At the start of his journey, when Santiago asks a gypsy woman to interpret his dream about a treasure in the Egyptian pyramids, she asks for one-tenth of the treasure in return. When Santiago asks the old man to show him the path to the treasure, the old man requests one-tenth of his flock as "payment." Both payments represent a different price we have to pay to fulfill a dream; however, only one will yield a true result. Which payment represents false hope? Can you think of examples from your own life when you had to give up something to meet goal and found the price too high?
Let's begin with the gypsy woman. She is a dream interpreter and a palm hand reader. By the phrase "...It wouldn't be the first time", it can be assumed that she had got same dreams telling before the boy's. So, when the boy tells her about his dream, she has nothing to say unless to give him hope and ask him one-tenth of the treasure.
Friday, July 4, 2008
The Alchemist : Questions for discussion (#3)
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3 comments:
tell me more bout the author...
tok tok *mampir*
I just read this book once, in Indonesian, and I didn't really dig it. can't understand everyone's fussing about it :D
thanks rani, it's better to confuse than no interest at all. the book much contains spiritual values. it is possible that my interpretation could be different from Paulo's.
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