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Never give up on your dreams/goals

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Listen to your heart

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Everything is interconnected

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Another theme the author uses is the theme of listening to your heart. The Alchemist teaches Santiago to listen to his heart. His heart is given a voice in the book and that is how he learns more about himself and the outside world. The heart allows him access the soul of the world.

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The boy named Santiago was a Shepard in a small town in southern Spain. He was on a journey to sell his wool from his sheep and meet a girl that he had meet previously. He meet a king who was in disguised as a peasant and gave him two stones that would help him make tough decisions. The boy worked for a merchant and brought new life to the merchants shop. He then joined a caravan and spent many days traveling the dessert. The caravan had to stop at an oasis because of the war. There he meet Fatima who is the girl he loves and wants to marry. A stranger, who knows many languages showed up and turned out to be the alchemist. The alchemist taught him how to listen to the dessert and his heart. The alchemist and the boy went on a journey to Egypt and faced many challenges because of the holy war. They were captured by a tribe army and Santiago had three days to turn into the wind and destroy the camp before they kill them. On the third day he figured out how to turn into the wind and gained the respect of the elders. When he reached the pyramids he started to dig and was approached by some men who made fun of him and said he was silly for digging for the non- existent treasure.

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A major theme is never giving up on your dreams. Throughout the whole book, the author is always showing or having someone talk about achieving their dreams.

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Why do dreams drive you to achieve your personal goals?

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Why are goals important for a successful life?

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What messages can your heart give you?

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How will listening to your heart help you accomplish something

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Another one of our themes is everything is interconnected. Santiago realizes  that there is a universal language spoken by all things like humans, animals, and objects. So everything is connected.

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How do the choices you make lead to something else happening in your life.

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How can one choice have a big effect in the big scheme of things.

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1. What do good relationships promote in life. 

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1. What do good relationships promote in life. 

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2. How does love improve happiness in individuals who find it?

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2. How does love improve happiness in individuals who find it?