Fatima The Alchemist

The Strong and Beautiful Women Fatima is the women who changes the soul of the world for one person. She is the only female character in the “The Alchemist” and she is full of knowledge. She does not change throughout the book so she is static character. Fatima lives in the Oasis, where her love interest, Santiago, is staying for a while. She is a beautiful woman that lives each day the same. She does not have a Personal Legend, or goal, set for herself but understand that others do. She is different from the other women and does not look the same as them. Fatima’s beauty and love for Santiago help develop the themes in the book. Fatima is the only one in the oasis willing to talk about the mystery alchemist. While Fatima was talking to

The Soul of the World is effected when Fatima says “Those who don’t return become part of the clouds, a part of the animals that hide in the ravines and of the water that comes from the earth. They become a part of everything . . . they become the Soul of the World” (Coelho 98). The Soul of the World combines all natural forces into one. She knows that if he were to die while reaching his Personal Legend he would always be there. Fatima finds it important for Santiago to reach his goal. She tells him to leave on his journey by saying “That’s why I want you to continue toward your goal” (Coelho 97). She does not want to hold him back from doing what he needs to do. Fatima and Santiago speak more than one language together and the most important would be love. This is shown by “The language that everyone on earth was capable of understanding in their heart. It was Love” (Coelho 92). People do not have to talk to each other to communicate. The love that Santiago and Fatima shared gave extended the theme of Language of the World. It provided another example of how people can understand each other without