The Alchemist Essay

The Journey to Knowledge In The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho (1988) Santiago was following a recurring dream of finding treasure, but on the way gained a lot of knowledge about omens (Gods signs) ad personal legends (ones faith or story). While his parents wanted him to become a priest he always wanted to see the world, but his father told him that his family35 were poor and the only way for him to see the world was to become a shepherd: and so he did. He always got the same dream under a sycamore…

Throughout The book,” The Alchemist” Santiago has several character traits that are negative and positive. These traits of Santiago illustrate and exemplify on what kind of boy he is. A positive trait of Santiago is how determined of a person he is. Santiago had many opportunities to give up on his personal legend but did not, a quote from the book that helps defend this claim is “ when you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.” Santiago had said this right…

The Alchemist Essay In “The Alchemist”, Santiago sets on a journey of self-discovery, in his journey he encounters significant moments and experiences that are important. These moments include his meeting with the King of Salem, Melchizedek that helped Santiago set off on his journey to the pyramids of Egypt, meeting Fatima and teaching him how to love, Santiago’s meeting with the Alchemist, who taught him more about omens and how to read them. The Alchemist finished off his journey of…

The extract is taken from Ben Jonson’s comedy ‘The Alchemist’, dating from 1610, written in free verse. The passage is placed at the end of the play, in the fifth act, when the tension is at its highest and the foul play the main characters Face, Subtle and Dol Common are undertaking is at its maximum. All of their victims have confided their desires to them and the three tricksters have been – up to now - trying their very best to make as much profit out of these desires as they could (Watson…

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…

The Alchemist "A Fable About Following Your Dreams." By Paulo Coelho The Alchemist I. Life of the Author Paulo Coelho was born on 1947, Brazilian writer, best known for mystical fables told in simple yet symbolic language. He has received wide popular acclaim both in Brazil and internationally for his work about spiritual quests of self-discovery. Written in Portuguese, Coelho’s books have been translated into many languages. Coelho was born in Rio de Janeiro,…

Character Traits of Santiago In the book The Alchemist, Santiago had many great trait but for every good trait he had a bad one. The first good trait that is given is that he wants to be different. This is portrayed when he says “But ever since he had been a child, he had wanted to know the world, and this was much more important to him than knowing God and learning about man's sins.” Santiago did not want to do what his family expected of him. He did the unexpected and followed his own path,…

A Personal Legend is what someone is destined to do or is their sole purpose in life. The novel The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho is about the shepherd boy Santiago who has a dream about finding treasure, and comes to find out it’s his personal legend to go through all the hardships to find this treasure. Many people today follow Coelho’s expression that in order to achieve true success one has to accomplish the four obstacles when pursing their passions. A Personal Legend is “… what you have…

In The Alchemist, a book by Paulo Coleho, a boy named Santiago goes on a journey to find treasure. After a long journey filled with life lessons, he realizes that his personal legend was the treasure all along. Paulo Coleho uses the symbols of The Baker,The King of Salem, The Englishman, and Santiago to explore the theme that finding one’s personal legend is they key to happiness and contentment. In the first part of the book, two characters help to convey the theme. The Baker’s character is…

“The Alchemist is a beautiful and heartwarming story with an exotic favor...You may or may not agree with Paulo Coelho’s philosophy, but it’s nonetheless a tale that comforts our hearts as much as our souls.” -Bergensavisen. While Santiago is on his journey, he learns lessons that’ll lead him to accomplish his Personal Legend. These lessons help him in a positive and supportive way. Paulo Coelho is the author of New York Times bestseller, The Alchemist. In The Alchemist, there were many…