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    Universal Language in The Alchemist In The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho, universal language is on the main themes. It is first known when the boy was leading his sheep, “It was if some mysterious energy bound his life to that of the sheep…” (Coelho 2). This theme continues to grow and expand as the boy goes on his journey to find his treasure and follow his destiny. First, universal language is just a very simple, basic means of communication. When the boy is helping the merchant assemble his stall

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    The book The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho touches on many different points of a young shepherd’s life as he grows to learn to follow his heart and dreams. A debatable statement that was developed while reading this book is “love should never hold us back from pursuing personal dreams.” This idea is supported and brought up multiple times throughout the story, as the shepherd, Santiago gives up the things he loves most to pursue his dreams. At the beginning of the story, Santiago prepares to reunite

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    The Life of Paulo Coelho

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    Paulo Coelho is a famous author that has written many popular works in these past few decades. He is most notably known for The Alchemist, which was written in 1988. The Alchemist was “one of the greatest best-sellers of all times” (Kaaki). During his lifetime, Coelho went through many obstacles; the most notable event was getting an electrical shock when he was in a mental institution and getting placed into prison. He was able to move past all of these difficulties and became a well-known author

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    Throughout Paulo Coelho's world renowned novel, The Alchemist, the usage of archetypes is so evident that even the name in itself is an archetype. However, for an individual to thoroughly articulate that notion, one must delineate what an alchemist essentially is.

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    The Alchemist Summary of the Alchemist In the story, The Alchemist, by Paulo Coelho, a shepherd boy named Santiago has a recurring dream every time he sleeps underneath the sycamore tree that grows near the remains of a church. In his dream, a small child keeps on informing him that he will find a hidden treasure if he travels to the Egyptian Pyramids. So, Santiago asks a gypsy woman to decipher the meaning of his dream. She tells him to go Egypt, find the treasure, and bring her back a portion

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    Paulo Coelho Essay

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    all started from a simple dream of becoming a writer. Paulo Coelho, a well-known Brazilian journalist, lyricist, and novelist, is a man who had known what his dream is right from an early age which is to write because he has a passion for it. He was born on August 24, 1947 at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. A glimpse of Coelho’s teenage life is somehow gloomy because his parents do not want him to become a writer. His parents have discouraged Coelho in his dream because they thought that there was no bright

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    The Alchemist In Paulo Coelho book the Alchemist it stated how we all have come into this world for a reason, but we come across situations that interrupts or affects our path that leads us to our personal legend and along the way we should stay strong and never lose faith in ourselves. We should never give up and fight for what we want. When we are young we are so sure that when we grow up we will become whatever we dream of, such as working for specific careers, travel, or something that will

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    The Alchemist Paulo Coelho was born in Rio de Janeiro 1947. He had expressed a passion for writing that his parents despised. He later was enrolled in multiple mental institutes and he managed to escape three times. He was finally released at the age of twenty and he got admitted to law school for his parent’s sake. He soon dropped out and engaged in drug abuse and lived like a hippie. He eventually went on a spiritual pilgrimage in Spain which changed his life. He had written the book Pilgrimage

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    Within The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho, a boy named Santiago goes on a journey in order to fufill his dream and find a hidden treasure. The adventure hosts many experiences for the Boy that teaches both him and the reader morals and lessons. While many different morals are displayed, the overall lesson of the novel is that the journey is worth as much as the goal. Santiago is prompted to begin his journey due to a dream he has in his sleep. He learns that a great treasure awaits for him to find at

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    “The Alchemist” was originally written in Portuguese by a famous Brazilian author Paulo Coelho. The book’s original title is “O Alqumistia”. The book was first published in 1988 which is since then been translated into 56 different languages and is one of the bestselling books of the history. This translation of the book was written by Alan R. Clarke and was first published by Harper Collins Publishers in 1993. The genres of the book are fiction, fantasy, psychology, drama. The writer following

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