He succeeds and is allowed to proceed however, when he reaches the pyramids & starts to dig, he is robbed again. On this journey, the boy is tested and even submits himself to a simoom in order to prove that he is one with the ‘spirit of the world’. With the alchemist, he travels through a territory that is guarded by tribes. He sets on his journey and meets a wise alchemist, under whose kind eyes he learns about his true self. At first, Santiago is frustrated and angry, but later realizes that this is what true love is all about – it never stops you from achieving your destiny. Fatima agrees to marry him only if he completes his journey. He falls in love with the Arabian girl and one thing leads to another and then to a marriage proposal. With no money, Santiago ends up working for a crystal merchant in hopes that one day he will be able to fulfill his personal legend.ĭuring their travels, they reach an oasis where Santiago meets a girl named Fatima. The man runs away with all the money Santiago got from selling his sheep. Melchizedek tells Santiago to sell his sheep and go to Egypt.Īs Santiago reaches Africa he meets a man who promises that he will help him get to the pyramids but betrays him. He tells him that a person’s personal legend is something that they have always wanted to achieve it is something every person known unconsciously or consciously from the very beginning. He is the first person who introduces Santiago to the concept of ‘Personal Legend’. On his journey to find the treasure, he first meets an aged king called Melchizedek who is also referred to as the King of Salem. As per the woman’s interpretation, the boy is destined to find a treasure at Egyptian Pyramids. He visits a Gypsy woman, a fortune-teller in a nearby town who tells him that his dream is indeed a prophecy. He is a shepherd, an Andalusian one, whose destiny sets into motion when he decides to seek the meaning of his recurring dream which he believes to be prophetic. The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho is about a boy named Santiago.
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