Book Summary: The Alchemist By Paulo Coelho
Amira Hutson
Ms.Sullens
Pre-Calculus
08 June 2016
The Alchemist
The novel that teaches life lessons about buried dreams and treasures, fulfilled destinies, and meeting the significant other you‘ve always cherished, sounds like a novel known as The
Alchemist by Paulo Coelho. The Alchemist had first been published in Portuguese, the year of
1988 in Brazil. When published in Brazil the book didn't get as much recognition that it deserved. When the book was translated and published in the English version in 1993, it sold over 65 million copies. Currently the book has been translated into many different languages. The book was a bestseller because of the philosophy or idea it reflected throughout the book. Santiago, who was a shepherd wanted to pursue his goal of traveling across Egypt. Not only traveling across Egypt but, finding a treasure near the pyramids. Throughout his journey
Santiago makes vital sacrifices in order to get what he wanted to do, done. He refuses to stop when held by men in the Sahara Desert. After all the hard work when Santiago finally reaches the pyramids, he learns that the treasure is back where he had first started to travel. Santiago had a dream of the …show more content…
It‘s your mission on earth."(Coelho l) This quote shows that Santiago started to create the basis of the idea of the Alchemist The quote shows that you should focus on your own dreams. When you want something and you've set goals for yourself, then any barriers that get in your way you are willing to break them down to get your goals or dreams done. This quote also made me think about how people are brought on this earth to serve a purpose, and leave something behind that others will think about for the rest of their lives. The novel even though it had been narrated, fiction, and in third person it still had me withdraw a life lesson from it of not giving up on your dreams, and acting upon dreams you have. I now will forever believe that "Dreams Come
Ms.Sullens
Pre-Calculus
08 June 2016
The Alchemist
The novel that teaches life lessons about buried dreams and treasures, fulfilled destinies, and meeting the significant other you‘ve always cherished, sounds like a novel known as The
Alchemist by Paulo Coelho. The Alchemist had first been published in Portuguese, the year of
1988 in Brazil. When published in Brazil the book didn't get as much recognition that it deserved. When the book was translated and published in the English version in 1993, it sold over 65 million copies. Currently the book has been translated into many different languages. The book was a bestseller because of the philosophy or idea it reflected throughout the book. Santiago, who was a shepherd wanted to pursue his goal of traveling across Egypt. Not only traveling across Egypt but, finding a treasure near the pyramids. Throughout his journey
Santiago makes vital sacrifices in order to get what he wanted to do, done. He refuses to stop when held by men in the Sahara Desert. After all the hard work when Santiago finally reaches the pyramids, he learns that the treasure is back where he had first started to travel. Santiago had a dream of the …show more content…
It‘s your mission on earth."(Coelho l) This quote shows that Santiago started to create the basis of the idea of the Alchemist The quote shows that you should focus on your own dreams. When you want something and you've set goals for yourself, then any barriers that get in your way you are willing to break them down to get your goals or dreams done. This quote also made me think about how people are brought on this earth to serve a purpose, and leave something behind that others will think about for the rest of their lives. The novel even though it had been narrated, fiction, and in third person it still had me withdraw a life lesson from it of not giving up on your dreams, and acting upon dreams you have. I now will forever believe that "Dreams Come