Paulo Coelho Changes In The Alchemist

When Paulo Coelho was young, he wanted to become writer but his family didn't like it very much. At 1982, he announced his first novel, but it was out of the readers' picture. Nevertheless, he did not give up writing and he succeeded by the novel called "The Alchemist" (M.post.naver.com, 2017). Even though the reason why the novel is entitled "The Alchemist" does not exactly appear in the story, the novel is entitled "The Alchemist" because Paulo Coelho compares Santiago's journey to the definition of the alchemist. First of all, Paulo Coelho entitled the novel "The Alchemist" because he changes worthless things into valuable thing during the journey. When he first works in the crystal shop, the crystal glassware was dirty and almost no
When Santiago digs dune, several figures come and tried to take money from him. They began to beat Santiago when he found nothing until next morning. Anyway, when they leave the place, leader came to Santiago and said that "You're not going to die. You'll live, and you'll learn that a man shouldn't be so stupid. Two years ago, right here on this spot, I had a recurrent dream, too (Coelho, 1988, pg 111)." This phrase made Santiago go back to the abandoned church where the treasure is. By Santiago's decision which compare as alchemy, he changed definition of abandoned church into treasure which refers to lead to gold. In conclusion, it does not exactly appear why it is entitled the "The Alchemist", but the novel is entitled "The Alchemist" because Paulo Coelho compares Santiago's journey to the definition of the alchemist. Firstly, Santiago changes worthless things into valuable thing during the journey. Moreover, he it shows readers that he changed his negative life to better life by Personal Legend. Finally, Santiago changed useless thing into valuable things. If you suffer your life, than follow your Personal Legend like