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C. Recommendations
This part aims to give several recommendations to future researchers who are interested to conduct a study using The Alchemist as an object of their studies.
There are many novels which are interesting to discuss. The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho can be an alternative. This study has focused on Santiago’s intrapersonal
conflicts. However, there are several aspects in the novel that have not been discussed yet. The first aspect is about Santiago’s motivation in searching for the
treasure. From this study, it can be seen that Santiago never stops pursuing his dream. Thus, there must be a reason why he wants to pursue his dream. Future
researchers can employ psychological approach to find out his motivation. The second aspect is about symbol in the novel. Future researchers can
analyze several symbols that appear in the novel. They are “the alchemist” and “the treasure”. These things seem to symbolize something. For instance, the
meaning of “the alchemist” can be more than a person who is able to transform any lead into gold.
In addition, this study also gives recommendations to English lecturers. This study provides an example of learning material and lesson plan to teach
Prose class. It enables the students to have an understanding on the elements of literary works.
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30 Having arrived in a port town in Africa, Santiago loses the money he needs
to get to the Egyptian pyramids. A thief steals all his money. He, consequently, has to work to get some money to go to Egypt as soon as possible. He gets a job in
a crystal shop. The crystal merchant tells him that he has to earn a lot of money to go to Egypt since it is far away from where he is now. Knowing that it was
impossible for him to go to Egypt, he decides to collect the money to buy sheep. He has worked hard at the crystal shop for almost a year. He is able to expand the
business there. He is finally able to earn enough money to double his flock and go back to Andalusia. He asks the merchant’s permission to leave the shop for having
earned enough money to buy his sheep. While packing all of his belongings, Urim and Thummim fall in the floor. It reminds him of Melchizedek. It gives him the
spirit of the king who wants him to follow his destiny. Santiago then changes his mind and begins to search for the treasure in Egypt.
Santiago is very lucky because there is a caravan heading to the Pyramids. In the middle of his journey, he meets an Englishman who is looking for an
alchemist. The Englishman then explains that the alchemist is someone who is able to transform any metal into gold. Santiago makes a friend with the
Englishman. Because of war amongst tribes in the desert, the caravan cannot continue the journey to the Pyramids. As a result, the caravan winds up in Al-
Fayoum.
The Englishman then asks Santiago to help him find the alchemist who lives in Al-Fayoum. They begin to look for the alchemist by themselves, but they find
nothing. Santiago suggests the Englishman to ask some people at the oasis. They begin to ask the people who come to the well. Finally, they ask a woman named
Fatima where they can find the alchemist. At the moment Santiago sees the woman, he falls in love with her. She then tells them where the alchemist lives. As
soon as she leaves the well, the Englishman disappears to find the alchemist as well.
Santiago tells Fatima that he loves her and that he wants her to be his wife. He adds that the war seems a curse for him at the beginning, but now he feels that
the war becomes a blessing that it makes him meet her. He begins to wish living in Al-Fayoum with his loved one. However, Fatima wants Santiago to be as free
as the desert wind. She wants him to pursue whatever he is looking for. Santiago realizes that it means he has to leave her even though he does not want to. This
leads him in a conflict.
He wanders through the desert and sees a pair of hawks flying in the sky. Suddenly, one of the hawks attacks the other one and he has a vision that there
will be an army coming and attacking the oasis. Having seen a vision, he needs to
31 tell the camel driver about it. The camel driver then suggests him to tell his vision
to the chieftains of the oasis. Santiago finally comes to a tent where the chieftains of the oasis stay and tells them his vision about an army who is going to attack the
oasis. The elder who believes in what Santiago has said tells that they are going to carry arms at the oasis preparing for the upcoming battle. In the middle of his way
back to his tent, Santiago meets the alchemist who asks him to find the alchemist if he is still alive. Santiago finally saves the people at the oasis with his vision.
Thus, he receives fifty pieces of gold and becomes the counselor of the oasis.
After saving a lot of people at the oasis, Santiago tries to find the alchemist. He finally meets the alchemist. The alchemist then asks him to show life in the
desert. At the beginning, he does not know how to find it. With the help of the alchemist, the boy finally can do it. It becomes an omen for the alchemist that
Santiago is the one whom he is waiting for. Santiago thinks that the alchemist gets a wrong person since it is the Englishman who is looking for him. The alchemist
wants him to search for the treasure, but he refuses to do that because he has met Fatima and he has been a rich man with fifty pieces of gold. Searching for the
treasure means that he has to leave Fatima. Knowing that Santiago is about to abandon his dream, the alchemist tells him what will happen if he abandons it.
Having heard about the alchemist’s prediction of his future, he decides to leave Fatima. He believes that her love will enable him to search for the treasure. He
finally decides to go to the Pyramids with the alchemist.
During the journey to the Pyramids, they meet some tribesmen who warn them not to wandering too far. Moreover, they are taken to a military camp
belonging to one of the tribesmen who are in a conflict. The chief of the tribesmen will not let them go unless Santiago can transform himself into the wind. Having
penetrated the Soul of the World, Santiago is finally able to transform himself into the wind. After having transformed himself into the wind, the chief lets him and
the alchemist go and offers them a group of guides who will escort them as far as they need.
In brief, it will only take three hours to get to the Pyramids where the treasure is buried. The alchemist lets Santiago to find the treasure by himself.
Before moving apart, the alchemist reminds Santiago that it is his heart which will tell him where his treasure is. Santiago finally arrives at the Pyramids. He begins
to dig the sand where his tears fall as what his heart tells him to do so. Yet, he finds nothing. While he is trying hard to dig the sand, some men come and
approach him. They are refugees from the tribal wars and want to know what he is doing there. They believe that the boy hides something there. The boy refuses to
tell that he is searching for his treasure because he is afraid that they will take it
32 all. They yank him and take his gold. Thinking there are more gold hidden in the
ground, they ask him to dig the sand. Being exhausted, Santiago gives in and tells that he is searching for the treasure and that he has dreamed about it twice. The
refugees finally leave him. However, the leader approaches the boy and tells him that he has a dream about a hidden treasure as well. Yet, the treasure is in an
abandoned church somewhere in Spain where shepherds and his sheep sleep. It is buried under the old sycamore growing out of the sacristy. Then the leader leaves
him. At the moment, his heart is full of joy because he knows where the treasure is.
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Appendix C
LESSON PLAN
Subject :
Prose Semester
: III
Time Allocation
: 2 x 50 minutes
A. Competence
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