The Alchemist
Van Lupardi 10/23
FYPO Book Review
The Alchemist The Alchemist is an adventuristic novel written by Paulo Coelho that takes place in both Europe and Africa. Paulo Coelho is a Brazilian author who published this book in 1988. The original language the novel was written in was Portuguese; the book became a best seller internationally and was then translated into seventy different languages. The main character is Santiago, an Andalusian shepherd who has a dream under a sycamore tree which leads him to his great adventure. Santiago is a brave shepherd who is destined to find a great treasure. The story begins with him sleeping under a sycamore tree near a church. He has a dream which is indescribable until Santiago goes to …show more content…
Along the way, they encounter dangerous tribes that wish to kill them for their belongings, but The Alchemist gives them all their gold and promises that Santiago is a powerful sorcerer that can change into wind in three days. Santiago had no idea what to do. On the third day however, a storm converges at the tribe’s camp and Santiago hides inside the middle of the storm which crosses through the camp and spits out Santiago to the other side, baffling the tribesmen. They then get all their belongings back and head to the pyramids together. Halfway there The Alchemist stops and shows Santiago the power of the philosopher’s stone by turning a piece of lead into gold which is given to Santiago. Now alone, Santiago finally gets to the pyramids and starts digging, only to be jumped by two men who wrestle with him. Santiago tells them his story about a dream and treasure being buried there and the two men think that he has nothing of worth so they leave him alone. Before the men leave, one of them tells Santiago about a dream that he has about treasure buried under a sycamore tree: the same sycamore tree that Santiago started at. Santiago then realizes this and travels all the way back to Andalucía to find the treasure under the
FYPO Book Review
The Alchemist The Alchemist is an adventuristic novel written by Paulo Coelho that takes place in both Europe and Africa. Paulo Coelho is a Brazilian author who published this book in 1988. The original language the novel was written in was Portuguese; the book became a best seller internationally and was then translated into seventy different languages. The main character is Santiago, an Andalusian shepherd who has a dream under a sycamore tree which leads him to his great adventure. Santiago is a brave shepherd who is destined to find a great treasure. The story begins with him sleeping under a sycamore tree near a church. He has a dream which is indescribable until Santiago goes to …show more content…
Along the way, they encounter dangerous tribes that wish to kill them for their belongings, but The Alchemist gives them all their gold and promises that Santiago is a powerful sorcerer that can change into wind in three days. Santiago had no idea what to do. On the third day however, a storm converges at the tribe’s camp and Santiago hides inside the middle of the storm which crosses through the camp and spits out Santiago to the other side, baffling the tribesmen. They then get all their belongings back and head to the pyramids together. Halfway there The Alchemist stops and shows Santiago the power of the philosopher’s stone by turning a piece of lead into gold which is given to Santiago. Now alone, Santiago finally gets to the pyramids and starts digging, only to be jumped by two men who wrestle with him. Santiago tells them his story about a dream and treasure being buried there and the two men think that he has nothing of worth so they leave him alone. Before the men leave, one of them tells Santiago about a dream that he has about treasure buried under a sycamore tree: the same sycamore tree that Santiago started at. Santiago then realizes this and travels all the way back to Andalucía to find the treasure under the