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“Very few follow the path laid out for them, the path of their personal legends and to happiness. Most people see the world as a threatening place, and, because they do the world turns out, indeed to be a threatening place”(coelho 135)

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“He wept because God was unfair, and because this was the way God repaid those who believed in their dreams”(coelho 42)

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“Here I am between my flock and my treasure, the boy thought. He had to choose between something he had become accustomed to and something he wanted to have”(coelho 30)

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“If he sold just one of his sheep,he’d have enough to get to the other shore of the strait. The idea frightened him” (coelho 28)

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"Death doesn't change anything" (147).

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"When I have been truly searching for my treasure, I've discovered things along the way that I never would have seen had I not had the courage to try things that seemed impossible for a shepherd to achieve" (135).

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"'it will always be there inside you, repeating to you what you're thinking about life and about the world" (134).

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"he had no regrets. He would at least have died after having crossed the strait, after having worked in a crystal shop, and after having known the silence of the desert and Fatima's eyes. If he died tomorrow, he would already have seen more than other shepherds, and he was proud of that" (112).

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"It was a frightening bet....[T]o die tomorrow was no worse than dying on any other day. Every day was there to be lived or to mark one's departure from this world" (112)

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"[The alchemists who failed] were seeking the treasure of their Personal Legend without wanting actually to live out the Personal Legend" (128).

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"[The world's biggest lie is] that we lose control of what's happening to us, and our lives become controlled by fate" (20).

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Santiago's ambition requires him to take risks and to leave his comfort zone: Only by approaching uncertain situations with courage will Santiago be able to achieve his personal legend.

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"That wind...had brought with it the sweat and the dreams of men who had once left to search for the unknown, and for gold and adventure-and for the Pyramids" (30).

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Santiago's success is due to the courage he had to follow his dream to Its conclusion. Santiago's journey was filled with many trials and tests that would have caused most to end their journey, but because of the amount of courage, the idea of completing his dream gave him, he followed through to the end. As his attackers, we're leaving the leader tells Santiago about how he didn't follow his dream because "I'm not so stupid as to cross an entire desert just because of a recurrent dream... Now he knew where his treasure was."(168) This shows Santiago that this isn't the end of his Dream this was just another test. and instead of crying in pain due to losing everything or the physical pain he endured, He begins to laugh because he realizes that the reason his attacker hasn't followed through his dream is that it wasn't his. The attacker's dream was just the final part of Santiago's journey. He decides to instead of giving up and seeing the attacker's story as nothing else he realizes this is an omen to finish his dream and this dream gives him courage.

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"Most people see the world as a threatening place" (135)

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"Maybe the world had other hidden treasures, but he had a dream, and he had met with a king. That doesn't happen to just anyone"(67)

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"Love required them to stay with the people they love" (101).

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Disadvantage: it is difficult to start the pursuit because of the fear of the unknown, of failure, and of the difficulty)

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Disadvantage: it is difficult to start the pursuit because of the fear of the unknown, of failure, and of the difficulty)

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Disadvantage: the journey is treacherous (along the path to the goal, conflict and issues arise).

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Disadvantage: the journey is treacherous (along the path to the goal, conflict and issues arise).

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Advantage: Satisfying and brings joy (Pursuing a dream quiets the silent voice that is unsatisfied for not completing the yearned objective; people are happy to do what they love).

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Advantage: Satisfying and brings joy (Pursuing a dream quiets the silent voice that is unsatisfied for not completing the yearned objective; people are happy to do what they love).

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Advantages: physical reward (the effort of trying results in a physical benefit and product, like treasure and more money).

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Advantages: physical reward (the effort of trying results in a physical benefit and product, like treasure and more money).

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"His heart beat fastest when it spoke to the boy of treasure, and more slowly when the boy stared entranced at the endless horizon of the desert" (132).

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"Without such love, one's dreams would have no meaning."(96)

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"But i'm not so stupid as to cross an entire desert just because of a recurrent dream... Now he knew where his treasure was."(168)

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"He had to choose between thinking of himself as a poor victim of a thief or as an adventurer looking for treasure" (45)

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I would argue that Santiago's gift is his Personal Legend to venture to the Pyramids and seek his treasure, and through this passion and ambition to pursue this goal does he comprehend the pleasures and hinderances/tests of this journey, and through this does Santiago perceive that prosperity in pursuing an objective can only truly be encountered by exiting one's comfort zone by practicing one's free will and take action (via risk-taking and persistence).

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"in his pursuit of the dream, he was being constantly subjected to tests of his persistence and courage" (92)

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"But you know I'm not going to Mecca just as you know you're not going to buy your sheep." (63)

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"'I'm looking for a treasure," said the boy. and he immediately regretted having said it."' (73)

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"Love required them to stay with the people they love" (101).