The Alchemist

I think the sheep symbolize humans before technology, in the past we had to hunt, fight, we had to figure things out, we had to learn how to make things, use raw material, survive in wild. We had instinct, if someone of todays time had to live in the wilderness for a month without any kind of people I doubt they would make it. Because we are so used to everything being modern we have no way to leave it. I think the sheep (humans) would be lost without their shepherd (technology).