2. Why does the king tell his story to be the boy before leaving? What relevance does it have to your life and Santiago’s?
Pt.1- The king tells the story to the boy before leaving because he is going on a journey to a new place like the boy in the story. When he is on the quest Santiago is going to be seeing new things and a new life, but when he does he doesn't want to forget about his family or home. In the story the boy is carrying around a spoon of oil and to me that spoon of oil represents his home, family and old life. The kid is walking around the first time only focusing on the oil in the spoon and not taking time to experience the new beauty around him. When he goes back to the wise king having every drop left of oil, but has seen nothing besides the oil resting ontop of the spoon, the king tells him to go look around again and experience the beauty he has to offer. This time he comes back and has no oil left, but has seen everything he has ever wanted to. He started a quest to figure out what happiness really means, but ended up experiencing everything he has ever imagined but forgot about something really important, his old life. The story the king told Santiago, basically told him to go try something new and figure out his personal legend and to not forget about his family who loves him and his home where everything he grew up with is. If the king were to not have told him this story Santiago probably would've forgetton about his old life just to start a new one. This story to me really means that you can go on a journey and do everything you have every wanted, but you shouldn't forget about the importance of your home and the love of your family.
Pt. 2- This story is relevent to my life because if i want to do something or go on a journey and experience great things without my family i must not forget about them and the home where all my memories were made. It is relevent to Santiago because he is going somewhere completely different and starting a quest for a new life. On this journey he is most likely to get caught in the new life he searching for and forget about his family and home. Since the story is about a kid going on a journey and forgetting about the importance of his old life, it's just like what Santiago is going to do experience.
Melissa Yohey
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You're right, if you are planning on traveling alone, you must learn not to look down and worry of losing anything. But instead looking up and out in the alluring world out there.
ReplyDeleteI highly agree with your interpretation of the kings story. During part 1 you perfectly worded what the king was trying to tell Santiago. "you can go on a journey and do everything you ever wanted, but you shouldnt forget about the importance of your home and the love of your family" summarizes the entire story. What the king said can also be related into our own lives as you explained in part 2.
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