The Soul of the World is nourished by people’s happiness. And also by unhappiness, envy, and jealousy. To realize one’s destiny is a person’s only real obligation. All things are one. (Pg 23 Paulo Coelho).This is a quote from the alchemist by Paulo Coelho a book with a lot of deep meanings. This is one of the books I read this year and it has a cool conflict. The conflict of the Alchemist by Paulo Coelho is about someone finding out the meaning of life and following goals the effect of the conflict is his choices in life, the people he met interacted, it opens his eyes to the little things and life and how everything is connected, and the people he met. Throughout the book the protagonist Santiago has the problem of completing his personal legend which affects the choices he made. For example, he had to quit his job as a shepherd to start the journey. “Here I am, between my flock and my treasure, the boy thought. He …show more content…
One instance in the book santiago controlling the winds by talking to each part of the earth while in the deserts which caused him to be able to talk to the soul of the world. This is the quote as proof. “He could see that not the deserts, nor the winds, nor the sun, nor people knew why they had been created. But that the hand had a reason for all of this, and that only the hand could perform miracles, or transform the sea into a desert … or a man into the wind. Because only the hand understood that it was a larger design that had moved the universe to the point at which six days of creation had evolved into a Master Work.”(160) “He also said that this was not just a human gift, that everything on the face of earth had a soul, whether mineral, vegetable, or animal --- or even just a simple thought.” (pg 82 Paulo Coelho). This quote is another example of how he notice and saw the deeper meaning into life. The wonders of life was only the second