In contrast, The Alchemist provides hopeful insights when Santiago goes on a journey and discovers new ideas and hidden treasures. He discovers that playing it safe proves more dangerous to his freedom than taking risks. When placed in a life and death situation, Santiago learns that the Soul of the World is shared by everything. In both of these books, the characters have traumatic experiences that eventually create epiphanies that provide hope and
Both of them were able to see the world with new eyes and that change is good. “..I know the things I should be able to accomplish, and I don’t want to do so.” They know what they are capable of doing but choose not to do it because they don’t want to deal with all the work they need to put into it. As with Santiago he has enough money to go back home but chooses to not give up and continue his journey despite having to sell his sheep and getting robbed. The “death” Santiago had to experience was when the alchemist had told him that if he cannot turn himself into the wind he will be killed.
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.
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.
The Importance of Perseverance At many times in people’s lives, they consider giving up. This is also true for Santiago, the protagonist in Paulo Coelho's fantasy novel The Alchemist. Santiago is on a journey to find a hidden treasure he saw in a dream. Along this journey he continues to contemplate whether he should just give up, or continue his adventure.
This is illuminated when the Alchemist says, “‘There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure’” (141). This particular moment shows that even though Santiago has both the ability and the knowledge to achieve his dream, it is impossible to attain it if he fears even attempting to reach it. Consequently, this fear acts as his enemy and a barrier that stands in the way of the meaningful and happy life he is destined to accomplish. Furthermore, another one of his fears is the fear of losing what he believes he has already earned. ” He reminded himself that he had been a shepherd and that he could be a shepherd again.
The Alchemist- How do you manage the expectations of the outside world versus who you would like to be? In The Alchemist, Paulo Coelho shows to his readers that Santiago’s way of life is incorrect and that Santiago should change his ways because the expectations of the outside world are higher than what he is currently meeting. The world expects Santiago to be more than what he is now. The people around Santiago think that he is not contributing to the world enough especially someone that is very knowledgeable.
At the start of summer, my parents bought a copy of Paulo Coelho’s The Alchemist. I never knew how much this book would change me. That’s unsurprising since, Paulo Coelho themed this book after wisdom. The book has many wise teachings and quotes that influenced how I behaved during the summer and in these first few days of high school. About midway into summer, I went on a 3 hour road trip to Las Vegas for two consecutive basketball tournaments.
This novel makes people to believe in oneself and on their dreams , this novel give a wonderful message that no one can help you until and unless you are determined for your goals that have your will . Someone has said that behind every successful people there are hands of many people to make him successful. The Alchemist is novel which is portraying this fact undoubtedly. The protagonists Santiago achieves his dream or discover his treasure with help and contribution of many people. Santiago was a boy who finds happiness in small things he was found to talk to his sheep; he notices anextensiveattachment with his sheep.
Ultimately Santiago has developed his identity through the soul of the world and alchemy and has achieved his personal legend
In Night, even after Elie’s loss of faith, innocence, and family, he never gives up. In the end, he is drastically changed from his experiences but he has hope in his future because he manages to carry on. Ultimately in The Alchemist, Santiago learns that change is necessary for success and that he must overcome his own fears. In addition, he learns that his heart and soul are just little pieces of the Soul of the World. Both of these books convey the message that hope provides a person the strength and the will to
Urban growth and decline is a geographical processes that are constantly shaping Australian cities and is a geographical issue in Australia. Australia is a highly urbanised country as 89.01% of the population lives in the urban areas. People live in these areas due to lifestyle factors e.g specialist services, housing and jobs. Urban growth is the result of increasing population due to factors such as convenience, services, educational opportunities. and jobs e;g Sydney Business park in Marsden Park offering growth potential in one of sydney’s largest employment precincts.
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
Especially renowned for The Alchemist and Eleven minutes, has sold more than 140 million books worldwide. Paulo Coelho from his childhood has a passion as well as devotion for literature and for becoming writer .In his childhood Paulo Coelho dreamed of an artistic career, he discovered his strong feeling of suitability for be a writer. Paulo’s parents had different plans for him. His parents tried many time to suppress his devotion to literature but they failed, they took it as sign of mental illness.
As Douglas Everett once said,"There are some people who live in a dream world, and there are some who face reality; and then there are those who turn one into the other. " What this essentially means is that there are people who live in dreams, the other’s live in mind and there are some who believe that true meaning of living exists in following their dreams so they try to make their dreams reality. I agree with this quote because some people just dream about things and leave it; while, others don’t believe in dreams at all. Then there are some people who actually try to convert their dreams into reality because they think that dreams are for a reason. This quote is best designed for Paulo Coelho book titled “The Alchemist” as Santiago constantly works to convert his dream into reality
