Personal Fiction In The Alchemist, By Paulo Coelho
Based on the number of copies each book sold in past 50 years, “The Alchemist” by Paulo Coelho is the fifth most read book in the world (Polland, 2012). Many people were impressed by this book, and people had time to think about their own personal legend after reading this book. The content of “The Alchemist” is so great that people can easily read and understand this novel, but the title of this novel, “The Alchemist”, confused many people. The reason is that even though there is an alchemist in the story, the story is mainly about the journey of a guy named Santiago who is trying to achieve his personal legend which is what people have always wanted to accomplish (Coelho 1998, pg.22). However, the novel is entitled “The Alchemist” for specific
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The alchemist is a person who can perform alchemy, and one of the alchemies is to change base metals into valuable golds (Radford, 2016). In the other word, alchemist can change ordinary things into valuable things. “If you want to change your body, change what you eat and how you exercise, and if you want to change your outlook on life, change what you read and put it into practice (Smith, 2014).” The life of the people can be changed from ordinary to valuable by reading books, and “The Alchemist” is a book that gives chance to change person’s entire life just like an alchemist who turns insignificant thing into valuable thing. “The Alchemist” teaches many life lessons to the readers. It tells the reader that if they want or desire something, the university will help them to achieve it (Coelho, 1998). Also, it helps people to overcome the fear of failure. There are many people, including famous celebrities such as Pharrell William, changed their life by reading “The Alchemist”. After reading “The Alchemist”, William realized that all the people near him helped him to get into the place where he is now. Before William was in the music industry, his grandmother had a vision that the William will become very famous and precious person (Own, 2014). William did not realize that people near him conspire and help him to achieve his personal legend before reading The Alchemist, but after he read the novel, he could view his life in different perspective and realize that all the universe conspires in helping Williams to achieve his personal legend. Consequently, the novel is entitled “The Alchemist” since the novel has ability to change people’s
The alchemist is a person who can perform alchemy, and one of the alchemies is to change base metals into valuable golds (Radford, 2016). In the other word, alchemist can change ordinary things into valuable things. “If you want to change your body, change what you eat and how you exercise, and if you want to change your outlook on life, change what you read and put it into practice (Smith, 2014).” The life of the people can be changed from ordinary to valuable by reading books, and “The Alchemist” is a book that gives chance to change person’s entire life just like an alchemist who turns insignificant thing into valuable thing. “The Alchemist” teaches many life lessons to the readers. It tells the reader that if they want or desire something, the university will help them to achieve it (Coelho, 1998). Also, it helps people to overcome the fear of failure. There are many people, including famous celebrities such as Pharrell William, changed their life by reading “The Alchemist”. After reading “The Alchemist”, William realized that all the people near him helped him to get into the place where he is now. Before William was in the music industry, his grandmother had a vision that the William will become very famous and precious person (Own, 2014). William did not realize that people near him conspire and help him to achieve his personal legend before reading The Alchemist, but after he read the novel, he could view his life in different perspective and realize that all the universe conspires in helping Williams to achieve his personal legend. Consequently, the novel is entitled “The Alchemist” since the novel has ability to change people’s