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P10) They worked hard just to have food and water, like the sheep.
P30) The sheep, the merchant’s daughter, and the fields of Andalusia were only steps along the way to his personal legend

It symbolizes the crowd that just follows other people and only requires water and food

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P43) "everyone in the market fell to their knees, touched their foreheads to the ground, and took up a chant. Than, like a colony of worker ants, they dismantled their stalls and left.”

P19) They worked hard just to have food and water, like the sheep.

The use of 'like' shows the use of similes.

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P150) who taught you to speak the language of the desert and the wind?

“He said ev-erything has its own personal legend.

Wind is an example of personification since Santiago talks with  it to learn the way to transform to the wind

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Fatima was the daughter of the prophet Muhammad and his first wife, Khadija. The date of her birth is disputed, with 604 CE being the most commonly cited. Fatima was also the wife of Ali ibn Abu Talib and the mother of Hasan and Husayn.

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Urim and Thummim are black and white stones that symbolize certainty and objective knowledge. They are given to Santiago by the king of Salem, and he is instructed to only ask objective questions of them. Urim and Thummim are also mentioned in the Bible as divination stones used by priests to determine "yes" or "no" answers.

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102) he watched the hawks as they drifted on the wind
Although their flight appeared to have no pattern, it made a certain kind of sense to the boy.

103)Suddenly, one of the hawks made a flashing dive through the sky, attacking each other.

It is foreshadowing the war between the tribes.

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"Santiago must listen to the words his heart speaks."

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"Santiago must listen to the words his heart speaks."

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"Santiago must listen to the words his heart speaks." This is an example of personification because a heart cannot speak in real life. This meaning that he must listen to what he genieunly desires.

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"He knew that his love for her would enable him to discover every treasure in the world".(pg. 97)

This quote shows how much of an impact the love of Fatima had towards the life of Santiago. This is the reason why true love is so important in the journey of Santiago since he now feels true love and that is why he does not need no treasure.

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The desert is used as a metaphor in the book. It is described as a capricious lady who sometimes drives men crazy.

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27) The boy told him that he had already promised to give one-tenth of his treasure to the Gypsy.

170) Then he remembered that he had to get Tarifa so he could give one-tenth of his treasure to the Gypsy woman, as he had promised.

Gypsy symbolizes the greed since she asked for treasure.

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There is a foreshadowing when Santiago tells to the gypsy about his dream of the pyramids.

P23) "I dreamed that I was in a field with my sheep, when a child appeared and began to play with the animals." "The child said to me, 'if you come here, you will find a hidden treasure. And, just as she was about to show me the exact location, I woke up both times."

This shows the idea that Santiago will have to overcome through the book and with this information, the reader realize that Santiago must cross the desert to reach the pyramids, that he must acquire some money to arrive to Egypt.

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"I hold the power of life and death for every person I take with me. The desert is a capricious lady, and sometimes she drives me crazy".(pg. 73)