The Alchemist What does santiago learn from his Journey, who changed him and did it end on a positive, or negative note? The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho. In this book the main ideas are how people look at the boy and what he should do differently, The Alchemist, Englishman, Fatima, Melchizedek, and The Shopkeeper are all important characters that put a impact on Santiago’s journey. In Santiago’s pursuit for the Personal Legend, he learned to one must believe in himself, must make sacrifices, and to never give up. When we first meet Santiago he is looking for a place to stay for the night and he ends up at a church for the rest of the night. When Santiago’s wakes up and is on his way he eventually comes upon The Englishman in which they have the same Personal Legend and that makes him motivated to become friends with him. Along the way he taught the boy many different key things he needed to achieve his ultimate goal. First the The Englishman introduced alchemy to Santiago because that is what he studies. Also since he believes in omens he teaches the boy how important they are. How they can not only guide him to …show more content…
Although she was the most distracting towards his dream. He at one point almost dropped his dream and just stayed with her at the oasis. But eventually he was on his was and told her he would be back with the treasure. The whole rest of his journey though once in a while he would always think of her basically daydreaming of her. The Alchemist; He teaches Santiago many life lessons along the way of him also help him look for the treasure. He taught him that if he stopped (Fatima) that he would have bad dreams and omens. With that he also told him how if he wants to achieve his goal he must be tested, and The Alchemist at one point does test that puts both their lives on the line. More he showed how to turn metal into gold with the Philosopher’s Stone, but he knew he would lose it