Santiago's Strife To Find Happines In Paulo Coelho's The Alchemist

Onedani, Zindi Nabila (2017) Santiago's Strife To Find Happines In Paulo Coelho's The Alchemist. Undergraduate thesis, Untag 1945 Surabaya.

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Abstract

This study is about an analysis of Santiago’s strife to find happiness in Paulo Coelho’s The Alchemist. The purpose is to find out the background of Santiago’s strife and analyze the way of Santiago in fulfilling the needs of happiness. Through psychological approach and the help of psychological theory that are used in this study, the writer will identify the reasons of Santiago’s strife to pursue happiness through his journey to Egypt. From the novel, the writer finds that Santiago’s family life background is the main reason of his strife to find happiness. He has to go through various obstacles in order to pursue his happiness. The writer also finds that in the end of his journey, Santiago has achieved three happiness indicators. Santiago meets relationship, meaning and accomplishments in the end of the journey. He meets Fatima as the love of his life. He also finds the meaning of his life, which is to live without any regrets. It is the way of Santiago to meet happiness in life. Moreover, he finally finds the hidden treasure as his dream. The three indicators help Santiago to be happier than before. He can be categorized as a happy man in life. From the analysis, it can be found that the reason why Santiago feels happier in life is because he never stops encouraging himself with the faith of his dream, the faith of his own destiny, and the faith of his mission in life.

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