One example of this is when the alchemist and Santiago grab snakes from holes in order to find life in the desert.
Until he nearly dies Alchemist promises that the traveling, Santiago learns many things along the way to wind.
He teaches Santiago the value of book learning and introduces him to important concepts in alchemy.
In Hippie, he tells the story of Paulo, a young, skinny Brazilian man with a goatee and long, flowing hair, who dreams of becoming a writer, and Karla, a Dutch woman in her twenties who has been waiting to find a companion to accompany her.