Self-Fulfillment In The Alchemist
Self-fulfillment and achievement of one’s personal legend The main theme of The Alchemist is the pursuit of self-fulfillment. The message Coelho is putting forward is that every individual must allow themselves the right of pursuing their dream and creating their personal legend. Through his narrative Coelho explores the idea that individuals can only attain their dreams through constant purification of the self.
This focus on the pursuit of spiritual fulfilment and the journey leads to the achievement of one’s dreams. Readers can use the book to help shape their own ideas and their own quest for fulfilment. Through reading about Santiago’s progress and setbacks, the reader can also put himself or herself in a position where she or he overcomes …show more content…
Coelho expresses to the reader that by believing in what you want and by communicating it to the soul of the world by sending out energy to the universe, one will eventually succeed, as the alchemist said to Santiago, “When you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.” (Source: Part 1, page 22)
Santiago was able to transform himself into the wind in order to save himself and the alchemist from dying; it is not about the literal transformation of the body into air but instead about Santiago’s beliefs and will that allowed him to accomplish what he desired.
A similar concept of communication and the attraction of the powers of the world in helping a person to achieve their personal goals is referenced to in the novel “The Secret” by Rhonda Byrne. “You become what you think about most.. But you also attract what you think about most. (John Assaraf) ” (http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/154176-you-become-what-you-think-about-most-but-you-also)
Through adjusting the reader’s mind set on how you do actually become what you think about, Coelho wants to help the reader to become more aware of how important it is to discipline their way of viewing things and to not always look at the cup as “half
This focus on the pursuit of spiritual fulfilment and the journey leads to the achievement of one’s dreams. Readers can use the book to help shape their own ideas and their own quest for fulfilment. Through reading about Santiago’s progress and setbacks, the reader can also put himself or herself in a position where she or he overcomes …show more content…
Coelho expresses to the reader that by believing in what you want and by communicating it to the soul of the world by sending out energy to the universe, one will eventually succeed, as the alchemist said to Santiago, “When you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.” (Source: Part 1, page 22)
Santiago was able to transform himself into the wind in order to save himself and the alchemist from dying; it is not about the literal transformation of the body into air but instead about Santiago’s beliefs and will that allowed him to accomplish what he desired.
A similar concept of communication and the attraction of the powers of the world in helping a person to achieve their personal goals is referenced to in the novel “The Secret” by Rhonda Byrne. “You become what you think about most.. But you also attract what you think about most. (John Assaraf) ” (http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/154176-you-become-what-you-think-about-most-but-you-also)
Through adjusting the reader’s mind set on how you do actually become what you think about, Coelho wants to help the reader to become more aware of how important it is to discipline their way of viewing things and to not always look at the cup as “half