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9/18

Intro & Prologue

9/19

Part 1:

3-25

9/20

25-47

9/21

Part 2:

51-71

9/24

9/25

9/26

9/27

9/28

10/1

71-87

10/2

87-104

10/3

104-123

10/4

123-142

10/5

142-163

and Epilogue

10/8

Plot

What major events happened?

Character

Have any new characters appeared? Who are they?

Have we learned anything new about existing characters?

Quotes

What passages seem meaningful?

(Include page numbers)

pp. 3-25

Santiago met the old man in the village he passed through. BW

Santiago sees the merchants daughter who he hasnt seen for a year and wants to ask her hand in marriage. (MG!)

Santiago goes to the gypsy's house in the village, and she reads his plams and tells him about his hidden treasure. (sk)

The king of salem tells santiago to find his treasure and he will tell him where to go. ET

The King of Salem-Old man Santiago meets, knows what Santiago is thinking, tells Santiago to bring 1/10 of his sheep in exchange for info about the treasure (EK)

Santiago- A shepherd, the only shepherd who can read, going back to work for the merchant and is exctied to see the merchants daughter. TH

The merchants daghter-Santiago comes back and sees the merchants daughter who he wants to marry and she sees him. (AO)

Father of Santiago - He seems like a very caring guy since he wanted his son to have a good experience with his life. He gave Santiago the coins to buy his flock. (SIR)

The Gypsie lady who makes Santiago offer her one tenth of his sheep to her when she told the secret.(TM/BigMan)

"People learn, early in their lives, whwt is their reason for being"(24) EN

"At that point in their lives, everything is clear and everything is possible. They are not afraid to dream, and to yearn for everything they would like to see happen to them in their lives. But, as time passes, a mysterious force begins to convince them that it will be impossible for them to relize their Personal Legend." (21) AL

"If you start out by promising what you don't even have yet, you'll lose your desire to work towards getting it," (25) AS

"Then, at the Egyptian pyramids, the child said to me, 'If you come here, you will find a hidden treasure.' And, just as she was about to show me the exact location, I woke up. Both times." (13-14) SC

"In the long run, what people think about shepherds and bakers becomes mor imprtant than thier own personal legends" (25) DP

pp. 25-47

When Santiago meets with the old man, he tells Santiago that the treasure is in egypt near the pyramids. For Santiago to find the treasure he has to follow the omens. He also recieves a black and a white stone from the man, which will help him if the reading the omens are unclear. TH

After he leaves the man he rides a boat across to Africa. He came into a port city of Tangier. He went to a bar and found a boy about his age that said he knew how to get to the pyramids. Santiago trusts the boy and gives the boy all of his money. He follows the boy around the market and he finds a stall with a beautiful sword for sale. He tells the boy to ask the man behind the counter how much it was without looking at the boy. He lost the boy and all his money but he waits there at the stall until all the stalls close up and leave. (SIR)

Santiago meets a crystal merchant and makes a deal to work for him. Santiago will get a fairly high commision so he can get more money. (EK)

The Bartender- The bartender tries to help Santiango to tell him not to trust the theif, but the theif intervines and Santiago gets all of his $money$ taken from him. (AL)

Crystal Merchant: Santiago encounters a man who sells crystal glasses. He offers to clean the glasses in exchange for food, and the merchant agrees. They began talking of Santiago's trip to Egypt, and the merchant helped him realize that it was nearly impossible for him to make it there. The chapter ended with Santiago offering to work for the man until he had enough money to buy sheep again.

(SC)

"The secret of happiness is to see all the marvels of the world, and never forget the drops of oil on the spoon." (32) DL

"They're called Urim and Thummim, and they can help you to read the omens."

(40) AB

"I'm like everyone else-I see the world in terms of what I would like to see happen, not what actually does."(p. 40) (Meaty)

"I know it's the vanity of vanities, as you said, my lord. But an old king sometimes has to take pride in himself." (P. 32) (SM)

pp. 51-71

Santiago leaves the crystal shop and goes into the bar that he went into the first day he came to Africa and got robbed. Santiago thinks about his future. (AL)

Santiago makes enough money to double his flock and a ticket back to spain in a year. By selling tea and making a display case for the crystal shop. AS

Santiago meets an Englishman in a warehouse with the Urim and Thummim as him. He is leaving for Egypt. (EN)

Englishman: Santiago meets an Englishman on the caravan to egypt. At first the englishman is mean to Santiago. When Santiago pulls out Urim and Thummim he is much more cordual to Santiago once he see's Urim and Thummim.AB

The wearhouse boss: The wearhouse boss tells Santiago and the English man that there is a caravan leaving for Al-Foyoum which is in Egypt. (MEATY)

The alchemist: The Englishman has a goal to find an alchemist who lives in the Al-Fayoum oasis, is 200 years old, can turn anything into gold, and knows the universal language (that Santiago seems to know, too). DL

The boy who stole his money: Santiago was fooled by a thief who acted as a friend to him and said he would help him on his voyage. The kid stole all his money, but made Santiago realize if you try anything's possible and don't ever give up and he realized the omen. (SM)

pp. 71-87

pp. 87-104

pp. 104-123

pp. 123-142

pp. 142- end