Who Is Santiago's Journey In The Alchemist

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When comparing Santiago’s journey from The Alchemist, and Odysseus journey from the Odyssey you find that they have similar goals and mindsets but also have different things they want to achieve in their epic journey. In Coelho's The Alchemist it discusses the importance of the journey of finding your personal legend and what this shows about our lives. Santiago’s way of living by taking care of the sheep made him realize that he wanted to change his life, and achieve something way beyond his lifestyle that he was living. Santiago kept having a recurring dream about a hidden treasure at the Egyptian Pyramids. In the process of trying to find out what the hidden treasure was Santiago meets a man named King Of Salem. King Of Salem teaches Santiago about finding his personal legend and the soul of the world “And, when you want something, all the …show more content…

As he continued with his journey after seeing the crystal merchant, he ended up joining a caravan where he met the Englishman (most of his life he spent studying alchemy books). Santiago met a girl named Fatima, and he quickly fell in love with her. Fatima gives Santiago some information about where to find the Alchemist. Santiago returned and confessed his love to Fatima and told her that he wanted to give up on his dream to stay with her. But she wanted him to continue his dream and told him, "If I am really a part of your dream, you'll come back one day." ( 96 Coelho, The Alchemist) Santiago then continued with his journey and finally met the Alchemist. Santiago continued his journey by himself and the Alchemist taught Santiago about the Soul of the World and helped him understand the Universal language. At the end of his

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