Places
The abandoned church with the sycamore tree
Where did Santiago find his treasure?
Main Character of The Alchemist
Who is Santiago?
Santiago has had the same dream multiple times over about finding a treasure by the pyramids
Why does Santiago go to see the Gypsy?
Then, like a colony of worker ants, they dismantled their stalls and left.
What is a simile?
The first conversation between Santiago and the King of Salem
What is the dialogue where Santiago first learns about personal legends?
Tarifa, Spain
Where did Santiago first meet the King of Salem, Melchizedek?
Santiago's Wife
Who is Fatima?
To identify your purpose in life and pursue it
What is a Personal Legend?
The desert is a capricious lady, and sometimes she drives men crazy.
What is a metaphor?
Santiago's first conversation with Fatima.
What is the dialogue where Santiago learns what true love is?
The Al-Fayoum Oasis
Where did Santiago first meet the Alchemist and Fatima?
Santiago's mentor who he meets at the Al-Fayoum Oasis
Who is the Alchemist?
Santiago hears men complaining of thirst at the top of a hill.
Why does Santiago tell the crystal merchant to sell tea?
Still a shepherd with sixty sheep
What is alliteration?
The conversations with the sun and wind.
What is the dialogue where Santiago learns that only God can transform someone into the wind?
The Strait of Gibraltar
What important waterway did Santiago have to cross in order to get from Tarifa, Spain to get to Tangier, Morocco in Africa?
A foreigner who is on a journey to learn how to turn metal into gold
Who is the Englishman?
Santiago must elude death at the military camp.
Why must Santiago turn into the wind?
"You should pay more attention to the caravan," the boy said to the Englishman... "And you ought to read more about the world." answered the Englishman.
What is juxtaposition?
Santiago and the camel driver discuss Santiago's vision.
In what dialogue does Santiago learn that the future is sometimes written to be altered?
Tangier, Morocco
Where was Santiago robbed by a thief while being distracted by a sword being sold at a vendor?
The King who teaches Santiago about Omens and how to use Urim and Thummim
Who is Melchizedek?
Nature knows this as the wisest being in creation.
What is the sun?
All things are one.
What is a maxim?
The crystal merchant informs Santiago that he will begin selling tea.
In what dialogue does Santiago first learn the word Maktub?