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Santiago's recurring dream of finding treasure in the Egyptian pyramids is the manifestation of his Personal Legend, which becomes the driving force behind his journey. My dreams give me a chance to notice things about my life that are important, and that I probably miss during the day when I'm awake.

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Santiago talks about how he has a destiny, keeps coming up in the book, like when he was in the caravan on the desert. in this point of the story he realizes that everything he's done has led up to this point and that if he's supposed to make it to Egypt he will. Another example that Santiago has a fate he cant change is when the old man says that even the glasses Santiago cleaned are helping him reach his destiny, meaning they helped him get enough money to be able to go to Egypt. I can connect to this theme because even though bad things can happen like, When I got a bad grade on my math test, those moments are guiding you to where you need to go, like how after I got a bad grade I studied more and on the next test I was one of the only people in the class with an L4. if I hadn't gotten that bad grade I wouldn't have realized I should study.

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The theme of dreams shows in the book as a awakening for Santiago. Santiago would get dreams of him getting treasure at the Pyramids of Gyza, accompanied with a merchant and the merchants daughter thet Santiago is in love with. These dreams are the manifestation of his Personal Legend. My connection to dreams is that I dont dream a lot, but when I do dream, they are lucid dreams, and they mostly have something to do with whats going on in my life.

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Santiago keeps coming back to this dream of going to the pyramids to find the treasure. Throughout roadblocks its ends up being the reasoning he's going forward instead of going back home to Spain. To me my dreams are related to goals of mine that I believe are achievable and realistic. I believe the importance of dreams are what you can make out of journey and the actual dream itself.

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An Important theme in the book "The Alchemist" is the concept of Personal Legend, which is the unique purpose or path that every person is suposed to follow in their life. The Main Character Santiago shows this because of his journey driven by the quest for him to discover his very own Personal Legend, and fufill his dream of finding a treasure. This theme is shown through the guidance that each character gives him. For example, Melchizedek and also the crystal merchant, who encourages him to pursue his dreams. Personally, I connect with the theme by seeing how important it is for someone to pursue their own passion, Even when the path is challenging. It is important to stay true to your goals and dreams.

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This whole book revolves around Santiago's Personal legend. Santiago is trying to find his legend in this book, but faces challenges around the way. He learns that when you ignore your personal legend, eventually you get tired of life. My favorite excerpt in this book so far is how the glass maker laments on how he didn't achieve his goal of going to Mecha for his personal legend. I love this, because one of my personal beliefs is that when one follows their heart they always succeed. However I also believe that when someone ignores their dreams they are just inviting themselves to be unhappy, such as the crystal maker. I want to always follow my dream, and not end up like the crystal maker stuck for life doing something he doesn't want to do anymore. I will remember this excerpt as I grow older, to help me when I decide on my college degrees and jobs. 😊

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Fate is a important reoccurring theme in the Alchemist because it's really what keeps Santiago going and it's all he really has. He keeps working and going through journeys and hardships such as the time he got robbed of all his money. Even though Santiago doesn't know what truly is there for him in the future, knowing that he has a fate/ destiny gives every minor decision and "sign" from the universe a meaning. This can be backed up on page 24, it says "When you want something, all the universe conspires in you helping achieve it."

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The theme dreams shows up in the book as a call to action for Santiago. Santiago would keep getting dreams of a great tressure at the Great Pyramids of Giza. Along with A merchant and his daughter that is his love interest. If Santiago didn't have these dreams of his then we wouldn't have the full story of a hero. My connection to dreams is while I'm sleeping I can see my dreams very clearly but as soon as I'm up I forget them if I don't try my hardest to remember them. A lot of the times my dreams have something to do with things happening in my life, which really shows how dreams are important in many different ways.

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In the book, "The Alchemist", the book talks about the term, 'Personal Legend'. To make it simple, a personal legend is someone's destiny or purpose that fulfills them. For santiago, his personal legend is to travel to the pyramids in egypt in order to find treasure. I kinda connect with this theme because I also try my hardest to discover my goals in life. Sometimes, I have doubts and I face obstacles, but I still have hope in getting to where I want to be at

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The book, 'The Alchemist' is centered around the theme of Personal Legends. When Santiago met the King of Salem, he learned that everyone had a Personal Legend. However, it was up to each individual to choose whether they would pursue it or not. Although Santiago instinctively wanted to discover his Personal Legend, several people such as the baker give up due to fear. Santiago was brave enough to follow his desire of finding the treasure in Egypt to fulfill his Personal Legend.

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i think that one of the main themes of the book is personal legend, because they keep repeating this specific phrase. Santiago respects the Englishman because he is also finding his personal legend, we can see how each character he meets guides him in his personal legend. i connect to the theme because i struggle with the idea of what my legend may be, whether i should pursue my dreams of art or not, becuase i dont want what i love to become something i hate.

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Personal legends are a very important to the book, and I think its one of the few themes that shows up in all parts of the book. personal legends are another way of saying a life story; and in that way the whole point of the book is to tell Santiago's personal legend/ life story. I think that this theme is really important because just as Santiago is discovering his personal legend, you could be discovering yours.

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In the book, "The Alchemist", we see how Santiago was in Egypt on his way to the pyramids, he sees a scarab beetle where his tears fell. The scarab beetle symbolizes God. In Egypt the meaning of a scarab beetle is renewal, rebirth and transformation. Personally I don't have any connections to this omen or any omen, but it was my favorite in the book.

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When Santiago was robbed he lost hope and was mad but decided to get back on his feet so he found a place to work at which was for the old crystal merchant. There Santiago made a lot of money that can get him to Egypt and even buy a lot of his sheep's. This is fate because had Santiago not been robbed then he wouldn't have met the old crystal merchant and made all that money to be able to travel to Egypt and buy a lot of sheep. Therefore, since the beginning of his journey and everything has been written to happen.

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The theme of dreams shows up in the book as Santiago's recurring dreams. In which he would get a dream of him getting treasure from the Egyptian pyramids. These recurring dreams manifest from his personal legend, which pushes him to keep working towards the pyramids instead of giving up. My connection to dreams is that I dream a lot and they are almost always connected to something happening in my life. Either something that I have been working towards or been excited about for a while, or something I have been stressed out or worrying about.

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"When you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it." Pg.40

This quote is stated many times throughout The Alchemist, and I believe this is a good representation of how fate/destiny shows up in the book. In a way, the quote is like Santiago's mantra, the old king had given him a piece of wisdom, and Santiago took it to heart. In the beginning, Santiago doesn't really believe in fate/destiny, but after he travels to Africa and the thief takes his money he winds up in a crystal shop. After working at the shop for a year, Santiago begins to realize that maybe there was a reason he was there in the first place, he learned valuable life lessons before moving on to the next leg of the journey. This is where fate ties into it all, while there may not be a straight path to the treasure, fate is leading Santiago on a journey of self-realization and observation of the world that are simply the trials he must go through, in order to find the treasure.

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The theme of omens is re-occurring in the alchemist. On his journey he talked to the old king, who was the one that told him about omens, and how to identify then. After his meeting with the king everywhere he went eye kept his eye out for omens, and when he saw them he made sure to make good use of them. For example, when he started to work at the crystal shop, he saw the people on the mountain wishing that there was a place to drink nearby, and he recognized that this was an opportunity being shown to him and he had to take advantage of that, and when he did it brought the crystal shop a lot of success. I see this theme of omens as basically a way to make sure you pay attention to what you see, and find those good opportunities when you can and see it as a sign from the universe that this is what you are meant to do.

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Santiago and the crystal merchant both have dreams in the book the Alchemist but Santiago chooses to chase their dream while the crystal merchant uses it to motivate himself to keep living. I think that this theme tells us that in life some people choose to dream big but never accomplish that dream because they wouldn't know what to do afterwards. However unlike the merchant Santiago continues to chase his dream because he knows that finding the treasure is his personal legend and that if he doesn't fulfill it he will live the rest of his life without achieving anything. I think that this theme relates to me because I often makes goals of the things I want to achieve in my life but when I do eventually achieve them I don't really know what to do next even though I achieved something since I don't really feel accomplished. However much like the merchant I have bigger goals that I motivate myself to keep me going.

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A important theme in the book the alchemist is based on the theme of the personal legends when santiago met the king of salem. and about how santiago trying to find the legend in the book. but challgening

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Santiago's Personal Legend in the book, The Alchemist, is when he travels to the Pyramids in Egypt to find treasure as his final life purpose. He arrived in Tangier and got robbed and did not know the language. However, he wanted to work for the crystal merchant to restart his journey and get money again. A Personal Legend is when you have a long-term goal in mind, and you keep making progress towards that goal, so one day you can achieve it. I can connect to this theme because whenever I get stuck or struggle in school, I ask help by teachers, friends, and parents to get guidance on learning the content information. This is connected to my Personal Legend because getting good grades through help from other people will make more have more opportunities in College, and have a higher paying job.

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In The Alchemist dreams are seen as a way to see your future. Dreams also show you your personal legend and try to make you realize it. My connection to this is that I have also had dreams of my hopes and dreams and how I will make them a reality.

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Personal Legends have been a recurring theme brought up throughout the parts of the book we have read, whether it be through Santiago's personal legend of finding the lost treasure in the Egyptian Pyramids, or the Englishman's personal legend of finding an alchemist, Personal Legends are always something that keeps on being brought up in this book. Personal legends are important in my life, because they can be considered as dreams and dreams are something that will always resonate with the way i act and think.

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Santiago has a recurring dream where he travels to Egypt and finds treasure. This repeating dream becomes the motivation of Santiago's journey to Egypt in pursuit of his own Personal Legend. Santiago's dream stands as a starting point for the plot of the Alchemist as a whole. My dreams are often very strange; lately though they have been more connected to my every day life. I find myself having dreams with Chapel Roan lyrics, soccer games, or even mock trial trips. My dreams may not be guiding me to treasure, however I often experience Deja Vu, where things (usually minor details) in my dreams, end up manifesting into real life. Maybe my Deja Vu is guiding me, maybe it is slowly piecing together my Personal Legend.

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The theme of omens is recurring in The Alchemist. One example of omens in this book is the stones, Urim and Thummim. Santiago's stones that he got from the King of Salem are a manifestation of his desire to achieve his Personal Legend, and whenever he is on the verge of giving up on his personal legend, he encounters them and they put him on a better track. So far they haven't been used to divine answers, which seemed to be their purpose when he got them, but instead to remind him of what his true dream is. The omens I see in my daily life aren't usually as grand, but whenever I can't decide on something I can use them to figure out what I really want.

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In the book the Alchemist it is told that everyone has a personal legend. A personal legend is a time in a persons life where they are not afraid to dream or believe in what is to happen in there life. Many times there is a force that prevents people from finding and following their personal legend. In the book Santiago starts to realizes his personal legend within his dreams, he believes he can find and follow his personal legend if he believes in himself. But through out the story Santiago does find him self doubting his legend, he starts to neglect his dream and decides to not follow it. But as fate decides he find the omens that guide him back to his personal legends keeping him on track. I connects with this theme because I do believe that everyone does have a personal legend, people should be able find a passion in there lives and follow it to its fullest existent.

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A connection that I observed from the book "The Alchemist" is when Santiago begins to realize his true self ties into a personal legend that described how his recurring dream brought him to Africa, ended up with a king, and getting robbed in order to meet a crystal merchant. This shows his personal legend because it's his own path to experience how life gives you hardships but if you want to pursue your dreams, you have to keep on moving which brought the crystal merchant talked to Santiago important lessons like how life gives you a beginner's luck to start working ahead to get money and working through the hardships and encouraging him and none the less, there's always something out there pushing you to never give up which has the Urim and Thummin come into play from the King to guide Santiago to get his life decisions and things he wants. This theme shows that no matter how distraught you are, you can find your treasure in order going through hardships first but having guidance to push yourself and to never give up. For me personally, this connects to me as a person who tends to find things in life very challenging but yet, my mom will always give me motivation to never give up but having a rosary to pray and protection.

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The theme of The Alchemist by Paul Coelho is that of personal legends. Many times, usually during a leap in the book to a new setting, Santiago can be seen pursuing his personal legend even if, in desperation, he had made his mind up earlier to return to his homeland, Andalusia. Santiago's personal legend is to travel to the Egyptian pyramids in search of treasure. I can connect to this theme, as even though my interests have varied throughout my life, I can always find myself leading back to my core values.

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The theme of dreams show up multiple times in the Alchemist. The first is a literal dream Santiago has, that tells him there is treasure within the pyramids. I think the book is also heavily related to your dreams in terms of what you want to do in life. The "personal legend" is almost like your dream or meaning that is meant to be found. I relate to this because I think it's really important to follow your dreams or personal legend because there is only one life so you might as well make the most of it.

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Personal Legend is a recurring word in the book "The Alchemist". Its very important for the story. Santiago must discover his personal legend to know his full true self. To find his personal legends Santiago is getting out of his comfort zone, working, learning and trying to fulfill his dream of finding treasure. I connect to Personal Legends because I believe everyone has something similar in their heart that they want to achieve and discover. Everyone wants to live up to their full potential and be fulfilled. I am pushed everyday to meet my goals which will result in me growing intellectually and emotionally, similar to Santiago.

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In the book, The Alchemist, dreams are a big theme and show up a lot in the book. Dreams are seen as your future being shown to you. Dreams are also a way to see your personal legend and there are also dream interpreters in the book that can help you realize them. I don't have a connection to this theme because I rarely have meaningful dreams.

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Dreams are seen many times in the book "The Alchemist". The main character (Santiago) has multiple dreams where he travels to Egypt and where he finds treasure. This dream is Santiagos motivation on his journey to find this treasure in Egypt. In my opinion I believe that the author is showing us that we should follow our dreams and make it happen one day. I also believe in dreams and think that you should do everything you can to fulfill your dreams, because what would be the point of them if your not striving to reach your destination.