The Alchemist

2. Leader / The bold leader of a caravan traveling across the Sahara Desert from Tangier to Egypt.
4. Daughter / The beautiful and intelligent raven-haired daughter
6. / The Centrality of Personal Legends; The Unity of Nature; The Danger of Fear
7. / Told in past tense
9. Action / Santiago arrives at the pyramids, but in a twist, he must go back to Spain as he learns that his treasure was buried in an abandoned church by a sycamore tree where he started his journey.
11. / Santiago has initial dream of the pyramids under the sycamore tree. Later, we learn that the treasure he saw in his dream is buried under that very tree.
12. / in an indistinct time in the past. It is clearly a pre-modern time, before automobiles and most modern technology existed.
14. / Santiago, an Andalusian shepherd.
17. / A beautiful and chaste young "desert woman"
22. / A well-educated science student determined to learn the secrets of alchemy by learning from a true alchemist.
23. Monk / A welcoming Coptic monk living in a monastery near the pyramids of Egypt.
24. / An old women living in Tarifa who interprets dreams.

1. Merchant / A struggling merchant who owns a crystal shop on top of a desolate hill.
3. / buys wool from Santiago on a yearly basis.
5. Father / A kindly, unadventurous family man who hoped Santiago would become a priest but gives him his blessing to become a shepherd.
8. Driver / A friendly former orchard owner and devout Muslim.
10. / The main plot of the alchemist takes place in the Spanish pastures, the Spanish town of Tarifa, the city of Tangier in North Africa, and the Sahara desert.
13. / Dreams; Maktub; Omens
15. / An adventurous young Andalusian shepherd determined to fulfill his Personal Legend, which is to find a treasure at the foot of the Egyptian pyramids.
16. of View / Third person omniscient.
18. / The Alchemist reads like an ancient myth or fable. It is simple, direct, and overtly didactic.
19. Conflict / is Santiago’s personal tension between completing his Personal Legend to travel all the way to Egypt to find a treasure at the pyramids and settling along the way for the treasures he has already earned.
20. action / Santiago makes a series of material sacrifices in order to pursue his Personal Legend to reach the pyramids of Egypt.
21. / Santiago struggles to turn himself into the wind while being held by warring tribesman in the Sahara Desert.
25. Man / A scam artist living in Tangier who speaks Arabic and Spanish.