The Alchemist Essay

In the book “The Alchemist” by Paulo Coelho, a young shepherd named Santiago has a dream that he goes to the pyramids in Egypt and finds a treasure. Santiago believes that his personal legend is to go to the pyramids, find his treasure and bring it back home. Santiago is determined to go to the pyramids in Egypt and find his treasure. Santiago has positive character traits and negative traits that help him find his treasure. The positive traits he has is that he is determined to accomplish…

Today I will be reviewing the Deep Book The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho How the book changed you in a major way The book opened up my ideas to more complex ideas about The Hero’s Journey, by explaining that everything, wind, sand, even the sun has a Hero’s Journey they need to or at least are supposed to follow. That really made me think about all the people around me, they all have some kind of personal destiny. That’s something really big because there are seven billion people on this earth.…

In Coelho’s, the Alchemist, a story about Santiago, a young shepherd boy who longingly yearns to fill the missing void in his life as he sets out for his journeys. He is finding freedom in himself and discovering his “Personal Legend” through these facets of self-discovery and lessons of life learned upon his journey, Santiago is able to mature by virtue of coming of age journeys that change his perspectives on life as he is becoming an adult. In the Alchemist, Coelho explores the reader to the…

In Paulo Coelho’s, “The Alchemist,” the two most important life lessons makes everyone’s lives easier, if they follow. Throughout the novel, Paulo Coelho illustrates numerous events of Santiago struggling through life. If Santiago had all the important life lessons Coelho demonstrates throughout the story, Santiago would get to the treasure much quicker. Coelho displays the ups and downs of Santiago’s life throughout the novel. The two most important life lessons across the novel are that fear…

It has been four days since anyone has seen or heard from Santiago. I’m worried something bad might have happened to the old man. I try to calm myself and remember Santiago can handle himself, but I can’t help thinking he may be in trouble. Search and rescue boats, planes, and helicopters looking for Santiago, but each time they return back empty handed. Everyone in town has been anxious for Santiago to return. Trying to continue each day normally, I fish just as I would any other day. Yet…

current that will carry him to places he had never dreamed of when he first made the decision" (Coelho 70). This quote from Paul Coelho's novel The Alchemist reflects on that idea that when someone decides to take risks and persevere, they will discover so many opportunities and uncover their own character. Just like the protagonist, Santiago, from The Alchemist, I have experienced my own journey to find myself and who I am, and it all starts with a friend, a river, and a canoe. This narrative…

In the Alchemist, Santiago exemplifies reverence through acting in accordance with the advice of the erudite old man named Melchizedek. After recently leaving his previous nomad lifestyle, Santiago finds motivation from the advice of the old man and goes on to pursue his personal legend. Discovering the validity of the old man through the confirmation of a gypsy, Santiago extols Melchizedek and decides to apply the wisdom given to him by the old man. Melchizedek, responding to the contents…

Alchemist Essay Trying to achieve your personal legend can become much more to a fulfilling life. Your personal legend is something you always wanted to accomplish in life. The Alchemist written by Paulo Coelho is about a young shepherd named Santiago, who seeks hidden treasure at the foot of the pyramids. It all started with an reoccurring dream of him finding the treasure. As he travels, meet new people, and learns new lessons on life. On his travels he meets a crystal merchant, who tells…

With just one person and one defining moment, can change everything forever. This message is expressed in Paulo Coelho’s Novel The Alchemist. There’s a boy and his name was Santiago, a son of a shepherd who dreams to also become a shepherd, but then changes his mind after he had a recurring dream which prompted him to pursue it. He’s risking his future to pursue a dream that has been explained by a person, an old man, a stranger or an individual known as the King of Salem. The King of Salem is…

encounters, that shape his life and his journey. In the novel, The Alchemist, by Paulo Coehlo, Santiago learns, “Remember where your heart is, there you will find your treasure.” First, Santiago is persuaded by an alchemist to leave Al Fayoum and find his treasure. Next, when Santiago arrives at the Pyramids, his heart gives him advice. Last, Santiago learns that Fatima is his treasure. First, Santiago is influenced by the alchemist to leave Al Fayoum and find his…