"Well, usually I learn more from my sheep than from books" Santiago stated (pg.5) Santiago is the main character of the book called "the Alchemist". The boy was a shepherd who lived in Andalusia. He has been trying to understand and communicate with his sheep, which he founded later was called "The Language of the World". He had a dream about a treasure that was hidden in a place which he doesn't know, because every time the person that was going to tell him where his treasure was, he always wakes up before the person tells where it is. Later, he found out that, that dream was his destiny from a dream interpreter and the king of Salem, Melchizedek that he talked to in the plaza. After the boy talked to them he was told that the treasure that he was looking for was in The Pyramid of Giza, Egypt. Santiago had to face serious challenges, to achieve his destiny. Throughout his journey to his destiny, Santiago learns from his mistakes, courage and he took many risks and challenges.
Santiago met many new people in his journey, and he learnt various type of knowledge, for example, be brave to handle everything under control to accomplish his journey and also learn from mistakes, like what Santiago had done in the beginning of his journey – when he lost his money to a boy and Santiago said "I'm like everyone else – I see things the way I wanted to happen not what actually does happen." From that tragedy he knows that he shouldn't do that anymore which is why is should learn from mistakes. Meanwhile Santiago doesn't know how to speak other language so he uses the sign language which he learns that it was called "The Language of The World" from The Alchemist. He was a type of person that would like to know several knowledge from things around him. I think that Santiago was very glad that Melchizedek told him many facts or tipsProxy-Connection: keep-alive
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or his journey for example, "The Principle of Favorability", so then he would be more courage to try new things like turning himself into the wind for the soldiers, he tried to perform an action that he thought was impossible to do for the first time in his entire life. Santiago had also learnt about "The Soul of the world" (which he also found out that it is that, that makes you want to achieve your individual destiny) from the Englishman that he met on his way to the oasis where he met Fatima, the English man let him borrow a book to gain his knowledge and also help Englishman to make him understand it more. Santiago had learn from his mistake throughout his destiny, and he had a willing to study things, but he doesn't always study thing around him, but he mostly studied from people like the alchemist.
Santiago made a decision that many people doesn't agree with it, but Santiago listened to them and he thinks that they are right, because the person who told him was a very trustful people and also the one that he loved, so he did listen for the good for his life. when Santiago had a decision to stay with Fatima in the oasis, she and the alchemist said that he shouldn't because Fatima said that she is not going to stop a man in a journey to his destiny, so she wanted Santiago to achieve his destiny first then come back to her, and what the Alchemist said was that if he stayed, Santiago would only live there with a rich life for only a couple of months because he can't get money anymore, and when he stays the alchemist also said that his willingness to achieve his destiny will disappear, and once it disappeared he didn't have any mission in his life, he could get bored of it, and some other things like that might happen. Santiago had taken information from other people thought that he trust and use it for his life to make it successful and enjoyable, for example he gained many knowledge and tips from Melchizedek and The Alchemist.
After going on a journey for years and years, he finally and successfully found his treasure which was the place where he started and lived in, which is Andalusia, Rome, under the Sycamore tree. Santiago has accomplished his destiny by being courage, he tries things that he had never done and never gave up on problems, he took major risks, but he took it for the good for himself to achieve his destiny, like leaving Fatima and continue his journey to for his destiny. Now he knows that some things are not always directly to the point, the main thing was the way we get to it, in this case was his journey, if Santiago didn't start his journey, he wouldn't learn anything but get all the money he got, but just for a couple of years. At the end he knows more knowledge than he did back then when he haven't start the journey, he mostly gain knowledge from the alchemist, and he had also found his true love, Fatima.
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