The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
The Alchemist is one of the best sellers of all time by the Brazilian writer Paulo Coelho written in Portuguese. It has been translated into 56 languages and has sold more than 65 million copies over 150 countries.
Alchemist is a person who practises alchemy .Alchemy is the medieval philosophical art of changing objects from one element into another, basically attempting to turn lead and other base metals into gold.
Abstract of the novel
This symbolic novel tells the story of a shepherded boy called Santiago, who dared to follow his dream of traveling the world in search of treasure. He believes that every thing in the world has a purpose. Even his life as well as his own jacket has a purpose. While following his purpose of life he encountered with quite a lot of unexpected events. But he was ready for a good fight to over come all those obstacles. Finally when he reaches his destinations...he recognizes that it was where he has started his journey...
Relevance of the story in our lives
In real life we are all doing the same. We may recognize our dream of life. But we will step back before reaching our final destiny. Just because we believe that they are impossible for achieving. And we are never ready for a good fight till we achieve our goal. On the other hand if our dream is coming true quite unexpectedly, we will be scared of taking the challenge. We will be afraid of the new changes that will bring to our life if we are accepting our dream when it comes to real.
We should be ready to fight till the end. We are all alchemist and we can turn everything into gold from what we are having. We are in search of treasure while we are already seated on the top of a huge mountain of treasure.
This is one of the most interesting inspirational books you can read. The one who is looking for a good start or to set the mind before taking a big challenge will get encouraged by reading this book. Even the worst
depressed person will get motivated. If we are ready to listen to our heart and we know the art of reading our omen anyone can achieve their dream. Nothing is impossible. And it's true that this book can change the lives of its reader for ever.