The Alchemist Paulo Coelho Quotes

(TS) In Sue Monk Kidd’s novel The Secret Life of Bees, Lily Owens does not have an empathetic relationship with her parents as a result of the loss of her mother and an abusive father; however, Lily gains a new family figure, August Boatwright, who shows her the true empathy that is present between a parent and their child. (PS) Lily Owens’s absence of a mother and a “real” father causes Lily not to have a relationship with her parents that is filled with affection for one another. (SS) When Lily lost her mother, Deborah Fontell, she was told that she had shot and killed Deborah. (SS) Lily would say, “I would meet her saying, ‘Mother forgive. Please forgive,’” and she would kiss my skin till I grew chapped and tell me I was not to blame”

Lily starts off stuck living in an unloving, abusive household and decides to free herself from the negative atmosphere that she had been living in her whole life. Lily is perpetually abused by her father. He forces her to kneel on Martha White's, gets exasperated every time she speaks, and yells at her for no reason. Lily is not the only one noticing the terrible treatment, Rosaleen does too. Once after Lily had to kneel on the Martha White's Rosaleen said to her, “Look at you, child. Look what he’s done to you” (Kidd 25). Noticing the unloving treatment Lily gets, Rosaleen knew that their household was demoralizing place for Lily to be in, which is why she didn’t question when Lily when she later runs away. Lily one day realizes she needs to do something about her horrible life at home. While sitting in her room she hears a voice in her

In the book there are a lot of characters, but the main characters are Santiago, The Alchemist, Fatima, Englishman and the Crystal Merchant. I am choosing to write the Analysis on Santiago, he is the protagonist. Santiago is a shepherd from Spain, he kept on having a recurring dream about a treasure in the Egypt. He was determined to find his treasure and learn about the world. His parents wanted him to become a priest, but instead became a Shepherd because of his desire to travel throughout the country. Santiago was hesitant at first, but it all changed when he met a king from Salem, he explained about omens and powers of nature. This quote was the inspiration “And dreams are the language of God. When he speaks in our language,

It was so dramatic that Lily can remember a few details of that event. “When I found myself looking at a picture of the black Mary. I do not mean a picture of just any black Mary. I mean the identical, very same, exact one as my mother’s.” (Kidd, 63) Lily found the picture of the black virgin Mary which Belonged to her mother, and this picture leads her to August, June, and May which later turn out to be old friends of Lily’s mother, and these Ladies are important people to Lily’s growth because they tell her about her mother, and what she was like, and usually the daughter will grow up to be like their mother, and the same goes for the son.

Lily feels alone in this world. She is ostracized at school, treated with an absence of love and lives day to day knowing that she has committed irreversible acts. When she thinks about her mother all of these complications melt away in the warm allure she feels.

Deborah’s marriage story and Lily’s grief are a tool to enhance the reader’s sympathy towards Deborah. On page 358, August declares: “Deborah was pregnant, that’s why (Deborah married Terrence).” August makes Lily think it is her fault Deborah married Terrence. If it were not for Lily,

However, Deborah’s atonement is not what provides closure to Lily’s solace. Instead August’s acceptance and love provides Lily with enough comfort to begin her process of self acceptance. Early in the book, Lily demeans herself by saying “You are unlovable, Lily Owens. Unlovable. Who could love you? Who in this world could ever love you?”(Kidd 242). Lily begins to create her own cage of dark emotions with thoughts like this. With her mother unable to Lily for the unfortunate accident that caused her death, Lily is left feeling closed off from the world and believing it is wrong for her to want to be loved again. However readers can start to see Lily opening up after August explains to her that, “Every little thing wants to be loved,” (Kidd 92). Lily begins to feel accepted and loved within the new family she has found, and she is able to begin the process of

At the beginning of the story, August welcomed Rosaleen and Lily into her home without knowing them or their intentions at all. When Lily was telling August lies, August already knew who Lily was, but still kept helping her. August became Lily’s mother figure when Lily had no woman or relative to call ‘mother’. She made Lily feel loved and cared for for the first time in a long time. August told Lily everything about her mother (Deborah) when Lily finally decided to tell August the truth about her past and family.

In a beehive, the queen bee directs the workers. Without the queen bee, the workers are lost and begin to slowly die off. To Lily, August was the queen bee and Lily was the worker bee. August guided Lily, so in the end, she reached her full potential. Lily realized that she doesn’t need a mother if she has herself to guide her through life’s troubles. The Daughters of Mary also help Lily to realize this. In passage two, Mabelee, Lunelle, Violet and Queenie all run to protect Lily when T.Ray comes to take her away. “The four of them lined up beside us, clutching their pocketbooks up against their bodies like they might have to use them to beat the living hell out of somebody.” (Kidd 297) This sentence shows that the people in Augusts home are very protective of Lily and they treat her like her daughter. This is further confirmed when August states, “We love Lily, and we'll take care of her, I promise you that.” (Kidd

Lily loves to hear about her mother, but what really surprises her is the story right before her mother’s death. A possible change to this part of the story is if Deborah never went back home, she would not have been killed. For example, Lily would be searching for her mother rather than stories about her mother. Lily feels guilty about her mother which affects her overall mood throughout the story. If Lily knew her mother was still alive, she may be more positive towards finding her and more determined to.

Deborah, Lily’s mother, may have been in Lily’s life a short time, but provided protection for Lily. The mere memory of Deborah provides Lily with comfort. Deborah’s

Lily has been living with a huge guilt of killing her mother. In the story, it says how she sometimes dreams of dying and seeing her mother in heaven and asking her mom for forgiveness. August tells Lily about her mother Deborah. When Lily finds out that her mother was never going to marry her father T-Ray but the only reason she did marry him was that Deborah was pregnant with Lily. Lily felt even more guilty because she was the reason for T-Ray and Deborah's terrible marriage. August explains that she should forgive her mom because she did try to make it right. Lily got really angry with her mom and she started to throw jars of honey jars against the wall in her honey house letting out her anger. Lily doesn’t want to forgive her mother because she’s taking “pleasure” in being the victim since she’s felt so much guilt for so long. She also doesn't want to let go of the picture she created by her mother and feeling happy and

An excerpt from the bible; “For where your treasure is, there will be your heart also” (Luke 12:34) shows that your heart is there for you to make choices in order of finding what you value most. Not everyone is able to find the significance in searching for treasure in life, however. Whether it may be striving to find your true values, or having to chose between two of your favorite things in order to move forward in life, not everything comes easy. Obstacles are placed in front of everyone's path until they're able to find their treasure. Finding your treasure isn’t possible if you don’t follow your heart. This was true, of course for the main character, Santiago, from The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho. With the enlightenment and strength perceived from other figures in the book, Santiago learns that with a heart full and determination, he could also find the treasure of a Personal Legend. Through Santiago’s decisions, The Alchemist examines the significance of following your heart.

You don’t know me but I know you, your son Santiago has achieved much in his dream of traveling. One of his by far out standing achievements was harnessing the wind. Now while that might seem like witchcraft, it’s not. While you may not believe me, I am one that helped Santiago achieve his personal legend. Santiago was able to understand the language of the world and parts of the language of the world that even the wind and sun could not understand. He then caused a huge sandstorm with the power of understanding and love. He was able to cause an entire tribe to cower before him. Your son is a very powerful and wise man now. I expect his to visit you and tell you about his journeys, until then you have my word.

The Theme of “The Alchemist,” by Paulo Coelho is, always follow your dreams and listen to your heart. At the start of the novel Santiago does not know what he should do when he is confronted by his dream. But by the end of the novel Santiago completely trusts his heart to guide him though life. Santiago’s story shows him learning and living out the theme of the novel.