Question

How does the traditional theme of the conflict of man vs nature appear in the Alchemist?​

Answer 1

major conflict The major conflict of the book is Santiago's personal tension between completing his Personal Legend to travel all the way to Egypt to find a treasure at the pyramids and settling along the way for the treasures he has already earned.

Answer 2

The Tradition teaches men how to cross the desert, and how their children should marry. The Tradition says that an oasis is neutral territory, because both sides have oases, and so both are vulnerable. But the Tradition also says that we should believe the messages of the desert.