you root for in his struggles. At the end of the story you are left with a character that has both positive and negative traits. Traits such as him being too trustworthy, and him proposing to a girl he only saw for a brief moment the day before. Santiago is a…

In three works, The Alchemist, Simple Abundance, and A New Earth, Paulo Coelho, Sarah Ban Breathnach, and Eckhart Tolle all used the job of a personal legend in their works. The use of it lets the authors show depth within their characters and their works. A personal legend is one’s god given skill, or their goal in life. It is what you live for. Paulo Coelho uses the idea of a personal legend within the character Santiago. Early in the novel the reader learns that Santiago’s parents wanted…