The Alchemist Essay

The Alchemist is about a shepherd named Santiago from a town in Spain, who has a recurring dream about a treasure buried next to the pyramids of Egypt. He meets a man who claims to be the King of Salem, telling Santiago that his Personal Journey is to search for his treasure. The king gives Santiago two stones called Urim and Thummim, which will help him in his times of need. On his journey, he meets an Englishman who introduces him to alchemy. They stop in Al-Fayoum to avoid any interaction…

The book I will be reading for my ISU is The Alchemist by Paul Coelho The novel I will be comparing my book to is The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz by Mordecai Richler The thesis statement: These novels have a lot of differences but there are also have similarities with both of the protagonists which are their drive and ambition towards their goal in life Arguments 1) Both of the protagonists have a goal to achieve In The Alchemist by Paul Coelho, Santiago has always wanted to travel…

heart? Heart over head? Many decisions in life are difficult, not everything is in plain black and white. This is one of the important lessons that Santiago, a shepherd turned traveler, learns while searching for his treasure. In the novel, The Alchemist, by Paulo Coelho, Santiago learns, “Remember where your heart is, there you will find your treasure.” First, Santiago realizes his purpose in…

becoming wealthy is challenging whereas expressing happiness is commonplace. I strived to break the ideology of this separation; combining happiness and prosperity is my main goal. Similarly, my main goal connects with Santiago’s Personal Legend in The Alchemist because we want to obtain joy during our journeys. Hence, one main goal I want to achieve is an ideal balance between art and science, however I fear that science is empowering art because of my vacillating opinion on money and…

Ultimately, as conveyed in Paulo Coelho's The Alchemist and Mike Newell’s The Prince of Persia, the protagonist is unavailing without the presence of the power of love and symbolic tools to accomplish the hero’s ideal objective. In the absence of the power of love, the two protagonists Santiago and Dustan would be oblivious of how to complete their journey. In The Alchemist, readers perception of Fatima initially comes across as the beauty of the oasis, the one who constraints Santiago from…

Alternate Ending to The Alchemist In every story, book and novel in the world all have an ending to it no matter what, whether it be pleasing the reader or not. As well, even the most famous books in the world end in a way were it leaves the reader to think for themselves and not just some happy ending like other stories. In the novel, The Alchemist it ends where Santiago finds his treasure that he was journeying to find and it also said that he was going to go back to the girl he loved,…

In paulo coelho’s book the alchemist there are variety of themes and they are ever changing. however, all of these small themes help to develop the most important theme which is the centrality of personal legends or fate. the centrality of personal legends is about following your fate no matter what. in the alchemist their is a boy named santiago who has a reoccurring dream that his personal treasure is waiting for him in the pyramids of egypt. he, however, is a simple sheep shepherd and lives…

Santiago the main character of the book ‘The Alchemist’ lives in a small village his dream was to travel the world. He love books he always had a book with him. By becoming shepherd he wanted to travel the world away from his little, small village. His parents wanted that their son should lead ordinary life like any other person in their village. They wanted that their son should become a priest. His father like all other parents try to explain him that what you are doing is not wrong but…

The Alchemist is a fiction novel by one of the best-selling and most influential authors all over the world, Paulo Coelho. It talks about Santiago, an Andalusian shepherd boy, who frequently dreamed about finding a treasure in the base of the Egyptian Pyramids. Santiago is a smart boy who was studying at the seminary to be a priest, but that was his father’s plan for him. In fact, Santiago wanted to be a shepherd because he values freedom a lot; he wanted to wander and discover. His desires in…

person or object. For example, Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood is an anime series adapted from the manga of the same name by Hiromu Arakawa. Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood details the brothers Edward and Alphonse Elric’s search for the Philosopher’s Stone, to restore…