Fear In The Alchemist
Fear is an emotion that negatively influences people to shy away from their plans. In both the novels, The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho and Room by Emma Donoghue, the heroes are overcome by fear of loss and fear of the future, but conquering their fears enables them to take the first steps to accomplishing their dreams.
To begin with, the fear of losing beloved things or individuals, presents themselves with dilemmas that influence the continuation of their journey and that they will solely bypass these dilemmas by overcoming it. In The Alchemist, Santiago’s worry of losing everything he already attained made him second guess his plans and so discouraged him to continue his dream.
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The camel driver speaks these from his life experience as he lost all of his possessions once a flood destroyed his orchard farm. He recognizes that a person’s life story is written by one’s hand and the same hand conjointly writes the history of the world. In other words, every person’s life plays a part within the larger world around him, and therefore the camel driver suggests that God dictates that half. This realization doesn’t prevent an individual from suffering tragedies, however, if the person recognizes that his tragedy serves a better purpose, he has no reason to fear any loss. This insight becomes vital to Santiago as he faces challenges later within the book, particularly as he learns to prevent fearing failure and to trust within the omens he …show more content…
“‘I want to stay at the oasis,’ the boy answered. ‘I've found Fatima, and, as far as I'm concerned, she's worth more than treasure.’”. The alchemist then reassures Santiago that “‘love never keeps a man from pursuing his Personal Legend. If he abandons that pursuit, it's because it wasn't true love… the love that speaks the Language of the World.’”. The Alchemist effectively changes Santiago’s mindset and he understands that true love cannot be lost and so being fearful of losing it is worthless and should be eliminated. This encourages Santiago to place trust into his love and pursue his dream. Therefore, people can solely move towards their dream if they conquer their fear of
To begin with, the fear of losing beloved things or individuals, presents themselves with dilemmas that influence the continuation of their journey and that they will solely bypass these dilemmas by overcoming it. In The Alchemist, Santiago’s worry of losing everything he already attained made him second guess his plans and so discouraged him to continue his dream.
“We are afraid of losing what we have, whether it’s our life …show more content…
The camel driver speaks these from his life experience as he lost all of his possessions once a flood destroyed his orchard farm. He recognizes that a person’s life story is written by one’s hand and the same hand conjointly writes the history of the world. In other words, every person’s life plays a part within the larger world around him, and therefore the camel driver suggests that God dictates that half. This realization doesn’t prevent an individual from suffering tragedies, however, if the person recognizes that his tragedy serves a better purpose, he has no reason to fear any loss. This insight becomes vital to Santiago as he faces challenges later within the book, particularly as he learns to prevent fearing failure and to trust within the omens he …show more content…
“‘I want to stay at the oasis,’ the boy answered. ‘I've found Fatima, and, as far as I'm concerned, she's worth more than treasure.’”. The alchemist then reassures Santiago that “‘love never keeps a man from pursuing his Personal Legend. If he abandons that pursuit, it's because it wasn't true love… the love that speaks the Language of the World.’”. The Alchemist effectively changes Santiago’s mindset and he understands that true love cannot be lost and so being fearful of losing it is worthless and should be eliminated. This encourages Santiago to place trust into his love and pursue his dream. Therefore, people can solely move towards their dream if they conquer their fear of