The Road Back The Archetypes of Hero’s Journey in The Alchemist
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where shepherds and their sheep slept. In my dream, there was a sycamore growing out of the ruins of the sacristy, and I was told that, if I dug at the
roots of the sycamore, I would find a hidden treasure. But Im not so stupid as to cross an entire desert just because of a recurrent dream. And they
disappeared. The boy stood up shakily, and looked once more at the Pyramids. They seemed to laugh at him, and he laughed back, his heart
bursting with joy. Because now he knew where his treasure was. P.162- 63
The impact of the climax of the Resurrection leads to the resolution. The story above shows the resolution and leads to think of some part in the opening of
the story. In the introduction or in the stage of The Call to Adventure, when Santiago sleep under the sycamore tree which grows within a ruined church in
Spain, he has dreamed of a treasure that lies or burried in the Pyramid of Egypt. Meanwhile, In the end of the story, the truth is revealed, there is no treasure that is
burried or hiden in the Pyramid. The man The Arabian who is the opposite character at the last story tells Santiago not to be so stupid, for, the man also has
dreamed of a treasure when he sleep at the Pyramid. The dream told the man to go to the ruined church in Spain and to dig at the roots of a sycamore tree. However,
the man says he is not as stupid as Santiago to believe in dream. He is unwilling to cross the desert just because of a recurrent dream.
No matter what, Santiago laughs as the man leaves. That is because the man just gives him the clue where the treasure really is. Meanwhile, the treasure
that he gets in the Pyramid is not the expected treasure gold coins or precious things, it is the ability to interpret the language of the world. Coincidence or not,
Santiago enables to interpret the man ’s dream at the Pyramid or viceversa. The
man’s dream uncoincidentally is uttered as the reward, for Santiago finnaly
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whole-heartedly responds the personal calling.and reaches the Pyramid.after fights trials and enemies.
This great reward can mean “The elixir”, since it can be a great treasure
or magic potion, love, wisdom, or simply the experience of surviving the special world. The hero may show the benefit of the Elixir, using it to heal a physical or
emotional wound, or accomplish tasks that had been feared in the Ordinary World. In The Alchemist, both the the reward that is the knowledge of language of
the world and the hiden treasure are the Elixir. In fact, Santiago shows the benefit of gaining those Elixirs. First, Santiago is able to interpret the
man’s dream about where the treasure really is and he does not fear the dream will lead him to
another burden that he did in the Ordinary World. Second, Santiago returns to Spain to pursue and to finish his “personal calling” or his destiny. His return is to
dig the root of the sycamore tree where the treasure is burried. After he finds the treasure, he shared it with the Gipsy woman as his promise.