something better, and to acquire a new Personal Legend, until, someday, the Soul of the World becomes one thing only.” Coelho 150
The Alchemist influences what Santiago says above. Santiago gets better understanding when the Alchemist tells him about everything that has its own
Personal Legend Coelho 137-138. The Alchemist has better knowledge about this topic than Santiago has. Since Santiago has a limitation in understanding
Personal Legend, what the Alchemist says gets into his mind easily. “Mastery” is one of the diverse concepts that people may have to control their environment
Mischel 455. The Alchemist can control Santiago’s behaviour easily because he masters the topic better than Santiago. Santiago perceives his behaviour as
determined by external forces beyond his control when he talks with the sun about Personal Legend. Based on Weiner 254, a person like Santiago is called a pawn.
And a pawn person is associated with extrinsically motivated behaviour. It means that Santiago has an extrinsic motivation.
Finally, Santiago gets closer to the Pyramids. He rides alone along the desert because it just takes several hours. Suddenly, he remembers what the
Alchemist says about treasure. It makes his heart think about something else, about shepherd.
“Where your treasure is, there also will be your heart,” the alchemist had told
him. But his heart was speaking of other things. With pride, it told the story of a shepherd who had left his flock to follow a dream he had on two
different occasions. It told of Personal Legend, and of the many men who had wandered in search of distant lands or beautiful women, confronting
the people of their times with their preconceived nations. It spoke of journeys, discoveries, books, and change. Coelho 159
When Santiago
is digging the dunes to find his treasure, several refugees approach him. They take gold in his bag. Since Santiago does not want
them to know that he dig treasure, he tells a lie to them “’I’m not hiding anything,’ the boy answered.” Coelho 162 But they think that Santiago may hide
something in the dunes so they beat him. At that time, he remembers the Alchemist’s advice, “What a good is money to you if you’re going to die? It’s not
often that money can save someone’s life,” the Alchemist had said. Coelho 162 The Santiago tells them that he digs the treasure. He also tells about his
dream about the hidden treasure in the Pyramids. Hearing this, the leader of the group tells his men to leave him because he has nothing Coelho 162. We can see
from this how the Alchemist influences Santiago’s action in finding the treasure. The Alchemist influences Santiago through his interaction. He gives his
advice and shows his attitudes on act of leadership. Santiago feels hard to go to the Pyramids for finding his treasure because he has to leave Fatima. Through
Alchemist’s advice, Santiago gains his motivation and believes in Fatima’s love. Young 164 says that in the contact of human beings, people do not only have
action and reaction, but also interaction. In other words, not only one’s act influences other persons, but their acts in turn further affect one’s subsequent
behaviour. It is can be seen when Santiago does not want to continue his journey to the Pyramids because of Fatima, but then he changes his decision after he
interacts with the Alchemist. PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI
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CHAPTER 5 CONCLUSIONS AND SUGGESTIONS
This chapter consists of two parts. They are conclusions and suggestions. The conclusions summarize the characterizations of Santiago and the minor characters and
how the minor characters influence Santiago’s motivation in realizing his dream. The second part presents the suggestions for the further researchers who will conduct
analysis on Paulo Coelho’s literary works and for the teaching learning activities.
5.1 Conclusions
There are three parts that can be concluded from the analysis of the problem formulation. The first is how Santiago is portrayed in the story, how the minor
characters are portrayed, and the influences of the minor characters in Santiago’s motivation in realizing his dream.
By using some of the ways of characterization by Murphy, such as personal description, character as seen by others, speech, reactions, direct comment, and thought,
Santiago’s and the minor characters’ characteristics can be described. Santiago is the major character in this story. Based on the analysis, first,
Santiago is described as an intelligent person. It can be seen through his reactions and his thoughts. Santiago learns Latin, Spanish, and theology at a seminary there. His
intelligence in understanding omens saves many people in the oasis. Second, Santiago is described as a critical person. It can be seen in the story when he decides to quit from
the seminary. Santiago thinks that he cannot find God in learning men’s sins but out there when he can see the sunrise’s everyday. This characteristic can be seen through
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But after realizing that the Gypsy woman has the Sacred Heart of Jesus, he tries to reassure himself and prays Our Father silently. Fourth, Santiago is described as an
independent person. This characteristic can be seen through his reactions. When Santiago decides to quit from the seminary and becomes a shepherd, he is ready to leave
his family and to live alone. The last, Santiago is described as a determined person. It can be seen through his thought and reactions. Santiago chooses to find the treasure and
leaves his sheep because he is very sure that his flock is accustomed to his absence and so do his family.
There are four minor characters who influence Santiago’s motivation in realizing his dream. They are Melchizedek, the crystal merchant, Fatima, and the Alchemist.
The personal description of Melchizedek shows that he is an old man. The reader can find that he is a king who is both an intelligent and a wise person through his
speech, thought, reactions, and conversation with Santiago as the main character. From these ways too, I 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.
The characteristics of the crystal merchant can be seen through his speech, reactions, and direct knowledge from the author. The readers may find that the crystal
merchant is a conservative person. In addition, through his reactions too, the readers can understand that he is a generous and a selective man. Moreover, from his speech to
another character, Santiago, the readers can find that he is a dreamer. The personal description of Fatima shows that she is a beautiful Arab girl with
dark eyes. The author’s direct comment also shows that her beauty makes Santiago falls in love with her at his first sight. Through her speech and reactions, the readers may find
