Alchemist: Santiago and the Key Elements of the Story

Three Spanish coins: As mentioned in Santiago's scrapbook, not only material wealth, the parents opposed the decision that his parents quit the priest only for his travel It is a dream. Without three Spanish coins, he may not have started his adventure as a shepherd. You probably never thought of pursuing his legend. But these are mere possibilities, and the bigger picture is that he was recognized by his father before he decided to leave everything to a new life.

In Paolo Coello's novel "Alchemist" the story of a trip to complete the legendary journey with the shepherd Santiago has started from the beginning to the end. During his trip, San Diego encountered several important male characters who played a very important role in the development of characters, travels and stories. Since men dominate the story, there are only a few female characters for alchemists, but one of the female characters plays a very important role in the story of San Diego. San Diego

There is a clear relationship between the story of "Alchemist" and the story of Coelho's own life. Like San Diego, a comfortable shepherd has decided to give up all the pursuit of a dream, and when he decided to abandon all pursuit of his dream of writing, Coelho is a comfortable life as a composer I sent that. As Santiago suffered many retreats and temptations during his trip to the Egyptian pyramid, Coelho suffered from many regressions, including disappointing "pilgrimage" failures and "his role as a writer" It was. Material seduction was brought about by economic success. But like San Diego, Coelho has still focused on his dreams and eventually achieved literary achievements beyond his expectations. Interestingly, after writing an alchemist, Coelho did not have fame and economic success as a writer.