McGivney English Star
1999-09-07
Santiago’s Relevance to Society
In life while trying to reach a
certain goal don’t you meet the faces of tough obstacles? Well in the book The
Alchemist, written by Paulo Coelho, a boy named Santiago goes through quite a lot to
overcome his obstacles and reach his personal legend. Most people cannot get
past obstacles without a few friends, and that’s why Santiago comes across a
few friends and mentors that help him become successful in fulfilling his
dreams. Santiago goes through a lot of
problems throughout the novel. He overcomes and solves them with his friends.
Another big support for him was Fatima his lover. Santiago faces a lot of
problems but the theme of most of his obstacles was man vs society.
The first example of Santiago’s obstacle being society
is when Santiago comes to the oasis. He sees an omen in the
desert that he thinks is the route to war, inspite of how the oasis is supposed
to sustain itself as a neutral zone. Even as angst runs throughout his body,
Santiago tells the leaders what he had saw and how there are possible chances
of danger approaching. The leader listen to what he had to say but in return
they reply that if he is wrong, he will be killed. Nevertheless they will get
prepared for what is said to come. Another example of man vs. society to
overcome his obstacles is when the alchemist and Santiago walk in the desert
where they’re captured by a group of men. The alchemist says to the men that
Santiago is dangerous and could turn into wind. This provokes the men and puts
Santiago on the spot. At this point he (Santiago) feels like everyone is now
against him leading into man vs society. After going through all these
problems Santiago starts to become more of a civilized man.
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