"On page 24, the king of Salem tells Santiago, "When you want something, all the universe conspires to help you achieve it." Do you believe that this is true? Why or why not?"

               I believe that the statement, "When you want something, all the universe conspires to help you achieve it," is true due to the reason that I have read an interesting book, The Secret by Rhonda Byrne, that tells us that if you think about something that you will achieve the goal. According to The Secret, "Everything that's coming into your life you are attracting into your life." The statement persuades me to believe that the universe does help you achieve something you want! In The Alchemist, Santiago says that "By the time he had enough of the sea, he would already have known other cities, other women, and other chances to be happy," he wished that when he was little and now the world has helped him achieve it. The world helped him achieve his wish by giving him the idea that he should be Sheperd. I believe that if he really does believe that he will soon get to his treasure in the future.