The Alchemist Report

The story is narrated in the first person by Mustafa ibn Muhammad ibn Abdussalam al-Zamori, a Moroccan slave who has been taken by his Spanish master, Andrés de Dorantes, on an expedition to the New World. The expedition lands in Florida in the vicinity of what is now Tampa Bay. Under the leadership of Pánfilo de Narváez, the men leave their ships behind and travel inland to look for gold. As they journey northward, they face resistance by indigenous tribes, suffer from disease and starvation, and quarrel with one another. Within a year there are only four survivors: Cabeza de Vaca, the treasurer of the expedition; Alonso del Castillo, a young nobleman, Andrés de Dorantes, one of the captains; and his Moroccan slave, Mustafa, whom the other three Spaniards refer to as Estebanico. Together, these four survivors travel westward, crossing the continent and living among indigenous tribes, reinventing themselves along the way as

Some may refer to The Alchemist as a best-selling novel written by Paulo Coelho which explains the ideas of having a dream, or Personal Legend, and going through obstacles to conquer it. The book starts off like any other, introducing and describing the main characters, in this case Santiago is the first to share the interest of peers reading the story. He is said to be a small town shepherd boy who will do anything for his flock of sheep. In the opening scene of the story, Santiago takes his flock to an abandoned church and lies down under a sycamore tree hoping to get some rest. He is soon woken up from a disturbing dream which foreshadows further into the story of his own Personal Legend. Later in the book, Santiago is faced with multiple tests to be successful in finding his treasure. “Remember that wherever your heart is, there you will find your treasure” (Coelho 15). Paulo continues to add characters in the book that help Santiago throughout his journey.

Although Ender and Santiago's stories were not alike, they both shared the attributes of a hero's journey, like the call and the mentor stages. In the book Ender's game, Ender demonstrates attributes of a hero's journey, one of which, is the mentor stage. Colonel Graff realized early on in the book that Ender was special. The quote took place towards the end, when it became more and more obvious that Ender was the one.

On its surface, The Alchemist seems like a simple story, but it actually explores the deeper subject of finding one’s destiny. The author, Paulo Coelho, does this through the use of basic plot detail that includes exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution. The story’s exposition starts with the introduction of a teen-age Andalusian shepherd named Santiago, who has had a recurring dream about a little girl helping him find a treasure in Egypt. He wants to understand this dream, so he decides to visit a gypsy fortune teller (Page 13). The woman tells him to follow through with what his dream seems to be telling him to do: “And this is my interpretation: you must go to the

“There are some people who live in a dream world, and there are some who face reality; and then there are those who turn one into the other.” This quote, written by Douglas Evertt, is true because in Paulo Coelho’s novel The Alchemist, the main character, Santiago, experiences several hardships in order to accomplish his dream of going to the pyramids in Egypt, but he also meets a few people who would prefer to live in a dream world. Throughout the novel, many examples of people either turning their dreams into a reality or living in a dream world are shown.

It is through our trials that we build our character. Without challenges we could not become stronger; and without strength we could not move forward. Just think, if man was not challenged by extreme weather, we would not have shelter, or if man was not challenged by disease, we would not have modern medicine. In the same way, individuals are face challenges that make them better and help them progress in their lives. People like Nelson Mandela, Martin Luther King, and Mahatma Ghandi were prime examples of this truth.

In life, everyone meets people who influence them and change their life. This is also true in Paulo Coehlo’s The Alchemist. The Alchemist is a tale of Santiago, a young shepherd who partakes on a journey to find treasure and fulfill his Personal Legend. On his path he meets a crystal merchant and the alchemist; both of these men teach him, support him on his journey, and change his life.

“You don’t have to understand the desert; all you have to do is contemplate a simple gain of sand, and you will see in it all the marvels of creation” (127). This line from the famous book, The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho really shows how mankind tries to focus on the bigger picture when they can’t even see what is close to them. This line applies to society nowadays because it shows how we are focused on future things and things that don’t change whether we have them or not.

The way that the author described everything that happened in the book like the smell of the basement or the how the weather was that day was really captivating. All of the characters were really well developed in the sense that they had more then meets the eye. There was something that you had to figure out about each character that wanted compelled you to read on. For instance it was not said until later in the book why Hans Huberman played the

The Alchemist is a novel written in 1988 by author Paulo Coelho. Throughout the novel The Alchemist the narrative forms that can be seen are myths, parables, and allegories. While all of these forms of narration are being used in different ways, the uses of these different narrative forms in The Alchemist help give the story more depth and gives the readers of the novel

One clear depiction of an aspect of Egyptian social life in “The Tale of the Eloquent Peasant” is a high regard for the arts and wisdom, as seen through the king’s appreciation of a peasant’s eloquence and a longing to hear more of his speeches (30). Additionally, the fact that

In the story, Araby, The Boy—our beloved and unnamed “hero” of the story—lives his life as an outcast teenager

The eloquent peasant is one of the few surviving literary compositions which have survived from Middle Kingdom Egypt. It is the story of a peasant, Khun-anup, and his donkey going into the lands of the noble Rensi. As the peasant was tricked by Nemtynakht, the overseer of the noble’s land, to walk through the crops on the land. The donkey then ate the grains that were there on the land. The overseer then took custody of the donkey and started to beat the peasant, as Nemtynakht knew the Rensi would believe him over the peasant. As the peasant knew that there was wrong doing he went in search of Rensi, finding him near the

Melchizedek : An old man who explains himself as King of Salem, with magical power ,helps Santiago to make a decision ,‘’ ---when you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it’’(p.22). He also gives Santiago the magical stones Urim and Thummim.

The novel often talks about the setting, time and theme in Egyptian culture through stories of various characters. The culture describes in the novel restricts the readers’ views on