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Overall, we can see how the Alchemist can relate to a lot of peoples lives especially mine in the way of self discovery and realizing the important of the journey to find something might lead you down a different path where you find and discover something that is more important. Santiago finding the treasure in the end made him very happy, but the experience of going out and finding it and discovering was really is important to him has helped me and others realize the importance of the journey and to let our true intuition guide us.

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I believe that self discovery is important because of how important it is to get to know yourself as a person. When you go through life and start to make harder decisions you need to know what is best for you. The most recent big decision I made was deciding a college. Although it was hard I trust my gut instinct and picked the right school for me where the academics was prioritized and it will set me up for success even after college. But if you had told me to make this decision sophomore year or even a year ago I would not be able to answer it. I discovered a lot about myself especially towards the end of high school and it is helping me realize what is important to me and what isn't.

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Santiago discovered a lot about himself through his journey to try and find the treasure. He discovered love, his hard work, and how important it is to trust yourself. Santiago worked hard to try and get to where he but he had to go through ups and downs during his journey like being stopped and almost captured by these group of men to try and find the treasure. But when he made the wind start to move when he believed that he could it unlocked a whole need door for him and how he viewed this journey.

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Why is self discovery so important?

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Even though I haven't had a life altering moment like Santiago, I have realized that the different things that I strive for don't always have to work out and it is about the experience rather than gaining something physical all the time. For example, junior year I struggled in my math class and at the end of the year I didn't love the result of my hard work it just showed me that sometimes I need to take a different path in life to fit me and I learned from the class that I just need to keep persevering and trying what is best for me rather than fitting in a mold.

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Santiago first set out to find a treasure that he had a dream about under a tree. He believed he needed to find this treasure that was under a pyramid in Egypt. But as he had gone through his journey he realized by the end that it wasn't about the treasure all along and that it was about the journey. The whole time he was searching for this treasure it ended up being under the tree that he was the dream under. But him going out and trying to look for it helped him discover what was truly important to him in life like love and adventure. He also learned to believe in himself when he made wind by manifesting it moving.

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Is physical treasure better than the treasure of knowledge and experience?

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Although I have struggled throughout life to find the right path for myself for example in high school, where I am now has helped me become who I am today. If I didn't go through the different experiences of losing and making new friends and putting myself in different situations I would be a different person than I am now.

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How might different experiences affect our perspectives?

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Following a treasure and going through different obstacles helped Santiago realize the true treasure and gift in his life rather than the physical version of what he discovered.