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Santiago and The Crystal Merchant

Sometimes changes are required to make life easier when you are struggling. In the novel, The Alchemist, Santiago suggests that the crystal merchant should change in order to improve his business. When the merchant agrees with Santiago's brilliant ideas, many positive things start to happen.
In this part of the novel, Santiago had just gotten robbed and he has no way to survive. Desperate for food, he offers his assistance to a crystal merchant in exchange for food. The crystal merchant hesitantly accepts and sees that the boy is a good luck charm because he attracts customers to the shop. Because Santiago had just gotten robbed, he finds this place to work at, and it helps him solves his financial problems, so it fits perfectly into the storyline.
After working for a while in the crystal merchant's shop, Santiago requests a change in the shop by telling the merchant there should be a display case at the bottom of the hill to attract......

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