Analysis Of The Alchemist By Paulo Coelho

Based on the number of copies each book sold in past 50 years, “The Alchemist” by Paulo Coelho is the fifth most read book in the world (Polland, 2012). Many people were impressed by this book, and people had time to think about their own personal legend after reading this book. The content of “The Alchemist” is so great that people can easily read and understand this novel, but the title of this novel, “The Alchemist”, confused some people. The reason is that even though there is an alchemist in the story, the story is mainly about the journey of a guy named Santiago who is trying to achieve his personal legend. However, the novel is entitled “The Alchemist” for specific reasons. The novel is entitled “The Alchemist” because a way to achieve
The alchemy is an ancient practice that transform lead into gold (Radford, 2016). In the other word, it is a practice to turn ordinary or insignificant thing into precious or valuable thing. In the beginning of the story, Santiago was a shepherd who does not have any goal or personal legend to achieve. However, at the end of the story, Santiago achieved his personal legend which is to find a treasure. Throughout the story, Santiago has been changed from nobody to valuable person. Consequently, Paulo Coelho named a book “The Alchemist” because the Life of Santiago is like an
Even though the story is not about the Alchemist, the title of the book, “The Alchemist”, is a great title. The change of Santiago’s ordinary life to precious life is like a change of lead into gold, and both ways to accomplish a personal legend and to become an alchemist require a courage and should act out instead of hesitating. Also, this book, “The Alchemist”, changes many people’s life. If one has not read a novel “The Alchemist” before, one should read it so that one can change his or her