During his first voyage in 1492, when Christopher Columbus set out in search of Asia, he ended up landing in America on a small island of the Caribbean Sea, which he confidently thought was Asia. He then made several other journeys to the New World in search of riches, thinking he was exploring a land already explored, but he had found the greatest wealth of all, an unknown land, America. This shows that when one embarks on a mission, one faces different challenges along the journey, but in the end, one achieves more than what one set out to achieve. The novel The Alchemist, by Paulo Coelho, and the novel The Life of Pi, by Yann Martel, both describe two journeys where the characters become more successful when they learn about life, survival and patience, by understanding religion, by tackling their fears, by connecting with nature. , and meet other characters from whom they learn something. The first is about a young shepherd named Santiago, who recurrently dreams of treasure in Egypt, for which he undertakes a journey to fulfill his "personal legend" with the help of a man who claims to be...