Paulo Coelho

Throughout Paulo Coelho’s novel The Alchemist the protagonist of the novel, Santiago, encounters many teachers during his journey that influence his quest in search for treasure. One of the most significant of Santiago’s teachers is The Englishman. Santiago learns from The Englishman some of the key essentials to finding his treasure. When Santiago and The Englishman meet each other The Englishman shows Santiago all his book-knowledge. The most compelling evidence in the novel is, “The…

The Alchemist Writing Prompt Essay The climax of the novel is when Santiago is faced with the challenge of turning himself into the wind. In the climax Santiago must use everything that he has been taught, by the Alchemist, and by the language of the world that was taught to him by his heart. Santiago tries to get the help of the Desert, but the Desert can not help him fully, and can only lend the boy its sands, so the Desert helps the boy get the help of the Wind, again the boy is faced with…

The alchemist can have many themes, themes that might be right or wrong,but the real theme of the story is no amount of treasure is worth the good life you already have. The point of this story is, don’t waste your precious time looking for something that may not be real, use that time to live happily with a family. The conflicts of the story are significant to the main character and the story in many ways, one of the small conflicts that affected the boy was losing some of his sheeps from his…

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,…

In the novel the Alchemist We begin to follow an adventure of a young boy named Santiago with a desire to go and travel. Santiago leaves his home to begin a journey to find a hidden treasure in the Egyptian pyramids during his quest to find said treasure. Santiago encounters a lot of people including, Tribes, Merchants, and Englishman love, and the alchemist in this intriguing novel we see Santiago go through a lot of character development and change along with other characters that he’ll meet…

philosopher, Lao Tzu, also known as Laozi, was known for his wisdom. This is the case with Santiago, a young boy who dreams of finding his treasure. Along the way, he has many 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…

land in his home he says, “‘We are afraid of losing what we have, whether it’s our life or our possessions and property. But this fear evaporates once we understand that our life stories and the history of the world were written by the same hand” (Coelho 79). These two moments connect because when Santiago doubts himself, he is giving into fear (especially the fear of losing his life), and forgetting God, the soul of the world, and Maktub. The second passage, when the driver is speaking about…

What characteristics do you notice about Santiago right off the bat? Are they good or bad impressions? In the story “The Alchemist” santiago’s life changes and because of this so does he. As the book progresses he learns about the soul of the earth and of many other things to help him as a person he wants to be. Although Santiago can be anti-social at times which is not good for a shepherd Santiago is a determined boy but can be so determined he doesn't see the real picture on the journey to his…

Every single person on Earth has a different life story. Many people have the choice of how they want to live their lives and some do not. Each person has a different secret to what makes their life lovable. In Paulo Coelho’s novel, The Alchemist, the main character’s secret to life is to always listen to the signs that the world gives you. Santiago(the main character) listens to these signs and achieves his personal legend(life’s purpose). Santiago receives many signs throughout his journey of…

In “The Alchemist”, Santiago is shaped by conflict, choice, and change in a variety of ways. He encountered many of these while he was trying to fulfil his personal legend as his treasure. In the end, he finds out that the treasure is his personal legend. One factor of choice was influences on Santiago. The gyspy women influenced Santiago by interpreting his dream, telling him that he would find buried treasure at the pyramids in Egypt but he had to pay 1/10 of whatever he finds. She helps give…