Name: Alexandra Lombard

Date: 9/27/16

Santiago & The Heros Journey

Teacher: NICOLL

Mod: 3

The heros journey outlines the steps that a character will likely take when becoming a hero. Please use the table below to
take notes and document Santiagos journey in The Alchemist.
Heros Journey

Examples & Notes (Bulleted List)

Santiagos Journey (Full Sentences)

Part 1
The Departure

1. Unusual birth/Early
Childhood

Born to be priest
Became shepherd

The Dream
The king
2. Call to Adventure

3. Crossing the Threshold

Leaving Spain
Leaving the Crystal shop and
continuing his adventure

Santiago chose to be a shepherd instead of

being a priest.

Santiago had a weird dream about a

treasure that he decided to find more
information on. He also ran into the Salem
King who told him to start his journey
He decided to leave spain to start his
journey leaving his home. He then decided
to leave the crystal shop and instead of
going back to Spain he continued his
journey.

Part 2
The Initiation
Heros Journey
4. Challenges or Trials

Examples & Notes (Bulleted List)

He trusted the boy and got his
money stolen

Santiagos Journey (Full Sentences)

When Santiago went to Africa he met a boy
who he thought was going to help him but in
the end he got all of his money stolen.

5. Supernatural Helper or
Mentor

Melchizedek visited Santiago

and told him to continue his journey
and gave him the stone.

He falls in love with Fatimah

and doesnt want to leave her
6. The Abyss or Temptation

7. The Transformation

When Santiago meets the

Alchemist he has to turn into the
wind

When Santiago was in Spain and when he

was still a shepard this old man appeared
who is the king of salem and told him to
start his journey.

Santiago meets Fatimah on the oasis he

doesnt want to leave her but she tells him
to continue his personal legend.

When Santiago meets the Alchemist he has

to turn into the wind to save both of them.

Part 3
The Return

8. The Return Home

He goes home and digs under

the sycamore tree and finds a bunch
of treasure.

When Santiago goes home he goes to the

sycamore tree that he remembers from his
dream and digs under it and finds a bunch of
treasure.

9. The Mastery of Two

Worlds

He speaks to the sun, wind

and god. The heart/soul of the
world.
He is also in love with Fatima.

Santiago now has the knowledge of the soul

of the world and can speak to the earth.
Although he still loves Fatima so he has
found a balance between the two.