In William Shakespeare's play, Julius Caesar, the character Cassius is quoted for the line: “Men are sometimes masters of their own destiny: the fault, dear Brutus, it is not in our stars, but in ourselves. (Act I Scene II). Paulo Coelho's novel The Alchemist adheres to this reference as it follows the story of a young man pursuing his personal legend. Through this story we find that Coelho is emphasizing the message that Cassius uses to manipulate Brutus, that it is necessary for each of us to detach ourselves from the settling and finally determine our own destiny. Coelho begins by identifying the main characters as they become current components. to reveal the plot. The first line of the book, after all, is: “The boy's name was Santiago” (Coelho 3). We come to find out that Santiago dreamed of traveling, so he gave up his goal of becoming a priest and instead became a sheep herder (8). Santiago is already presented as a driven character who strives to achieve his dreams. He exists as a dynamic character, rather than a static one as The Alchemist will later be described. The Alchemist is cha...