Santiago,
the protagonist, grows up with poor parents who struggled
their whole lives
to send
him to seminary. But Santiago has a strong
desire to travel the world, and so
his father gives him three ancient
Spanish coins to buy a flock
of sheep.
as a shepherd, he spends several years traveling the countryside of Andalusia
in southern Spain,
enjoying the care-free and adventurous life of a wanderer. As the story
begins, we learn that a year ago Santiago met the beautiful daughter of
a merchant in a town he is soon to revisit. Even though he spent only a
few hours talking with this girl, his strong feelings for her make him
question his life as a shepherd and make him consider the merits of a
more settled life. He sleeps in a church where a sycamore tree grew
where the sacristy once was (refer to end).
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