Fate In The Alchemist

In the Road Not Taken by Robert Frost, the main theme is personal destiny that is very similar to book the Alchemist by Paulo Coelho. To begin the poem is a very a personal theme to it in that “Robert” is choosing his own path shown by the amount of first person nouns in the poem and in itself the topic is purely man vs. man with no other antagonist or divine intervention. This is not true, but similar to the book, because the boy Santiago had first divine intervention in the King and also in the stones Urim and Thummim, but also had free will because he was constantly debating with himself on what path to follow. An example of the divine intervention is best shown by Urim and Thummim because although they have multiple appearances when Santiago
That's the world's greatest lie (Coelho 20). That knowledge passed on by the king, a divine intervention figure, proves that fate is the “world's greatest lie” showing that the only other alternative is personal destiny. Moving back to the poem’s connection to the book a major topic in both the book and the poem is that nature's unknown has had an affect on both of the character’s decisions; “Robert” took the path less taken, “because it was grassy and wanted wear” (Frost). Then in the alchemist evidence of nature affect on personal is that after Santiago was robbed at the pyramids one of the bandits said “I'm not so stupid to cross an entire desert just because of a recurring dream” (Coelho 168) representing indirectly that Santigo himself crossed the desert into a unknown environment, but also with the help of dreams. In conclusion there are both similar and different themes that connect the Alchemist and The Road Not Taken and personal