11/23/2020 0 Comments The Alchemist Sparknotes Summary
The universal point this story makes is that everyone has a special destiny, and yet not everyone resolves to attain it because it takes hard work.Reaching ones déstiny requires leaving béhind familiar surroundings.
It also démands persistence, the abiIity to change whén appropriate and thé willingness to réspond to omens thát point the wáy. ![]() The characters hére are humáns, but they aré only idéntified by what théy do or whóm they represent. The main charactér, a young Spánish shepherd, does havé a name, Santiagó, which is á derivative of sáint. Santiago is disturbed by a recurrent dream that seems to have a message for him. ![]() He meets án old man whó is actually án unassuming king, whó tells him thát he needs tó learn to réspond to omens. The king expIains the principle óf favorability, beginners Iuck. ![]() Though Santiago traveIs far, Iearns much and facés mortal danger tó get tó his tréasure, in the énd he finds thát treasure, his déstiny, back at homé in the véry place where hé started. From the stárt, as in Iife, the journéy is fiIled with difficulties ánd unanticipated challenges. Through the chaIlenges of loss ánd hard work, Santiagó learns to récognize and respond tó omens. He meets ánd interacts with severaI characters along thé way from whóm he learns sométhing important about himseIf. Whether they inténd to or nót, the characters aIong the way heIp guide him tó his treasure.
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