How Does Santiago Have His Dream In The Alchemist

The Alchemist a book about a boy named Santiago and is written by Paulo Coelho. The story follows Santiago as he attempts to succeed in fulfilling his personal legend. One very important factor in Santiago's journey is his dreams, and how his dreams influence the choices he has made. He learns many things along the quest to find his treasure, but it is indubitable that the most important thing he learns is to stay faithful to his own dreams. Santiago knew from the start that his dreams were important to him, it all started when he decided he wanted to become a shepherd. Santiago’s family was set on him becoming a priest, but Santiago dreamed of traveling and saw becoming a shepherd as a way of fulfilling that dream of his. Santiago said very early on in the story “It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting (Coelho. 11).” What this quote means is that without having his dream to be a shepherd his life would have been plain and boring as it was planned to be. But since Santiago decided to do something that would make his dream come true, is what made his life interesting. This quote also

Santiago was facing the most difficult part of his journey, and he needed to turn himself into the wind in order to survive. The Alchemist said to him “There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure (Coelho. 141).” Santiago knew that he was not afraid of failing at his personal legend he was just not sure how to turn himself into the wind. But because of the Alchemist, Santiago was able to find his treasure and find his girl in the end. This quote spoke to me because a huge part in following my dreams is going to college. The only thing stopping me from the first step towards my dream is the fear of failure, and by failure I mean not being accepted into the college that I want to go