“Do you want to go to work for me?” the merchant asked. “I can work for the rest of today,” the boy answered. “I’ll work all night, until dawn, and
I’ll clean every piece of crystal in your shop. In return, I need money to get to Egypt tomorrow.” The merchant laughed, “Even if you cleaned my
crystal for entire year…even if you earned a good commission selling every piece, you would still have to borrow money to get to Egypt. There
are thousands of kilometres of desert here and there.” Coelho 47
What the crystal merchant says about Egypt surprises Santiago. Santiago never imagines that the situation will get worse. Santiago suddenly looses his
motivation to search the treasure. He feels that what he has done is useless. He is so sad, more sad than before when he losses all his money at the harbour. His face
does not show any joy. The crystal merchant sees this and feels sorry for that Coelho 47. From his speech, the readers can analysis that the crystal merchant
has a conservative way of thinking which influences Santiago motivation.
Santiago does not know at all about the Pyramids. When he hears about it from the crystal merchant who lives at Africa and knows much about it, he becomes
sad. Since Santiago has a low self-control about his motivation, the crystal merchant easily influences him. Mischel 479 says that one’s self-control,
responsibility, and leadership are some of the aspects that can be influenced by other person’s act.
Realizing that
he cannot continue his journey to the Pyramids in Egypt, Santiago decides to get back to Andalusia and to become a shepherd again.
He accepts the merchant’s offer to work at the shop. He decides to work with the crystal merchant. But he no longer thinks about the treasure. He wants to
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After almost a month working at the crystal shop, Santiago’s motivation is still down. He finds nothing that can raise his motivation back. He spends his time
only with the crystal merchant and the shop. The merchant says that there is nothing special about a pile of stones like the Pyramids because everyone can
have it at their home. It makes Santiago’s heart suffer more to talk about the Pyramids. Moreover, bit by bit, Santiago gets more pain in his heart to think about
the treasure Coelho 53. Again, the crystal merchant’s conservative trait influence Santiago’s motivation.
Time goes on; Santiago works at the shop for almost a year. And he has enough money to buy more than a hundred sheep and also to enlarge his
shepherding business in Andalusia. It is time for him to get back to his hometown and to his old job as a shepherd. Nevertheless, the crystal merchant says
something to Santiago before his leaving. “I am proud of you,” he said. “You brought a new feeling into my crystal
shop. But you know that I’m not going to go to Mecca. Just as you know that you’re not going to buy your sheep.” “Who told you that?” asked the
boy, startled. “Maktub” said the old crystal merchant. And he gave his blessing. Coelho 61
When Santiago joins a caravan to get to the Pyramids, he remembers what the crystal merchant has said. It influences him to be wiser to what happens
in life. He begins to understand that intuition is really a sudden immersion of the soul into the universal current of life, where the histories of all people are
connected, and we are able to know everything, because it is all written there as Maktub which means is already written, just like what the merchant has said
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The crystal merchant influences Santiago through their interaction. Young 164 says that in the contact of human beings, we interact with other. Through an
interaction, we can influence other people. During his first a year in Africa, Santiago spends much time on the crystal merchant. They have a good interaction
as an employee and an employer. As one’s self-control, responsibility and leadership are some of the aspects that can be influenced by other person’s act
Mischel 479. As Santiago has a low self-control to his motivation, he loses his motivation three times. First, when the crystal merchant says that it is impossible
for him to go to the Pyramids. Second, when he knows that the merchant also has dream but he just keeps it as dream. Third, when Santiago has everything that he
needs to get back as a shepherd after working at the crystal shop. As Mischel 455 says that, the people have the ability to control their environment. In this
case, the crystal merchant controls Santiago as his employee at his shop. He has the ability and the power.
4.3.3 The Influence of Fatima
Fatima is a desert girl, whom Santiago loves at his first sight. At the first meeting, Fatima influences Santiago with her beauty. Even though she loves him;
Fatima lets Santiago pursue his dream. She supports him to find the treasure in the Pyramids which means he has to leave her. Nevertheless, Santiago thinks that
Fatima is more important than his treasure, and he is willing to stay at the oasis as long as the war ends. In fact, Fatima supports him implicitly.
“I’m going to wait here for you every day. I have crossed the desert in search of a treasure that is somewhere near the Pyramids, and for me, the
war seemed a curse. But now it’s a blessing, because it brought me to you.” “The war is going
to end someday,” the girl said. The boy looked around him at the date palms.
He reminded himself that he had been a shepherd, and that he could he a shepherd again. Fatima was more important than his treasure. “The
tribesmen
are always in search of treasure,” the girl said, as if she had guessed what he was thinking. “And the women of the desert are proud of their
tribesmen.” Coelho 95-96
Santiago knows that the war may take a long time. And it is possible for him not to continue his journey to the Pyramids. However, Fatima keeps
supporting him to continue his journey. She is willing to wait for his coming to the oasis because she believes that Santiago will come back some day. Santiago
tells Fatima about his dreams, the old king, his treasure, and omens. It makes Fatima realizes that now she becomes part of his Personal Legend. Because of it,
Fatima wants him to go on in pursuing his dream. She believes that their love stays forever and that he will come back for her Coelho 97.
It is hard for Santiago to leave Fatima. The married shepherds that he knows remind him how difficult they convince their wives that they will come
back. Fatima tells Santiago that she is used to look other desert women who wait for husbands’ coming. She realizes that Santiago may not come back just like
other men. Nevertheless, she is proud of that because she believes that he becomes part of the nature.
Santiago’s love to Fatima is unfulfilled needs. In contrast, his journey to the Pyramids is on the way to move. Belongingness and love are lower needs that
come before esteem needs. Self-esteem needs include in the esteem needs Kasschau 143. Therefore it is hard for Santiago to achieve his self-esteem needs
because his needs of belongingness and love are unfulfilled yet. That is why he has to make sure about Fatima’s love; whether she is willing to wait for him
from the Pyramids. When Santiago believes in Fatima’s true love, he becomes very sure about
pursuing the treasure. His motivation to find the treasure is back. In this case, this motivation is extrinsic motivation. Huffman, Vernoy, and Vernoy 401 say that
extrinsic motivation means the desire to perform an action because of external rewards or avoidance of punishment. Santiago’s motivation is back is because of
Fatima. She convinces him about her love. He believes that if he leaves her for the treasure, she will wait him until his arrival. At first, he feels afraid to leave
Fatima. It means Santiago feel restrictive about his movement. Weiner 254 says that the concept of pawn is linked with extrinsically motivated behaviour
included forces, restriction movement, and the perception of threatening. Finally, the day comes. Santiago decides to find his treasure and leaves
Fatima at the oasis. He is very sure that Fatima’s love is pure and is only for him. He tells Fatima about it and promises her that he will come back for her. Fatima’s
belief and love influence Santiago’s motivation to go to the Pyramids. “I’ll be back,” the boy said. “Before this, I always looked to the
desert with longing,” said Fatima. “Now it will be with hope. My father went away
one day, but he returned to my mother, and he has always come back since then.” They said nothing else. They walked a bit farther among the palms,
and then the boy lest her at the entrance to her tent. “I’ll return, just as your father came to your mother,” he said. Coelho 122
Santiago and Fatima are in love. It is mutual interaction if people are in love; they do anything for the person he or she loves. Santiago is willingly leaving
his treasure in the Pyramids just to stay in the oasis with Fatima. But Fatima influences him with her pure love that he has to go on pursue his searching. As
human beings, people continuously influence their environment as well as being affected by them in a mutual interaction
Mischel 530. And
Fatima is
succeeded in influencing Santiago’s motivation as pursue the treasure.
4.3.4 The Influence of The Alchemist
The Alchemist is the person the Englishman looks for. The Alchemist is almost the same as Melchizedek in giving advice to Santiago so that he keeps his
motivation to find his treasure in the Pyramids. When the Alchemist says something that really has the same meaning with what Melchizedek has said,
Santiago understands that the alchemist is there to help him toward his Personal Legend Coelho 114.
Even though Santiago realizes that the Alchemist is there to help him, he keeps his minds about Fatima as his treasure. He does not want to continue his
journey to the Pyramids. “I’m going to guide you across the desert,” the alchemist said. “I want to
stay at the oasis,” the boy answered. “I’ve found Fatima, and, as far as I concerned, she’s worth more than treasure.” “Fatima is a woman of the
desert,” said the alchemist. “She knows that men have to go away in order to return. And she already has her treasure; it’s you. Now she expects that
you will find what it is you looking for.” Coelho 118
Santiago does not change his decision. He asks the Alchemist about the possibilities if he decides to stay at the oasis. With his wise trait, the Alchemist
tells him the possibilities. In the first year, he becomes a rich man and gets married with Fatima. In the second year, he remembers about the treasure but he
ignores the omens of the treasure because he enjoys his life as a counsellor. In the third year, the omens of the treasure and his Personal Legend begin to haunt him
during his nights. Fatima gets upset because she thinks that she interrupts his quest to find the treasure. But Santiago never blames her because he knows that it
is because of his own fear that he may not come back if he leave the oasis. In the fourth year, the omens abandon him because he never listens to them. As it
happens so, he loses his position as a counsellor. However, he still has much money to live with his family. Moreover, during his life too, he spends his days on
thinking about his Personal Legend. It makes Santiago regrets because it is too late Coelho 119-120.
After hearing those possibilities from the Alchemist, Santiago remembers the crystal merchant who always wants to go to Mecca, the Englishman who
searches for the Alchemist, and Fatima, a desert woman that he loves so. He
begins to think twice about his Personal Legend. The Alchemist’s story influences him a lot.
But that night, as he had watched the cobra within the circle, the strange horseman with the falcon on his shoulder had had spoken of love and
treasure, of the woman of the desert and of his Personal Legend. “I’m going with you,” the boy said. And he immediately felt peace in his heart.
“We’ll leave tomorrow before sunrise,” was the alchemist only response. Coelho 121
From the explanation and quotation above, we can understand how the Alchemist influences Santiago’s motivation. Mischel 455 says that people have
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power”, “mastery”, and “competence”, and in their psychological opposites “helplessness” and “hopelessness”. Santiago has nothing to think about except
Fatima. He becomes hopeless when the Alchemist talks about the treasure. Santiago needs advice and courage from another to convince him. The Alchemist
has a competence in giving logical advice about the possibilities if Santiago decides to abandon his treasure. His
ability of convincing Santiago really influences Santiago on making his decision. At their first day journey in the desert to the Pyramids, Santiago cannot but
think about Fatima. He always thinks about coming back to her at the oasis. The Alchemist tells him not to worry about her. He says that she waits for him at the
oasis until he comes back if she really loves him. “Don’t think about what you left behind,” the alchemist said to the boy as
they began to ride across the sands of the desert. “Everything is written in the Soul of the World, and there it will stay forever.” “Men dream more
about coming home than about leaving,” the boy said. He was already reaccustomed to the desert’s silence. “If what one finds is made of pure
matter, it will never spoil. And one can always come back. If what you had found was only a moment of light, like the explosion of a star, you would
find nothing on your return.” The man was speaking the language of alchemy. But the boy knew that he was referring to Fatima. Coelho 123-
124
The Alchemist tells Santiago to listen his to his heart because it knows everything. Nevertheless, Santiago still cannot understand because it becomes
agitated when he thinks about Fatima. It makes him find a difficulty of keeping the focus on his treasure. He feels that she does not want him to go on to pursue
his dream. However, Santiago feels no fear and forgets about going back to the oasis, after understanding what the Alchemist tells about his heart Coelho 127-
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