By: Anthony Rocchietti Douglas Everett explains that some people give up on dreams and never try to fulfill them. Then there are some people who begin to shoot for their goals but then realize that what they are trying to do can never come true. Then there are those special few that aim for fulfilling their dreams and do fulfill them. He believes this because he says that “There are some people, who live in a dream world, and there are some who face reality, and then there are those who turn one into the other.” The Alchemist relates to this quote because the main character, Santiago, follows his dream of becoming a shepherd and achieves that dream. When he is told about finding a treasure by a prince he knows that he must find his personal legend and fulfill his new dream.
Although some have criticized Chris for not informing his family of his plans, it is understandable why he didn’t. They never would have allowed him to go on such a perilous journey, or even if they had they would have insisted on him taking the material essentials, which he was trying to escape from. Chris believed that his parents need for further economic achievement is was created the rift between them. “ I have always been unsatisfied with life as people live it. Always I want to live more intensely and richly,” (91).
How Santiago Changes throughout The Alchemist In the book The Alchemist, Santiago, the main character, changes from the beginning of the book to the end of the book. In the beginning of the book Santiago is just a shepherd boy who is looking for a girl but when he learns of his personal legend everything changes. From the beginning of his journey, Santiago has been somewhat practicing alchemy, he just didn’t realize it. While going against what his parents wanted him to do, they still supported him by giving him money. When Santiago has his dream, he pursues it by finding a women who interpreted dreams.
The father is scrambling to think of a story because he does not want to disappoint him now or ever. He looks to the future and realizes this day could change everything. His son would begin giving up on him this day and one day he would leave forever. This story has come to represent their emotional relationship. If the father fulfills his son;s requests to the best of his ability, he believes their relationship will last.
Tell me. How? There will be trouble from this. When a son goes so far away from a father, there can only be trouble.” His father just wanted to raise him with the sense of family and his religion. He wanted to protect him from the bad influences, but he was only scared of his son’s gift because he didn’t know what it meant for him.
The hero returns home or continues the journey, bearing some element of the treasure that has the power to transform the world as the hero has been transformed. The narrator now has the newfound knowledge about the importance of an education and returns to Angelus to complete his schooling so he can go to university APPROACH. The hero and newfound allies prepare for the major challenge in the Special world. Meg joins Biggie and the narrator on their journey THE ORDEAL. Near the middle of the story, the hero enters a central space in the Special World and confronts death or faces his or her greatest fear.
This journey helps Santiago learn new things about himself and other people. His destiny was right in front of him, but life had to have him go through the entire journey by crossing the dessert to overcoming impossible difficulties to find his treasure. We are absolutely not prisoners of fate; we are not in control of our fate we are innocent of what has been decided among us. Franklin D. Roosevelt had once stated, “Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds.” This quote clearly meant that we aren’t in control of fate, but we are in control of our actions and decisions. Catcher in the Rye and The Alchemist relates to this quote.
There are people waiting for him so that he cannot get away. They do not want to go because they don’t want to be taken from their families, even though they understand they will get glory out of it. In traditional times, all boys had to go, but now because of evangelistic Christians, things have changed and not all kids go. The families of the boys curse at the Scat Mulaj and throw stuff at them because they don’t want them to take their sons. This process in which they take the boys proves that the boy is important in their village and the Scat wants to invest time in them because they believe that they are crucial to the
In the book, Gary talks about how his television images motivates him to have a way out of Fresno and it kept him fighting to find away out of poverty. He fought for a place where he can plan his roots and be accepted for who is. Gary also had many family conflicts but the biggest one was with his step dad. Gary’s lack of education and being mistreated in school made him think that his future was going to be living in Fresno the rest of his life like his parents did. Gary wants to break away from poverty and keep the next generation out of working in the fields or factories.
Santiago, the main protagonist of the novel meets many people along the way including the king of Salem, a crystal merchant, an Englishman and the Alchemist. All these people directly and indirectly help Santiago throughout his journey. Santiago proves this by going on a journey to follow his dream, ultimately uncovering his personal legend.. The quote, “We must be willing to get rid of the life we’ve planned,