How Does Santiago Have His Dream In The Alchemist

The Alchemist a book about a boy named Santiago and is written by Paulo Coelho. The story follows Santiago as he attempts to succeed in fulfilling his personal legend. One very important factor in Santiago's journey is his dreams, and how his dreams influence the choices he has made. He learns many things along the quest to find his treasure, but it is indubitable that the most important thing he learns is to stay faithful to his own dreams.
Santiago knew from the start that his dreams were important to him, it all started when he decided he wanted to become a shepherd. Santiago’s family was set on him becoming a priest, but Santiago dreamed of traveling and saw becoming a shepherd as a way of fulfilling that dream of his. Santiago said very early on in the story “It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting (Coelho. 11).” What this quote means is that without having his dream to be a shepherd his life would have been plain and boring as it was planned to be. But since Santiago decided to do something that would make his dream come true, is what made his life interesting. This quote also

relates to me because my dream is to live a successful life, and to be able to provide for myself by having a well paying job. The fact that I have this dream makes my life interesting because it sets a goal, and in order to achieve that goal I am going to have to strive for it, and do my best, and all those things contribute in making my life more riveting.
Santiago may have known what his dream in life was, but he did not know what his personal legend in life was or what the universe had planned for him. Santiago was told the story of a baker who had a dream of traveling but instead opened a bakery so he could put some money aside so he then could travel. The man told Santiago “People are capable, at any time in their lives, of doing what they dream of (Coelho. 23)”. The old man told Santiago this story to help him see that at anytime he will be able to fulfill his dreams. This quote was especially important for Santiago because not only did this give him confidence about his dream, but also made him take a step back and really think about what the old man had said about the baker. And that made him realize that following his dreams was more important that doing what will make everyone else around him happy, he needed to do what made him happy. I can also relate to this quote because although my dream may be a difficult one, I have plenty of time and can truly achieve it at any time in my life.
Although having a dream is what brought Santiago to his treasure and true love, having a dream can also come with failure.

Santiago was facing the most difficult part of his journey, and he needed to turn himself into the wind in order to survive. The Alchemist said to him “There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure (Coelho. 141).” Santiago knew that he was not afraid of failing at his personal legend he was just not sure how to turn himself into the wind. But because of the Alchemist, Santiago was able to find his treasure and find his girl in the end. This quote spoke to me because a huge part in following my dreams is going to college. The only thing stopping me from the first step towards my dream is the fear of failure, and by failure I mean not being accepted into the college that I want to go

to.
In The Alchemist dreams is one of the most important topics discussed, and in the story Santiago learns that he must be faithful to his dreams in order to succeed. He learned that his dreams truly tested his strengths and weaknesses, and if you follow your dreams the universe with reward us in the end. So in order to find his personal legend he needed to follow his dreams and be willing to go on the long journey, and let the universe test him through difficult times, and in the end he was rewarded.