On page 24, the king of Salem tells Santiago, "When you want something, all the universe conspires to help you achieve it." Do you believe that this is true? Why or why not?
I think that what the king had to say was very true in many ways for when the story is placed but is sadly not true nowadays. The story takes place sometime in the 15th century if I were to have to guess and back then anyone could really accomplish anything as that was the time in which people were becoming less segregated into their social classes and could move up or down the social ladder based on skill and devotion instead of who you were born to, so I think the king is right in the fact that in that case if you wanted to do something great then everything would seem to come together perfectly for you to be able to do it. I don't think this is true anymore though as earths sheer mass of people combined with politics and economy have made it so if you want to really do something it takes a lot of work and effort to see it through instead of the world coming together to help you everything and everyone seems to be conspiring against you. This is why we aren't having as many hugely impactful discoveries as was possible in the renaissance.
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