The Alchemist
The Alchemist is a book written by Brazilian author Paulo Cohelo.It tells the story of a young boy Santiago and his journey as a shepherd.Soon after Santiago has a dream about a treasure hidden inside the pyramids of Egypt.He soon realizes he needs to fulfill his personal legend and that everybody on Earth has a purpose in life.“The universe conspires in our favor”.When the universe conspires in our favor and with a little work from us we are able to fulfill personal legends and the things that come with it.In the novel The Alchemist it does just that.The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho is a book about following your Personal Legend.A young shepherd boy named Santiago has a dream one night.The dream told him he must find a hidden treasure in the
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First and foremost, one of the themes The Alchemist talks about are dreams also known as personal legends.Dreams are omens that can turn into reality if we pursue them.In life we should always follow our dreams.Many people in society don’t chase after their dreams either because they may be lazy or just to scared to take the risk.Dreams are told in many stories the fact that they are told in many books it may inspire people in the real world to go and chase after their own dreams.In life people have jobs that they are really not happy with.They got into those jobs because they didn’t finish school and that’s all they could get.Everybody wants to do better in life or as The Alchemist defines it finding your personal legend.People have options they can quit their job to go to school and have a better education to get a job they want or sometimes they will settle themselves and stay where they are at.On page 63 in the book Santiago is discussing his dream with the alchemist and the alchemist gives him these encouraging words “There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure.” A dream can be fulfilled with a little effort otherwise the dream is impossible to achieve.When you really want something the universe conspires to help making it come true.The author wants to inspire us to follow our dreams.The Alchemist tells the story of the hardships and risks Santiago took to get to the treasure.Although it wasn’t easy he did it.Maybe if the
First and foremost, one of the themes The Alchemist talks about are dreams also known as personal legends.Dreams are omens that can turn into reality if we pursue them.In life we should always follow our dreams.Many people in society don’t chase after their dreams either because they may be lazy or just to scared to take the risk.Dreams are told in many stories the fact that they are told in many books it may inspire people in the real world to go and chase after their own dreams.In life people have jobs that they are really not happy with.They got into those jobs because they didn’t finish school and that’s all they could get.Everybody wants to do better in life or as The Alchemist defines it finding your personal legend.People have options they can quit their job to go to school and have a better education to get a job they want or sometimes they will settle themselves and stay where they are at.On page 63 in the book Santiago is discussing his dream with the alchemist and the alchemist gives him these encouraging words “There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure.” A dream can be fulfilled with a little effort otherwise the dream is impossible to achieve.When you really want something the universe conspires to help making it come true.The author wants to inspire us to follow our dreams.The Alchemist tells the story of the hardships and risks Santiago took to get to the treasure.Although it wasn’t easy he did it.Maybe if the