The book The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho is about a shepherd named Santiago who is looking for a treasure at the Egyptian pyramids. Along the way, he encounters many people and challenges and they affect him in a positive way throughout the story. Santiago has transformed and has understood more about life throughout his journey because of dreams, and love. Santiago has learned a lot from the people who help him to better understand dreams. On his travels, he comes across an alchemist who told him a story about dreams. What he told Santiago after he finished telling the story was, “No matter what he does, every person on earth plays a central role in the history of the world. And normally he doesn’t know it.” (163) His first dream has led him