The Alchemist, by Paulo Coelho, is a third person omniscient fiction novel about a young boy named Santiago who is on a quest to fulfill his personal legend. The novel takes place in a premodern time and travels through Spain, North Africa, and the Sahara desert. The protagonist meets different mentors along the way following the Hero’s Journey. Each mentor helps him in their own way. Santiago’s most important mentor, The Alchemist, helps him understand the importance of his personal legend, helps
Analysis of The Alchemist By Paulo Coelho How much would you sacrifice to follow your dream? Paulo Coelho’s The Alchemist takes the saying “follow your dreams” to a literal level. This short novel tells the tale of a young shepherd named Santiago on his journey to find treasure in Egypt, after having recurring dreams of treasure being hidden there. This is a story about finding yourself, seeking fulfillment, and rather than going against the waters, flowing with it towards your destination. In
The Alchemist Summary The Alchemist, by Paulo Coelho, is a story of an Andalusian shepherd boy named Santiago who embarks on a journey full of obstacles, hope, love and learnings to follow his personal legend. The story begins with Santiago having a recurring dream, in which a child tells him that a treasure awaits him at the Egyptian pyramids. A gypsy tells him to listen to the dream and an old man who claims to be the King of Salem suggests the same. The king introduces the concept of Personal
In the biblical alluding book The Alchemist written by Paulo Coelho, love is portrayed as the universal language of the world, or is the soul of the world, and something that can not stop you from achieving your own personal legends. There are many moments in the fable where the main character, Santiago, must understand what love is to complete several challenges he faces on his journey to his personal legend. In the boys travels to complete his personal legend, his first major task of understanding
more aware of the world around him and transforms from a shepherd boy to a rich, wise, and mature young man by the end of his adventure. He connects with the Alchemist and learns his true Personal Legend while learning other lessons along the way as he is exposed to situations he has never been exposed to before. In the beginning of The Alchemist, Santiago is introduced as a young shepherd, devoted to his flock of sheep. He thought his purpose was to travel the world. “The jacket had a purpose, and
dream is possible to achieve but requires hard work and dedication. Paulo Coelho’s novel The Alchemist and Lose Yourself by Eminem show that to succeed at your personal legend you must achieve, dream and love. The young boy Santiago, through his journey learns about connecting to the soul of the world and he faces many obstacles and challenges. However, Santiago never gives up on pursuing his personal legend. People who achieve are looked upon as successful. Furthermore a person’s accomplishments could
The Alchemist, by Paulo Coelho, follows a shepard boy named Santiago who is trying to find his personal legend. He has learned that it is to find a treasure in the Egyptian Pyramids. But Santiago is not the only one who has a personal legend; Jamal from “Finding Forrester” is on a journey to find his personal legend. Jamal is a 16 year old high school student who is a literary genius. Even though he does not have the best teachers, live in a nice neighborhood, or have intelligent friends, he gets
In the novel, The Alchemist, by Paulo Coelho, there are many different themes that can be interpreted throughout the story. However, I found that the prevailing theme that stood out the most and was mentioned often is the importance of following one’s dreams, and staying true to our hearts. In the beginning of the book, we meet Santiago, the protagonist. He sets off on a journey to follow his Personal Legend, a concept that is introduced to him by Melchizedek, the King of Salem. When Santiago asks
The Alchemist is the story of a young shepherd named Santiago who decides he wants to find his personal legend rather than be a shepherd for the rest of his life. Santiago is the protagonist of our story who at first is happy being a shepherd, has few desires other than some wine, his sheep and a book. However, fate plays a part in his future and sends him off to pursue his dreams and the Egyptian Pyramids. Santiago learns to listen to his heart and eventually he returns to Spain and the tree where
The Alchemist By: Paulo Coelho 1 Having read the myth of Echo and Narcissus you can determine that the myth is not only a warning towards self absorbance but the love of one who can not or will not love you back as well. The original version I have read, as there are many different ones, says that as punishment for his rejection of the nymph Echo’s love he brought the wrath of the gods. It was said that a blind seer told his mother when he was born that he would live a long and happy life should