Paulo Coelho

Sometimes leaving fear behind is the best way to accomplish goals. In The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho, the main character, Santiago, pursues his personal legend of finding his treasure he has been dreaming about. Santiago, an ex-shepherd, learns his only obstacle to his personal legend are his fears. When he overcomes those fears, it is easier for him to understand his end goal. Because Santiago overcomes his fears he is able to achieve his personal legend. First, one must, understand that…

Faith is complete trust or confidence in someone or something. The author of the book is Paulo coelho. The Alchemist is about a shepherd named Santiago who lives in Spain in an old abandoned church and wants to travel the world and never see the same faces to long. One night he was asleep he was dreaming about a little girl who was playing with his flock and told him she knew where his treasure was in the Egypt Pyramids. He woke up before she told him the exact location. So he kept traveling and…

The destiny of some people sometimes had already been set the time when they were born just like the Chinese belief of a matchmaker that had decided who you will eventually be with you for the rest of your life. In the novel “ The Alchemist” by Paulo Coelho, Santiago decided to go on a journey to found the treasure, which is his destiny. During his journey, he met people who helped him, people who lead him to the treasure, and a girl that he loves. The person who told Santiago that the…

In The Alchemist, Paulo Coelho writes of four obstacles that hinder the finding of one’s personal legend. People will always say the things you want to do are impossible, these people are the first obstacle. The second obstacle is love, which is followed by the fear of defeat. Finally, the fourth obstacle is the fear of realizing your dream. In the course of 167 pages, the main character, Santiago, faces and overcomes all of these challenges. From birth, Santiago’s parents wanted him to…

Have you ever wanted things you don't need? Do you ever over buy? Do you ever struggle with giving away or throwing out your things? In the novel The Alchemist, Paulo Coelho shows, contrary to what some people may think, people can enjoy life without having a lot of things, because people with less things are often less selfish and more willing to give. Many people never realize that you don't need materialistic things to enjoy life. The real world is a perfect example of this because people…

subject and mainly up to the reader to decide. As the main character, the story revolved around his actions and personality which affected many of the other characters along with them having a lasting affect on him. It seemed to me that the author, Paulo Coelho, didn’t leave any stone unturned but didn’t add in detail for unnecessary purposes when it came to the character of Santiago and who he is. As the story progresses Santiago proves himself to be a certain way and be confident of the way he…

Santiago has changed throughout the entire book “The Alchemist” written by Paulo Coelho. Over many years he has gone through his personal legend shaping and forming him into the person he was destined to become. One of his most positive character traits that he has developed over his travels is that he is open to learning. Several times in the story Santiago mentions that his sheep have taught him many things and other characters as well. An example of this is, “...the sheep had taught him…

dream or find a hidden treasure that could change your whole life. And you almost lost everything you had to get it and then realized that you already had the treasure near you, but you just didn’t notice . Well in the novel “The Alchemist” by Paulo Coelho , Santiago the main character portrays the common hero and his journey to complete his date with destiny he lost many thing, crossed continents just to realize he had the treasure in his hometown. First at the beginning of the book…

Santiago is the protagonist in Paulo Coelho’s novel, The Alchemist. The Alchemist begins with Santiago sleeping in an abandoned church with his flock of sheep. He has been having a recurring dream. He decided to seek advice from the local gypsy woman and she tells him that he will find treasure near the Egyptian pyramids. When he leaves he finds Melchizedek, the king of Salem, who tells him the same thing. But he also told him that he is succeeding in discovering his Personal Legend which is…

In the novel “The Alchemist” by the celebrated author Paulo Coelho a shepherd boy titled Santiago goes on an expedition to fulfill his Personal Legend. Thru his trek from Andalusia to Egypt he learned countless wisdom from many teachers along the way. While in the act of reading a mysteriously intriguing piece of literature Santiago come in contact with an old man named Melchizedek, who teaches him about Personal Legends and interprets a recurring dream of lost treasure. While conversing he…