Santiago's name was mentioned once in the beginning of the book, and it was introduced as a Shepherd with 60 sheep. Santiago met a king, from there he decided to pursue his personal legend, or his goal in life. Santiago is 16-years-old, Spanish boy at the beginning of the book, who attempts to learn from anything he can, like his sheep or the desert.The conflict in the story is with Santiago needing to perform to keep himself alive, this man vs. self conflicts occurs when Santiago is debating on whether he should continue with his journey or end it. However, this certain problem was resolved earlier, when Santiago told himself if he failed, he can go back to being a Shepherd; if he died during the adventure, he would die on a journey to realize …show more content…
All of the supporting characters have met Santiago at some point in his journey, and many attempt to help him in different ways. The fortune teller is a major supporting character who’s the one that launches Santiago off to on his journey. He had gone to to the fortune teller to ask about his future life, and when he was is going to meet a merchant and his daughter. Sadly for Santiago, the fortune teller is a Gypsy who asked for one tenth of his treasure, once he returned from his journey. In Part 2 of the book Santiago is headed to North Africa, where he ages and works at a crystal shop, after being robbed by a Spaniard. Throughout the story it’s been his ambitions that allows him to move on when unfortunate events have happened to him, but his personality changes through the story because had he not have been a calm person, he might have not met the king; the king expressed to Santiago at one point that he knew that shepherds appreciated kings the most. Santiago's ability to read omens and communicate with the Soul of the World helped him in the journey it allowed him to not lose his path with the personal