Paulo Coelho

A natural satisfaction is always wrought when anyone fully accomplishes something that they set out to do. The ending to The Alchemist was a very fulfilling conclusion featuring the two-part completion of Santiago’s Personal Legend and featuring a comical instance of irony leading up to the final achievement of his search for his treasure that has more than just a humorous tone, reiterating the lessons Santiago has learned from the inner transformation of alchemy. Santiago’s viewing of the…

In “The Alchemist” (Coelho) the main character, Santiago, travels countries from his home to fulfill his personal legend and find his treasure. Along his journey, he learns several lessons through many unique teachers. Struggling in his journey, his teachers push him in the right direction as he learns several lessons about the world, the universe, and himself. Santiago chooses to be a Shepard because he wants to travel. While having to spend a lot of time with his sheep, he learns from them.…

in the way of one’s destiny; it will just become apart of that destiny. The Alchemist is a story of adventure, following your dreams, and true love. The typical idea of finding treasure is nothing but extraordinary when brought out by the words of Paulo Coehlo. Santiago represents all humans and their journeys to their missions in life. He brings out reality in an unbearingly irresistible fantasy. I most definitely recommend this book to everyone in search of discovering…

I believe that Santiago had many mentors including the sun, the alchemist, King Melchizedek, and, like Maggie said, the sheep. I believe that the sheep were mentors to Santiago because he learned that most things follow a pattern. His daily life depended on the sheep, and they depended on him. Santiago states, "... he realized that it could be the other way around: that it was he who had become accustomed to their schedule" (page 4). I believe this quote shows how the sheep are somewhat a…

do so. In The Alchemist, Melchizedek makes it very clear that he is against destiny/fate, calling it “the world’s greatest lie” (Coelho, 18). His definition of Personal Legend is this, “It’s what you have always wanted to accomplish. Everyone, when they are young, knows what their Personal Legend is. At one point in their lives, everything is clear and possible” (Coelho, 21). All over the internet, I have looked, trying to find a set source that will tell me what Santiago’s Personal Legend was,…

religions. The story of “The Boy” finding himself is a guide to finding oneself through learning his personal legend, listening to the guidance of others, and finding something to believe in. Through inspirational words and tales and life lessons, Paulo Coelho’s book is very similar to the books of religions. The goal of many religions is to guide people through life. Similarly, The Alchemist has many lessons that tend to be about finding yourself through the main character Santiago. Santiago…

In this novel, the Alchemist pushes the Shepard to perform the "Master's Work" by putting the young Shepards life on the line. By vocalizing to the Chief of the camp they were captured by, that the Shepard was capable of turning himself into the wind. The shepard has no faith in himself, telling the Alchemist that he doesn't know how to turn himself into the wind. While the Alchemist continues to tell him that he does, "There is only one thing that make a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of…

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 ‘The Alchemist’ novel the theme life lessons played an important factor in making the book more interesting to read. The life lesson was a topic that made reading the book more worthwhile than it already was. In my opinion, reading the novel personally taught me many lessons related to life and made me more knowledgeable about rules and principles on how to live our life. As you already know, everybody goes through hardships in their lives at some point of time. The Alchemist book uses…

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…