What lies somewhere over the rainbow? The Alchemist Introduction

I'm writing an ISU on the Alchemist and I need help with the intro. This will be much appreciated, thanks in advance.

Rough Draft Introduction:

In Paulo Choelho's The Alchemist the main character, santiago is forced to realize that one of the greatest illusions in life is the idea that some thing better than what we already have lies somewhere over the rainbow.After journying far and wide the most important assets are those that we always had.

In Paulo Choelho's The Alchemist, the main character, S antiago is forced to realize that one of the greatest illusions in life is the idea that something better than what we already have lies somewhere over the rainbow.

After journying far and wide the most important assets are those that we always had. This doesn't include the novel in it. Maybe say something like, "After journeying far and wide, Santiago comes to the realization that the most important assets are those we already possess."

Thanks alot! anybody here have in depth answers for an intro if not submitted by six i might have to try and come up with something and hand in a bad essay.

Hi James, I hope it worked out okay.

...the idea that something (something is only one word, not two.)
...better than what we already have lies somewhere over the rainbow. After journeying far and wide the most...

After this, you need to think of a few examples to demonstrate this idea. Write a paragraph about each.

Did you get anything written?

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