The Alchemist was written by brazilian author Paulo Coelho. It follows the journey of Santiago, a shepherd of sheep, who has a dream about a great treasure in the desert. He then goes on an interesting journey to find his Personal Legend. Paulo Coleho uses the characters The Englishman, a novice in the art of magic and alchemy (probably a student), Fatima, Santiago’s love interest and treasure, Santiago , the main character, and Melchizedek, King of Salem, to explore the theme of Everyone has a “Personal Legnend.”
In the first half of the novel, Santiago meets a Gypsy/Old Woman who helps to find the theme by telling him, “you must go the Pyramids in Egypt. I have never heard of them, but, if it was a child who showed them to you, they exist.
'Suddenly, [a] child took me by both hands and transported me to the Egyptian pyramids' (page 13, Alchemist) Santiago explains, thus exposing the second aspect and giving our quester somewhere to go. Number three, 'a stated reason to go there' (page 3, HTRLLAP), is exposed along with aspect two. Santiago continues telling his dream, the child telling him that 'if you come [to the pyramids], you will find a hidden treasure' (page 13/14, Alchemist). Money and treasure are big motivators in literature, helping Santiago in making his decision to quest or not. That's only half the battle. The biggest reason stated is our quester being 'jealous of the freedom of the wind' and that with this quest he 'could have the same freedom' (page 28,
The women he uses are the gypsy woman, his mother, and his soul mate, Fatima. The first woman he comes across is his own mother. His mother is much like his father, who wants him to just to grow up and become a priest. Regardless of that however, she is very supportive and wishes him the best when Santiago tells his parents he wants to be a shepherd. The next woman he encounters is the gypsy woman. Santiago went to visit a gypsy to see if she had could figure out anything about the dream he kept on having. She tells him that he should follow these dreams to the pyramids, but once he finds this treasure, he must give her one tenth of it. ‘“And this is my interpretation: you must go to the Pyramids in Egypt. I have never heard of them, but, if it was a child who showed them to you, they exist. There you will find a treasure that will make you a rich man’” (Coelho 14). The final woman he meets is his soul mate, Fatima. When he first meets Fatima he falls straight in love with her. He had wanted to stay behind and leave his Personal Legend, but it was Fatima and the Alchemist who had told him not to abandon it. Fatima told him to come back for her
At last Santiago caught a glimpse of the pyramids and he knew his relentless pursuit to find the treasure was near, Santiago’s legs felt like jelly and he was drenched in sweat. He lifted his chin and dragged his feet with determination in the direction of the nearest pyramid, pushing himself forward with his trustworthy staff that he always carried with him. His feet sliding in the sand made his walk even more treacherous and difficult. When he reached the base of the pyramid he climbed up and found himself a good spot to start digging, recalling his dream for clues on its location. When he was digging in the almost dark sky with his bare hands and fingers he spotted three strangers wearing Arab clothing and dark scarf’s around their faces.
The Alchemist is about a young shepherd named Santiago who travels from Spain to Egypt to find his destiny, or treasure, near the pyramids. Along the way, he meets four people, a merchant, a king, an Englishman and an alchemist, who all points Santiago to where he needs to go. But no one knows what is in the treasure. He learns different lessons from each person yet he doesn't realize what he is looking for is the lesson itself. He also has to decide if he wants to continue the journey because he came across encounters along the way before moving on to the next person.
Beginning with his voyage, he receives a Call to Adventure that is the “call” the hero receives in order to begin his or her journey. Santiago receives it while sleeping during a normal, peaceful day in his homeland, Andalucia. In his case, he undergoes an extraneous dream in which a child transports him to the eminent Egypt. Trying to analyze the dream, he remembers: “the child took me by both hands and transported me to the Egyptian pyramids”(13). Determined to seek for information, he consults a Gypsy that advises him to find it with the condition of receiving ten percent when he returns. After reflecting on the possibilities of its
“The Alchemist” is a novel written by Paulo Coelho in 1988. Regarded as Coelho’s best novel, it captures the elixir of life through the view of a sanguine Spanish Shepard. Set in a forsaken church in Spain at night; the young Shepard Santiago tastes the exquisite sensation of a compelling dream. He dreams that a young lad tells him about a hidden treasure near the Egyptian pyramids. After the dream recurs more than once, Santiago decides to consult an old man and an old woman who tell him that his dream is prophetic and that he must abide by its directions. Santiago then decides to pursue his dream and sets off on the venture of a lifetime with a set purpose of finding the fortune hidden near the Egyptian pyramids. In the course of his quest,
The Alchemist is a novel first published in 1988 by Brazilian-born author Paulo Coehlo. It has sold more than 65 million copies worldwide, making it one of the best selling books of all time, and has been translated in over 60 languages. The book follows an adventurous shepherd boy named Santiago who has recurring dream leads him on a journey to find hidden treasure. The book begins Santiago has the same troubling recurring dream, when sleeping under a sycamore that grows out of the ruins of a church, of a child telling him to seek treasure at the base of the Egyptian pyramids. After a gypsy tells him to go to Egypt once hearing his dream, a strange old man appears, claiming to be the King of Salem, tells him it is his
The boy realises what he must do to fulfill his purpose in life; go to the pyramids of Egypt in search of treasure. In the same instance, however, Santiago recognizes that the time he had spent in Spain was not a waste. He learned valuable lessons from his sheep, gained an education in his childhood, and met a girl whom he thought he loved. His previous experiences had all been part of fulfilling his Personal Legend.
Who was such a major clout to one of the preeminent characters in “The Alchemist” whether it was beneficial or adverse? In “The Alchemist” by Paulo Coelho, the author discloses how a young adult named Santiago was clueless in what to do with his life. Until a mentor came into Santiago's life to guide him in the right path. Santiago needed to overcome many impediments such as desires and money. The king of Salem, Melchizedek, is the one character who engages and pushes Santiago to follow his Personal Legend.
Through the novel, Santiago is finding the treasure within himself and searching for the actual treasure. While both of the characters must find divergent treasures, in their own way, they both find it in the end. After the characters find their treasure, what makes truly makes them content, they begin to grow and understand concepts they have never understood before. For example, in the beginning Santiago does not understand why the baker is slaving away in his bakery and postponing his trip, but later on in the story, he too works at the glass store in order to have money for his trip. For each of them, it was eye opening. They finally have to the chance to slow down, and stop looking for their treasure and carrying the burden of guilt from their past, and are able to look back and reflect. As a matter of fact, the key point in their individual journeys is when they discover their true selves along the way.
The Alchemist is a story written by Paulo Coelho, about a boy named Santiago, who takes a journey from Spain to Africa. He was trying to find a hidden treasure, that showed up in a recurrent dream. In his journey, Santiago does not only find gold and money, but he finds many other treasures along the way. This book helps us realize, that you should never lose hope. There are many times in this story where santiago runs into minor and major obstacles along his journey. That doesn't stop him, Santiago never gives up and that helps him achieve his personal legend
Our Worldwide Communication The Alchemist became one of the best-selling international books in history and was written by Paulo Coelho. The original story was written in his native language of Brazil, but has since been translated into over 100 other languages. This book tells of a boy who faces the good and bad that life has to offer, all while finding his true reason in life. The alchemist portrays ideas about communication with the language of the universe.
The Alchemist is a adventure fiction, drama, quest, and fantasy by Paulo Coelho. I choose this book, because it was recommended to me by my brother Lex Varani, and all of my friends had told me that the book was excellent, and that I must read it.
When he gets there, he is robbed of all of his money and finds a job at a struggling crystal shop. Santiago’s innovative ideas on how to draw in customers to the crystal shop helps the owner and Santiago to gain considerable wealth. After Santiago is confident he has enough money to continue on, he is conflicted. Should he follow his “Personal Legend” or return home a wealthy man? Santiago decides that he has already come too far to give up on his “Personal Legend” so he continues forward. He is on a caravan to Egypt, when he meets an Englishman who is looking for a famous alchemist who he wants to teach him the secrets of alchemy. It is also on the caravan that Santiago has his first encounter with the “Soul of the World”. The caravan stops at an oasis and it is here that Santiago meets the love of his life: an Arabian girl called Fatima. The caravan tells the traveler that they cannot travel further due to tribal conflicts. One day, Santiago gets a vision that the oasis would be attacked by looking at two hawks fighting in the sky. He tells his vision to the tribal chieftan who questions why the desert would give a stranger a
The book tells a story of a shepherd boy, who owns a herd of sheep. His name is Santiago. In his sleep, he has dreamt a dream at two occasions that he needs to go to the pyramids of Egypt to find treasures.