In “The Alchemist” by Paulo Coelho the destination is more crucial than the journey because without a destination there is no journey and the destination concludes the lessons learned throughout the journey. The best part of the journey is the ending the ending draws it together and makes one feel good when one finishes. And even when one is almost done with one's journey there is still a lot that one can learn at the end. These are significant to the argument that the destination being greater than the journey.