of Salem, it also has meaning as “King of Peace.” In the Holy Bible it is also written that there is no record of his father or mother or of any of his ancestors and
record of his birth or his death. It is why Melchizedek remains as a priest forever because he is like the Son of God. There is also a story when Abraham gives him
all he gets from the battle. Melchizedek is not a descendent of Levi but he collects one tenth from Abraham. As the person who receives God’s promises, he blesses
Abraham too. This story shows how great Melchizedek is. He is greater than Abraham, our great ancestor, because the one who blesses is greater than the one
who is blessed. Melchizedek receives one tenth of Santiago’s flock and he blesses him
before Santiago crosses the strait to get into the new place of Africa Coelho 25- 33. Melchizedek is a God’s servant. He should always be able whenever and
wherever God calls him to work. In this case, his job is to convince Santiago about his treasure in the Pyramids, Egypt. When Melchizedek watches a small
ship gets away from the port, he knows that he will never see Santiago anymore. It is just like when he asks Abraham to give him his one-tenth fee. Suddenly he
realizes that this is his job. As a God’s servant, he should not have a desire because he does not have Personal Legend. But Melchizedek hopes that Santiago
will be success in his journey. Using six out of the nine ways of characterization proposed by Murphy,
the readers can find Melchizedek’s personalities. The personal description of Melchizedek shows that he is an old man. The main character confirms that
Melchizedek dresses like an Arab. We can also find that Melchizedek is both an PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI
intelligent and a wise person through his speech, thought, reactions, and conversation with Santiago as the main character. From these ways too, we can
find that Melchizedek is a generous person and is able to read what a person thinks and what happen in one’s life. Moreover, the author’s comments suggest
that he is a God’s servant.
4.2.2 The Crystal Merchant
The crystal merchant is conservative. It can be seen at the first scene of the story when the author tells about him. He lives in at the same place for thirty years
and always does a same activity every morning. Even he knows that everything around him is changing, he keeps the way of his living without doing any
improvement. Neighbours moved away and there remained only a few small shops on the
hill. And no one was going to climb the hill just to browse through a few small shops. But the crystal merchant had no choice. He had lived thirty
years of his life buying and selling crystal pieces, and now it was too late to do anything else. He spent the entire morning observing the infrequent
comings and goings in the street. He had done this for years, and knew the schedule of everyone who passed .Coelho 45
The crystal merchant’s conservative side is shown when Santiago wants to build a display case for the crystal to attract people in the downhill. The crystal
merchant is very afraid of doing that because he thinks this idea is too risky. He says to Santiago that he does not like any changes in his shop. He tells him that
they are not like Hassan, the rich man. If Hassan makes a buying mistake, it does not affect him much. But the crystal merchant and Santiago have to live with their
mistakes, so they have to be careful with their decisions Coelho 53. PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI
Furthermore, the crystal merchant shows that he is afraid of having different way of living when Santiago wants to make an improvement at the shop
by selling tea in crystal. He feels comfortable with his old-fashioned living and his shop that he has for thirty years. He knows crystal very well. He also knows that
if they sell tea in the crystal, the shop will be expanded. It means he has to change his way of life. Unfortunately, he does not like to change anything because he
does not know how to deal with changes Coelho 58. The crystal merchant’s generosity can be seen through his reaction. He
treats Santiago to eat after cleaning his crystal glassware. It happens in the first day they meet. Even though they do not know each other, the crystal merchant lets
Santiago cleaning his crystal glassware. In return, the crystal merchant has to give food for Santiago.
When he had completed the cleaning, he asked the man for something to eat.” Let’s go and have some lunch,” said the crystal merchant. He put a
sign on the door, and they went to a small café nearby. As they sat down at the only table in the plaza, the crystal merchant laughed. Coelho 46
During their lunch, Santiago tells his story about going to the Pyramids to him. The crystal merchant fells regretted to Santiago, for his story that he needs an
entire year to spend money to go to the Pyramids. Santiago seems very depressed after hearing what the crystal merchant has said. Then, the crystal merchant is
eager to give some money to Santiago so that he can get back to his country Coelho 47. It shows that he is a generous person.
After hiring Santiago for almost a month, the crystal merchant keeps showing his generosity. He treats him well. He always gives Santiago a good
commission for every selling that he makes. This reaction shows that the crystal merchant is a generous person. The readers can find it in the story. Even though
the merchant is an old grouch, he treats Santiago fairly by giving him a good commission for each piece he sells Coelho 51.
The author lets the readers recognize the crystal merchant’s generosity from his reactions. The crystal merchant offers Santiago a high commission rate
after realizing that his business shows improvement since he works for him. He does it because he knows that Santiago wants to get back to his country and buy
some sheep Coelho 53. The readers can also find that the crystal merchant is a religious person
from his speech. When he decides to treat Santiago after he cleans his crystal glassware, the crystal merchant says he does it because Koran requires him to do
so. He tells Santiago that actually he does not need to clean the crystal to get some food because the Koran requires all Muslims to feed a hungry person Coelho 46.
As a Muslim, the crystal merchant wants to go to Mecca. This pilgrimage is the fifth obligation for every Muslim. The crystal merchant always dreams of it
since he is very young. In fact he has not done it yet although he has already had the money that he needs.
The merchant was silent for a few moments. Then he said, “The Prophet gave us the Koran, and left us five obligations to satisfy during our lives.
The most important is to believe only in true God. The others are to pray five times a day, fast during Ramadan, and be charitable to the poor.” He
stopped there. His eyes filled with tears as he spoke of the Prophet. He was a devout man, and, even with all his impatience, he wanted to live his life
in accordance with Muslim law. “What is the fifth obligation?” the boy asked. “Two days ago, you said that I had never dreamed of travel,” the
merchant answered. “The fifth obligation of every Muslim is pilgrimage. PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI
