Santiago learns a great deal by observing the world around him and the behavior of his sheep. The boy returns to the Spanish church, digs up the treasure and prepares to return to Fatima. Santiago realizes the man is describing a church where he, Santiago, slept back home. He, too, had a recurring dream of treasure, he says, but he wasn’t foolish enough to travel to a ruined church in Spain to find it. He tells them about his dreams and says there is gold here somewhere. Then refugees from the tribal wars attack Santiago and want his money. The alchemist finally leaves the boy, who begins digging at the pyramids for his treasure. The tribesmen let Santiago and the alchemist go. He has conversations with the wind, sun and sand, and together they create a spectacle that terrifies the tribesmen. The boy is tentative, as he isn’t an alchemist himself. He also tells them that Santiago is powerful and can transform himself into the wind with three days’ preparation. Tribesmen capture them along the way, and the alchemist gives Santiago’s savings to them. The alchemist tells the boy that he will take him the rest of the way through the desert to the Egyptian pyramids. Because of Santiago’s warning, the leaders quickly capture the raiders. The next day, Santiago’s vision comes true, and raiders attack the oasis. The alchemist tells Santiago the wind told him the boy was coming and would need his help. Nevertheless, they pay attention to his concerns. He tells the leaders, who are unconvinced the oasis is supposed to be neutral territory. Santiago has a vision that warriors are coming to attack Al-Fayoum. She says he must go and she, like all desert women, must let him be free and wait for him to return.ĭue to tribal wars in the desert, the caravan is forbidden to continue its journey. She tells him she has become part of him, but she will not allow him to forfeit his Personal Legend for her. He decides she is more important to him than finding his treasure, and he asks her to marry him. He immediately knows she is the one for him because they are wordlessly speaking the universal language to one another. The Englishman is searching for an old alchemist, a man who knows the universal language of the world.Īt the desert oasis Al-Fayoum, Santiago meets a girl named Fatima. He meets an Englishman who is joining a caravan across the desert, and the boy decides to go as well. Out of curiosity, he decides to find out the distance to the pyramids. He plans to return to Spain and buy more sheep. Santiago leaves the crystal shop after rebuilding his savings. He doesn’t do it, though, saying he’s afraid he’d have nothing to live for and would be disappointed if he realized his dream. The merchant now has the money to fulfill his religious obligation and life dream of traveling to Mecca. In his year at the crystal shop, he helps the man expand his business. When all his money is stolen in Africa, Santiago goes to work for a Muslim crystal merchant. He gives him 10 percent of his sheep, sells the rest and sails for Africa. The boy heeds and trusts Melchizedek’s counsel. Unlike the gypsy, Melchizedek knows things about Santiago that wouldn’t be possible without some special insight. He says he can help Santiago realize his Personal Legend for a 10th of the boy’s sheep. He urges Santiago not to believe the lie that we all eventually lose control of our own lives and become controlled by fate. The man asks about the boy’s Personal Legend, or the dream he has always wanted to accomplish. Santiago is frustrated and ready to abandon his dreams when he meets an old man named Melchizedek, the king of Salem. He seeks advice from a gypsy woman who provides little help but asks for a 10th of his treasure in return for her reading. Santiago is a young shepherd in southern Spain who has a dream about finding treasure in the Egyptian pyramids.
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