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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,…

The Language of the World If someone told you a story about a shepherd pursuing his dreams, would you be interested? Well, “The Alchemist”, by Paulo Coelho discusses the story of a Spanish shepherd searching for his dream. The alchemist is an amazing story filled with surprises and jaw-dropping scenes. Santiago learned a handful of lessons throughout his journey. Santiago learns to speak the language of the world and to connect with the world’s soul. He also learns that for a person to find…

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…

As secretary William Jennings Bryan once said, “Destiny is not matter of chance, It is a matter of choice. It is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved.” Nowhere is this concept more evident than in Coelho's novel, The Alchemist. The Alchemist reveals that one must have the courage to follow their destiny, for otherwise, they will hold themselves back from happiness. Coelho uses foil, symbolism, and personification to further develop this theme. Today’s readers can apply…

In The Alchemist, Santiago becomes friendly with the camel driver who traveled alongside him. Santiago tells him about his adventures as a shepherd, and one night, during one of those conversations, the camel driver talks about his own life. He talks about how he satisfied his only unmet desire in his life, and how he felt fulfilled. Then one day, the earth trembled, the Nile overflowed, and the land in which he made his living was destroyed. But the disaster taught him to understand the word of…

a dream or find a hidden treasure that could change your whole life. And you almost lost everything you had to get it and then realized that you already had the treasure near you, but you just didn’t notice . Well in the novel “The Alchemist” by Paulo Coelho , Santiago the main character portrays the common hero and his journey to complete his date with destiny he lost many thing, crossed continents just to realize he had the treasure in his hometown. First at the beginning of the book…

“It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting.” (Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist). In The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho, a shepherd boy named Santiago is on a mission to find his personal legend. In this book, there are two themes that mainly stand out, personal legend and Faith/positive thinking. In The Alchemist, Santiago follows his personal legend. It starts with a dream that keeps recurring every night. This then leads to a curiosity to find out what it means. He…