Comparing and Contrasting between Santiago and Dorothy

This essay is talking about the Comparing and Contrasting between Santiago and Dorothy. Santiago and Dorothy were just two kids who lived in their peaceful homeland. But they both had the special dreams made them have the special journeys, and that made their lives change. In The Alchemist, Santiago was going to follow his personal legend to find the treasure what was directed in his dream. And in Wizard of OZ, Dorothy was going to find the way to turn back her home in the dream. Though their goals were that so different, but they both learned a lesson from their journeys. “He had the same dream that night as a week ago, and once again he had awakened before it ended.” The Alchemist page 4, Santiago had the dream for many times in the passed night, it was always about the big treasure that was in Egypt, and it helped Santiago to find the treasure. Dorothy’s home was taken by the tornado, and when she found out she was in a magical world after she woke up. Then she wanted to find the way to turn back home, but she did not that it was just a dream in her mind. For the treasure Santiago spent a lot of time and money to try going to Egypt, and he always traveled by himself. In the journey he met many kinds of people, and had some troubles in there. But by his mind of personal legend, he always could keep going. Dorothy was unused of her journey in the beginning, but she met three friends in there, and they always passed some situations together. They supported with each other anytime. Finally, Santiago got to Egypt, but he found out that there was not any treasure there, it was in his homeland. He knew that the journey was not frustrated; it was a lesson for him to become a man, an alchemist. And the end of Dorothy’s journey was that she killed the evil witch who controlled the world of OZ, and she found the way to home was just praying, so she really got home in the end. She had an exciting memory in her life. The two stories really have a lot of different, though they both began by a dream, and both have a journey, but they have the different purposes and learning. Santiago really learned a lot from his journey, but Dorothy just went home in the end, and she was not so different from when she began.