![]() She tells him the dream means he should travel to the pyramids, where he will find a treasure. But before she can tell him precisely where he’ll find this treasure, Santiago wakes up.Ĭonvinced the dream has a hidden meaning, he visits a fortune-teller and asks her to interpret it. At the pyramids, the child tells Santiago that if he visits the pyramids, he will find a treasure. She takes Santiago by the hand and transports him to the pyramids of Egypt, a place Santiago has never visited in waking life. Santiago falls asleep under the tree’s branches. The church roof has crumbled away, and a sycamore tree has grown on the spot where the church sacristy once stood. ![]() He searches for somewhere to shelter for the night and settles on an abandoned church. Santiago has had a long day tending to his flock of sheep in the hills of the Spanish countryside. Let’s first set the scene the details here will be important later on. In fact, the story both begins and ends with a dream. The novel plays with a host of recurring motifs including omens, fate, and alchemy, but the dream is perhaps the most important motif of all. It’s apt that a dream sets The Alchemist’s plot in motion. Scratch a little deeper, though, and we find an allegory of self-discovery – of the journey we must all embark on if we are to uncover and fulfill our deepest desires.įor Santiago, the catalyst for this journey is a dream – a recurring dream that he has had since childhood. ![]() On its surface, it is the story of Santiago, a shepherd who leaves his native Spanish countryside in search of treasure. Paulo Coelho’s 1988 novel is a deceptively simple tale. ![]()
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