Monday, 20 April 2015

How is the girl named Fatima related to Santiago's journey? And what is her physical description in Coelho's The Alchemist? How does Fatima...

Fatima is
the woman that nearly derails Santiago from going on his quest to find treasure at the Pyramids.
He and Fatima find true love, and Santiago nearly decides to abandon his personal legend in
order to stay with Fatima at the Oasis. He is told that he could stay in the Oasis with Fatima
and live a fulfilling and comfortable life. However, it would mean losing the gift of reading
omens and the fulfillment of his personal legend. Despite his love for Fatima, Santiago makes
the difficult decision to continue the pursuit of his personal legend.


Fatima is surprisingly alright with this. She tells Santiago that as a woman of the
desert, she will wait for his return. Her role here is to show us that love should not stand in
the way of fulfilling one's personal legend, that true love is unconditional and supportive in
all matters.

As far as physical descriptions, Fatima is described as being
beautiful in the way of the people of the desert with dark eyes and
features.

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