Thoughts?

I was staring at the book The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho feeling unready for the essay I had to write on it. Thinking that I was gonna do bad in the essay, a random thought crashed into my mind: what does the book’s cover represent? The most notable element of the cover seems to be the Sun, but why is it there? Is it because Santiago, the main character, is traveling to Egypt, which is East, the direction the sun rises from? Maybe, but if that was the case, there also should have been a drawing of dessert on it because that is where Santiago’s treasure lays. So this might not be the reason. But, it could have been that the sun indicates the boy’s connection to the Soul of the Sun. That thought made sense for a moment because inside the sun’s soul, there is also a drawing of the world's soul which is connected to both the boy’s and sun’s soul. But if that was the case, where is the God’s soul. Isn't that more important because it technically contains everything? But there is...