The Influence of the Crystal Merchant

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- 130. PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI Santiago has a limit understanding about his heart. He seems helpless when he finds that his heart always brings him to the girl at the oasis. He thinks that it betrays him. Yet, the Alchemist seems very familiar with this subject. With all his mastery of understanding heart, he helps Santiago to keep listening to what his heart is saying Coelho 128. “Mastery” is one of the diverse concepts that people may have in controlling his environment. And “helplessness” is one of the psychological opposites of it Mischel 455. Now, Santiago is able to listen to his heart. During his trip with the Alchemist, he practices what the Alchemist has said to him about how important is listening his heart. He understands his heart more than before. As doing so, he gets more confidence that his heart is always with him during his searching for treasure. One day, Santiago understands why his heart always asks him to continue following his dream. The Alchemist says that people’s hearts will suffer if they let the people stop to pursue their dreams. Santiago promises to himself that he will listen to his heart whatever it says Coelho 131-132. On their trip, two tribesmen capture Santiago and the Alchemist and get them to their military camp. They are suspected as spies. In order to save their lives, the Alchemist tells to the tribesmen that Santiago is able to transform himself into wind. Realizing that his life is threatened, which means he can no longer find his treasure, Santiago tries his best to change himself to wind. He remembers to what the Alchemist has said to him Coelho 139-153. “It’s the point at which, as we say in the language of the desert, one ‘dies of thirst just when the palm tress have appeared on the horizon. Every search begins with beginner’s luck. And every search end with the victor’s being severely tested.” The boy remembered an old proverb from his country. It said that the darkest hour of the night came just before the dawn. Coelho 132 The Alchemist’s cautious action influence Santiago when he talks to the desert. He tells it the meaning of love with an analogy from the Alchemist’s habit, “’Love is the falcon’s flight over your sands. Because for him, you are a green filed, from which he always returns with game. He knows your rocks, your dunes, and your mountains, and you re generous to him.’” Coelho 144 Santiago notices the Alchemist’s habit during their journey on the desert. The Alchemist always rode in front with the falcon in his shoulder. Santiago finds that every time the Alchemist’s falcon flies, it always comes back with something for them to eat; a rabbit at the first day, and two birds at the second days. Travelling in the desert for him is just like a search of game. He understands that the falcon knows the desert very well because it always wins the game by finding their menu to eat Coelho 124. When Santiago talks to the sun, he explains the meaning of love too. The sun knows everything in the world. However, when Santiago asks about what love is, the sun does not know it much. “You are wise, because you observe everything from a distance,” the boy said. “But you don’t know about love. If there hadn’t been a sixth day, man would not exist; copper would always be just copper, and lead just lead. It’s true that everything has its own Personal Legend, but one day that Personal Legend will be realized. So each thing has to transform itself into PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI 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