"If you have to wait until the war is over, then wait. But if you have to go before then, go on in pursuit of your dream. The dunes are changed by the wind, but the desert never changes. That's the way it will be with our love for each other" (Coelho 97).
Fatima lays out two possible options for Santiago, similar to the two different roads depicted in the poem The Road Not Taken. Santiago has to make the decision whether to embark on his Personal Legend or to be with Fatima. Fatima explains that whichever option Santiago chooses, she will not be disappointed. The analogy between the dunes and the desert parallels Santiago's exploration. The dunes represent their relationship because if he chooses to embark on his Personal Legend, the wind will end up changing their relationship. The desert never changes, signifying love will exist between them no matter what because Santiago believes the "language that everyone [is] capable of understanding ... [is] love" (92). Even though they have just met, Santiago instantaneously conjures affection for Fatima, and she demonstrates the same affection towards him. Their hasty affections for one another show Santiago's progression in finding his Personal Legend. Finding Fatima could symbolize Santiago's true journey, not to find the riches of the pyramids, but rather to rise up from the difficult times in his life.
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