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Book Reports On The Alchemist By Paul Coehlo

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The Alchemist by Paul Coehlo I chose to read the book The Alchemist by Paul Coehlo because it is actually a very celebrated book. A lot of people like to follow their dreams. Individuals in this world actually like to dread, Like to see their dreams come to realization and to actually celebrate other people's dreams. In the book the protagonist who is known as Santiago is essentially both figuratively and literally following his dreams. In the process of him following his dreams he then discovers more in regards to himself with inclusion to the rest of the world and all its entirely. He realizes that though there could be obstacles he believed that when you really want something to happen, the whole world conspires to help you achieve it. The story follows the Journey, a shepherd who is Andalusia by the name Santiago. Santiago believes in a recurring dream that he believes is prophetic. Santiago then decides to actually travel to a Romani fortune-Teller who lives I a nearby town to be able to discover its meaning. The woman the boy meets interprets the dream as a prophecy, and reveals to the boy that there is a treasure in the pyramids that are in Egypt. Earlier on in his journey, Santiago meets Melchidezek who is an …show more content…

The protagonist undertakes many a mile journey in order for them to be able to find the treasure he dreams of. Consequently after all his suffering he finds the place of his dreams did not actually yield results. All that Santiago actually wanted he could have been able to obtain it from where he began. But the boy does not despair. He simply smiles and then realizes that the journey was worth the treasure. In much simpler terms after reading the Alchemist by Paul Coehlo is a reflection of our actual lives. The characters in the story actually exhibit the various characteristics that we all share, the negative ones such as complacency and fear, as well as the positive which include bravery and even

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Entry 1: The Pursuit of a Personal Legend Santiago, a young shepherd spent his life herding his sheep across field of Spain. When Santiago wakes up from his recurring dream of a treasure in Egypt, he seeks for mentors like Melchizedek, who helps him realize that the dream is his Personal Legend. A Personal Legend is something that one has always wanted to accomplish and one’s purpose in life. Melchizedek tells Santiago “when you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it” (22).

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Santiago's epiphany leads to him pushing forward and finishing his journey of achieving his ultimate treasure of hope and

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Paulo Coehlo’s, The Alchemist, explores the Hero’s Journey through the story of a shepherd, Santiago. Throughout the novel, Santiago becomes more aware of his potential as he pursues his Personal Legend. He faces temptations and obstacles as he develops as a character. The hero crosses the threshold when they leave their old reality in search for a new one. Santiago crosses the threshold by selling his sheep and taking a boat to Africa.

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By continuing he finds his true inner strength. In the story, the author shows the importance of perseverance, and how to face the many obstacles that people are presented in their lives to complete their goal. In Coelho's novel, Santiago faces many difficult challenges, but because of his courage and perseverance, he is able to face them head on. While in the town of Tarifa, Santiago meets

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As according to Sigmund Freud dreams are assembled sequence of the incidents that one witnesses just before sleep and gradually dream . All those things which both Santiago and the leader of the group observed developed into dream the prediction about the treasure . Moreover , Santiago when visited the old lady (astrologer) she interpreted his dream and encouraged him to hunt his treasure but on the other hand leader of the group never took his dream seriously but instead ignored it as one of the stupid dream because he did not accepted it as he shuns his trust to God . Although Santiago felt disheartened when he failed to find his treasure beneath the Pyramids of Egypt but his trust and laborious nature paved path to his treasure . But the leader of the group did not even noticed his dream and simply ignored it moreover he described himself as well as Santiago as a stupid person to follow dreams because in his view dream is just another device that deviates human from their daily life routines

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Santiago is a young boy who yearns for adventure and purpose in his life.from a young age he knows he wants to see the world and becomes a shepherd to experience new places. Santiago still struggles to find meaning and purpose throughout his many years of travel though. It's not until he goes on the journey to follow his personal legend that he truly develops as a character. The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho, challenges readers to acknowledge their self-worth and realize they are strongest when they love themselves.

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Paulo Coelho, the author of The Alchemist tells the story of Santiago a Shepard whose life changes once he finds out about a treasure from his frequent dreams and meets a strange man who helps him to start his personal legend. On Santiago’s journey he starts to see the hidden meanings behind daily life creating the thesis that through seeing and understanding symbols behind the world people can learn about their own personal legend and live life to the fullest. Santiago’s life starts out all about his sheep, he chose to be a shepherd, so he could travel and meet new people. Santiago’s job is to take care of the sheep, but the sheep have more meaning in the story. The sheep represent how he is comfortable in his life and how he is questioning his frequent dream, to sacrifice his comfortable life to find this treasure or to continue without taking the risk.

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This is illuminated when the Alchemist says, “‘There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure’” (141). This particular moment shows that even though Santiago has both the ability and the knowledge to achieve his dream, it is impossible to attain it if he fears even attempting to reach it. Consequently, this fear acts as his enemy and a barrier that stands in the way of the meaningful and happy life he is destined to accomplish. Furthermore, another one of his fears is the fear of losing what he believes he has already earned. ” He reminded himself that he had been a shepherd and that he could be a shepherd again.

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As Ban Ki Moon once stated; “Migration is an expression of the human aspiration for a better future.” All migration accomplished by mankind has followed a consistent pattern of looking for a better living. In Paulo Coelho’s The Alchemist, we can see this similarity. Migration is greatly influenced by geography. Human Geography is the study of the interaction between human beings and their surrounding environment.

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The Alchemist is a famous book written by Paulo Coelho. It’s about a shepherd named Santiago who travels from his homeland Spain to the Pyramids in Egypt. He does this to find a treasure he was told about. Along his hard journey, he meets some people along the way like a gypsy woman and a king in disguise who all direct him towards his quest. He doesn’t let the obstacles stop him toward his goal and eventually he finds his treasure.

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(Coelho 45 5, Coelho 46 4 9) When santiago losses his money he does not give up he learns and finds a man to help in exchange for food and in the end gets a job that he can do while learning the language of the locals, finding a way to egypt and developing his identity. This job allows him to make money and the strength to carry on in his journey. Later on in his journey he is faced even greater adversity and the same thing happens he is dejected and lost but picks himself up and preservers. “ “he is going to transform himself into the wind, just to demonstrate his powers. If he cant we humbly offer our lives for the honor of the tribe.”

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Throughout life we experience many things that try to lead us down multiple paths in life. The Alchemist is a very unique experience because it simply shows you that you should just do what you love and find your personal legend. No matter what it is that you love to do you will succeed in life if you follow your dreams and continue down the path that you desire and not what everyone else wants you to do. Not only will you succeed in life but you will enjoy your life a whole lot more if you do what you love to do and not what everyone else wants you to do. Overall The Alchemist shows its readers not to conform to the rest of society and your life will be much better if you do what you love and live life to the fullest.

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In the story the alchemist it is discovered that there are many different things in life to look forward to. There is also something in the story that is a moral or your life´s destiny called your personal legend. Your personal legend is one of those things in life that some people look up to in the future. Santiago travels the world to pursue his personal legend. Santiago strived to find his personal legend with the help of people he met on the way to find treasure that he is destined to find , just to realize the treasure was where he had fallen asleep in the beginning of the book.

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In the beginning of the story, Santiago has a strange and interesting dream about treasure. He goes to an old woman who can interpret dreams to find out more. All she can tell him is that he needs to go to the pyramids. “And this is my interpretation: you must go to the Pyramids in Egypt. I have never heard of them, but, if it was a child who showed them to you, they exist.

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He thought it’s waste of time and money. Later in the novel, the man who beats Santiago does not believe his own dream, but when he describes his dream to Santiago, Santiago recognizes it as an omen telling him where to find the treasure (Coelho 167). Thus, it’s the person loss as he ignored dream. The importance of actual, sleeping dreams parallels the importance of personal, symbolic dreams as embodied by Personal Legends. Thus, dreams require backbreaking work and determination to sacrifice anything to make it come true.

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