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The Hero's Journey In The Alchemist By Paulo Coelho

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“The Alchemist” by Paulo Coelho is about a boy named Santiago. He wanting to pursue his personal legend, but for him to accomplish his personal legend he first has to go on a journey that will take him to new places. The hero’s journey idea is that if you stay dedicated to what you want to do, the universe will help you succeed in the act that you're trying to achieve. Santiago’s call to adventure when he heard about the pyramids and it inspired him to become a shepherd. The only problem with him becoming a shepherd was that he had to leave home and to find the alchemist. “Amongst us, the only ones who travel are the shepherds.”(p.9) Santiago feels excited to go and travel get that treasure that he has been aching to get. I feel like at this …show more content…

I say that the Crystal Merchant is his mentor because he gave him advice, what to do. The Camel Driver is the helper because he told santiago how to get across the desert. The Crystal Merchant lets Santiago know that he doesn't like change because he is used to the way he lives. He will not be going on the quest that Santiago set.” I don’t want to change anything, because I don’t know how to deal with change. I’m used to the way I am.” Santiago leaves the Crystal Merchant behind and continue on his journey to his treasure. Santiago didn’t forgot what the Crystal Merchant and the Camel Driver was telling and continues …show more content…

A temptation would be when he was tempted to stay with Fatima in the Oasis.The Context is that if he stayed home he wouldn't be looking for his treasure. If he stayed with Fatima, he would of passed up an opportunity to pursue his personal legend because it would of been too late for him to do it later on in the future.”I also have Fatima.” Santiago had to make a hard decisions and leave fatima at the oasis so he can finish pursuing his personal legend. This affects santiago a lot because he is leaving Fatima not knowing if he will come back to see her again. When Santiago seen Fatima, now he didn’t want to go on his personal legend. The context is that he he is not trying to leave her. He wants to stay and start a family.”Fatima is a treasure greater than anything else I have won.” Santiago is sad that he can’t stay. The alchemist tells Santiago that if he doesn’t go now it will be too late later on in the future. Santiago’s transformation was when he met Fatima, it change his main aspect of his life. He was contemplating on going but ended up going and finding the pyramids.”If I am really a part of your dream, you’ll come back one day.” He was able to see the pyramids and he didn't need the Alchemist to help tell him where it was. Santiago is on his way to pyramids and he didn’t need directions to find

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Paulo Coehlo’s, The Alchemist, explores the Hero’s Journey through the story of a shepherd, Santiago. Throughout the novel, Santiago becomes more aware of his potential as he pursues his Personal Legend. He faces temptations and obstacles as he develops as a character. The hero crosses the threshold when they leave their old reality in search for a new one. Santiago crosses the threshold by selling his sheep and taking a boat to Africa.

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He is a stronger and smarter man because of what happened to him. Santiago hit a lot of adversity at the beginning of his journey and it prepared him for the worst of his journey. “Now he understood why the owner of the bar had been so upset: he was trying to tell him not to trust that man.” (Coelho 43). He lost it all and he was prepared for anything for the rest of his journey.

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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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According to The Alchemist: A Psychological Approach Aziz states “Even faced by the threat of his own life by men beating him thinking he has more gold than what is in his pockets, he believes in his personal legend and overcomes his fear that he may not find it. Ironically, it is his perseverance that allows him to discover that his actual treasure is located at his home in Andalusia”(Aziz 26). Moreover, Santiago deals with the last obstacle of his dream and handles overcoming the fear of failure. To conclude, fear brought down Santiago at the last stop of his Personal Legend but comes out of his fear

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In the book the Alchemist (by Paulo Coelho) Santiago learns many things along the way to achieving his personal legend. He gained skills and experience in things across the board, from how to clean crystals, to the 5 obligations of Muslims, to the basics of alchemy. Santiago learns from the wise, and educated, but also learns the meaning of a true friendship. Overall it is true that reaching one 's personal legend is life 's greatest treasure, but often the journey is just as valuable.

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By continuing he finds his true inner strength. In the story, the author shows the importance of perseverance, and how to face the many obstacles that people are presented in their lives to complete their goal. In Coelho's novel, Santiago faces many difficult challenges, but because of his courage and perseverance, he is able to face them head on. While in the town of Tarifa, Santiago meets

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“The Alchemist”, is a story of adventure, hope and lesson. As a shepherd, Santiago travels discovering more about himself and his surroundings as he goes. Different decisions and opportunities detour Santiago on his path to his Personal Legend. Qualities fulfill Santiago making all of his aspirations possible, some help him as others devere him from his ultimate goal.

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In Part one Santiago could be described as weak character. He is easily manipulated and persuaded by others such as the gypsy and the tour guide he met at the bar when he first arrived in Africa. His hunger for money blinds him from seeing his

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Fatima was more important than his treasure” (95). Santiago is willing to drop everything

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The Alchemist is a famous book written by Paulo Coelho. It’s about a shepherd named Santiago who travels from his homeland Spain to the Pyramids in Egypt. He does this to find a treasure he was told about. Along his hard journey, he meets some people along the way like a gypsy woman and a king in disguise who all direct him towards his quest. He doesn’t let the obstacles stop him toward his goal and eventually he finds his treasure.

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Santiago's journey. In the beginning of his journey to the pyramids, he realizes he is going to need to find a guide, because he is a simple shepherd who knows little to nothing about the pyramids. Even at this point he could just say “ I am a shepherd and I know nothing about the pyramids, why try”, but decides to follow his dream

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In the novel “The Alchemist” by Paulo Coelho there is a young shepherd named Santiago who is in search for his personal legend. Santiago’s personal legend is to find the treasure at the pyramids. Throughout his journey, there are a lot of emotions especially the emotion fear. Santiago encountered a lot of challenges like crossing the desert, being in a war and turning himself into the wind. He learned the different levels of fear; fearing fear, being in fear, and overcoming fear.

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During the whole story Santiago is trying to find his personal legend, he is trying to find his purpose in life. Therefore in the Alchemist, the most important thing is personal legend. Everything is based off Santiago’s personal legend, if he wouldn’t of became a shepherd the book wouldn’t be all about him following his personal legend and trying to figure out what his was. Santiago has to figure out a bunch of new things that lend his to his personal

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The decision was difficult as both options don’t provide him a steady choice. As being a shepherd does not promise him to be with the merchant daughter and for finding a treasure he need to give up his well settled life. But at the end he chose to find treasure as it allows him to purse his personal legend or dram of travelling throughout the world. He always considers his choice before taking a decision this can be seen through this conversation of Santiago with himself, “Here, I am between my flock and my treasure, the boy thought. He had to choose between something he had become accustomed to and something he wanted to have.

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