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9 years ago
Monday, October 1, 2012
Treasures
Earlier in the story, the alchemist told Santiago "when you possess great treasures within you, and try to tell others of them, seldom are you believed." At the end of the story, how did this simple lesson save Santiago's life? How did it lead him back to the treasure he was looking for?
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He told the truth and they didn't believe him so he was able to get away and find the treasure.
He also then understood it.
He told them the truth. One said he had had the same dream but didn't want to be so stupid to cross the desert just for some stupid treasure. He didn't want to go to the sacristy and look for the twisted tree and dig there. He told the boy he would die poor and hungry. Santiago knew then where the treasure was (at the sacristy) but was grateful for the journey because he had gotten to see the beauty of the pyramids. After he dug for the treasure he was rich and able to pay the gypsy woman and return to his beloved. His treasure, I had the feeling, was the beauty he saw and the experiences he had and being in the place where sheperds and their sheep slept and being close to his Creator. And then returning to his love.
So I think you have both already said everything that I would have said. I do like how it comes full circle and how our "treasure" is usually right under our nose all along and we just have to learn to recongnize it.
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