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Personal Legend In The Alchemist

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What is a personal legend? Some people don't know their personal legends, and The Alchemist describes everything you need to know. A personal legend is one's goal or dream in life. A lot of people either don’t know theirs or is scared to chase it. The theme of personal legend are shown by the characters in the story. Santiago, the main character of the story is a great representation of chasing your personal legend. His dream is to travel and explore, as a shepherd he travels but constantly in a circle. In his journey he comes across multiple characters that help him along the way. Santiago gains values, experience, love, and etc. He even matures through his adventure. Santiago said “he didn't want to become a priest. That he wanted to travel.” ,Some people may view this book as Santiago chasing treasure but his real dream is traveling. In the end Santiago achieves his dream because of hard work and never giving up. …show more content…

The englishman’s personal legend was to become an alchemist, but he was scared of failure. Also the englishman just wanted to be able to turn things gold. He didn’t want to learn and work hard for the riches. “It was my fear of failure that kept me from attempting the master work.” He kept from trying to complete his personal legend because he was afraid. Don’t be like the englishman, don't be afraid of failure. Failure is better than succeeding at point always learn from a failure. The englishman never did attempt his personal legend because of fear, that's worse than

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The Alchemist says, “Don’t think about what you have left behind” (123). This implies that other desires should be set aside as a secondary role to one’s Personal Legend. One must be focused and cautious when pursuing their Personal Legend, or one might lose oneself on the

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In her essay “The Home: Rancho Santa Fe and Suburban Style,” Phoebe Kropp discusses the emergence of the Spanish colonial style in Southern California. This architectural style became the signature style of this region as many communities began to build that architecture. Kropp uses the San Diego community of Rancho Santa Fe to argue how this style has been taken advantage of by Anglo American’s as they have used it in their modern communities. Kropp addresses that while these communities have adapted the Spanish colonial architectural style they have also created a discriminatory community where not all of the Spanish history and culture are being included and welcomed.

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Throughout his journey, he unearths the truths of life, discovers his meaning of living, and what connects life all together. In the grand scheme of things, psychological changes are much more valuable than physical changes, and Santiago went from a shepherd boy with no view of the future to a man knowledgeable of the hidden truths all around us. Nevertheless, our three heroes are different men now than from when they began their

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Because of the alchemist telling him this, he knows his Personal Legend and continues to work for it. Out of the many challenges people face in life, some still just give up instead of persevering. The Alchemist, however, shows that people should never give up, but instead fight through bad situations to complete their goals. Others may think we are just suffering when we persevere, but “no heart has ever suffered when it goes in search of its dreams, because every second of the search is a second’s encounter with God and with eternity” (Coelho 134).

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The theme of personal legend is a reoccurring theme that is very important to The Alchemist. Santiago’s personal legend is to find his treasure at the Pyramids in Egypt. The crystal merchant dreams of going to Mecca. The Englishman’s dreams of being an Alchemist. Santiago, the crystal merchant, and the Englishman all show the theme of personal legend.

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Santiago is a young boy who yearns for adventure and purpose in his life.from a young age he knows he wants to see the world and becomes a shepherd to experience new places. Santiago still struggles to find meaning and purpose throughout his many years of travel though. It's not until he goes on the journey to follow his personal legend that he truly develops as a character. The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho, challenges readers to acknowledge their self-worth and realize they are strongest when they love themselves.

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To add on, the Merchant said, “You dream about your sheep and the pyramids, but you're different from me, because you want to realize your dreams. ”(Coelho pg 12) The merchant was trying to teach Santiago that it's important for him to go for his dreams and he realizes that Santiago has the potential do something with his dream and to make his dream come true which is different than most people.

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All individuals have the power to define their own fate if they pursue their dreams, persevere, and have self-confidence. In The Alchemist, by Paulo Coelho, the protagonist, Santiago, is a humble shepherd boy. His parents urged him to study to enter priesthood but he had always longed to travel (10). He makes the decision to stop studying in seminary and instead becomes a shepherd.

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Santiago then tells the alchemist: “My heart is a traitor. It doesn’t want me to go on.” The alchemist replied with a smart answer and said “That makes sense. Naturally, it’s afraid that, in pursuing your dream, you might lose everything you’ve won.” A fear of uncertainty is what Santiago is feeling and he worries he’ll lose everything he’s accomplished so far.

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