What is the purpose of omens in The Alchemist?

I think that the purpose of the omens was to guide Santiago. Every omen that Santiago saw meant something important. They all guided him along the right path to completing his Personal Legend and finding his treasure. For example the omen of the two Hawks at the oasis, he sees the Hawks and knows that they are signs that a war is coming. Once he believed in that omen and told everyone it set off a chain of events that led him to his Personal Legend. Everything is connected. One decision sets off a chain of events to the end. 

When you want something, all the universe conspires to help you achieve it."

I do believe that when you want something the universe helps you to achieve it. I think that the ways things work out or don't work out all happenes in mysterious ways. I find it very similar to the when you have the option between going left or right that decision is going to affect your future. I think the universe and the way humans are pushes us into the path we are supposed to take. If you turn right and something bad happenes then that was what was supposed to happen. I hope this made sense like the way it made sense to me.

What is a Personal Legend, and why do you think this will be important in the rest of the book?

I think a Personal Legend is a goal or dream that a person has. I think that Santiago's Personal Legend is to travek the world and see new things. Everyone has a Personal Legend. I think that this will be important with the rest of the story, because Santiago is in the process of doing his Personal Legend, he will discover new things like possibly finding the hidden treasure, and while doing his Personal Legend something amazing is going to happen to him.

What do you hope to get out of English Language Arts this year?

I am hoping to learn better grammar and sentence structure, how to write different styles of papers, and to be passionate about the different books I will be reading. I am hoping to learn better grammar and sentence structure because that is something I struggle with. Last year I only wrote four papers, so I wasn't able to really develop my writing skills. I only got into a couple of the books I read for school last year so I am hoping that this year I will have more interesting books.