the alchemist

After the boy sells his sheep he starts his journey and ends up in a area of Arabs and Europeans. Here he gets his money stolen so he is no longer able to continue his quest. After this he goes to work for a shop keeper and he sells crystals. Because of his new found job he forgets all about his dream and wants to stay and sell crystals.

The Alchemist

The boy in the Alchemist is confronted by a man that claims to be a king. Then the king offers to help the boy fulfill his destiny, which is to find the treasure in Egypt. At first the boy doesn’t believe him, but then the king tells the boy things about himself that he has never told anyone before. Then the boy offers the king a 10th of his flock of sheep for his help. I am surprised that the boy so willingly jumped at the man’s offer, because even if he told me my secrets I still wouldn’t believe him.

The Alchemist

Another thing that contributed to the idea that the main character does not want his life to be controlled by fate, is when he chose to be a sheep herder instead off a priest. This shows how he doesn’t want to be controlled by fate because his whole life was set up for him to become a priest but he decided to become a sheep herder. He also finds another person that doesn’t like the book that he was reading and I think that they are going to become really good friends.

The Alchemist

After reading more of the alchemist I realized that the main character doesn’t like his life to be controlled by fate. I realized this when the main character went to the fortune teller to tell her about his dream. The fortune teller told him that if he fallowed his dream he would find a great treasure, but he just brushed this idea of because he did not wan to be controlled by his dream. Additionally he is reading a book about how everyone’s life is controlled by fate and decides to switch it for another book.