The Alchemist By Paulo Coelho

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In the second section of The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho, my favorite part was the fact that Santiago was realizing that he had the wrong dream in mind. This can be expressed through the quote, “ He had worked for an entire year to make a dream come true, and that dream, minute by minute, was becoming less important. Maybe that wasn’t really his dream.” Santiago got mixed up along the way and thought that he should be saving for more sheep, when he realized that what he really wanted was a trip to the pyramids. My least favorite part of this section was that the merchant had really little faith in Santiago's ideas to increase business. His religious beliefs get in the way and he keeps saying, “ Maktub” which means it is written. The merchant

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