Conflicts In The Alchemist

The Alchemist is a book that's mainly about spirituality and finding your Personal Legend. This book offers and explores themes that make you question a lot of things about yourself and about the world. The conflict, along with the theme, shapes the way the book makes you view the world after you read it. There are many themes in this piece of literature. For example, it teaches you to always follow your dreams and to always to always take note and take action on your said dreams. In my opinion and from what I've read, The Alchemist a recurring theme throughout Santiago's journey to fulfilling his Personal Legend. What i made from out of the theme was to follow your dreams and to listen to what your heart wants. Santiago learns

The main one that shows up a lot in the book is the power of making your own decisions vs. the power of fate. Santiago goes through a lot of internal conflicts, causing his heart to become fearful of suffering. The main conflict as i said is the power of making your own choices versus the power of fate. The Alchemist teaches Santiago how to make his own choice, and not rely on fate, for fate can screw you over. Santiago is forced to become one with the wind when the alchemist only gives him two choices, which introduces Man vs. Nature. The alchemist gives him the choice to either be killed by the tribesmen or to show them what Santiago and (the alchemist believes i santiago to be able to “become” the wind as so to speak.) After three days, the boy learns to talk to the wind, and the sun to try and get them to help him become the wind. He tells them about his dreams and about the woman he loves. One more internal conflict that the boy goes through is his love for Fatima. He doesn’t want to go after his dreams, in fear of losing her. The alchemist reminds him that she is a woman of the desert, and that she will wait for him, in faith that he’ll come