Abstract
In The Alchemist, Paulo Coelho projects Santiago communicating with Nature which he refers to as the common language of the world. A study of The Alchemist will reveal how Santiago, an Andalusian shepherd boy who yearns to travel in search of a bounty treasure explores the wisdom of life. His quest for the treasure buried near the Pyramids propels him to enter an unchartered territory from his homeland in Spain to the Egyptian desert. This paper aims to explore the ecological reflections mired with concepts of slants in philosophy. Ecology on one hand is considered as a branch of science but, despite providing erudition on the subject it is understood that it provides sagacity to understand the universe better. This paper rightly discusses the amalgamation of nature and literature. It is indeed a manifestation of the recurrently believed ideologies that connect human psyche and platitudes of the cosmos. The logos that interrelates the existing connection between the non human and the human species require an exceptional mastery. This paper will analyze and depict the emotions connected with nature from the spectacle of the Protagonist Santiago in The Alchemist.
Highlights
Eco-criticism is the ground for literary experts to explore and probe the catastrophe between the convergence of nature and Literature
Eco-Criticism initially emerged as a major area called Literary Ecology and later ‘ism’ was an addition according to Meeker 1972 in General Overviews
The first sign of Eco-Criticism nullified the historical approach to nature but, it celebrated the beauty in nature and the theme surfaced the healing and medicinal properties of the nature
Summary
Emotions connected with nature from the spectacle of the Protagonist Santiago in The Alchemist. Because of it everything is sanctified, including man and the terrifying aspects of nature itself, such as glaciers, landslides, earthquakes, storms...(75) Echoing the above lines, possessing an inexorable thirst in pursuing the emotions of nature and in discovering the dream of spiritual and intellectual awakening, Andalusian Shepherd Santiago, the protagonist of the novel, The Alchemist travels to exotic markets of Tangiers and reaches Egypt. The butterfly omen was a sign of positivity to understand the hues of nature and to study the language of the soul.
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