The document summarizes Paulo Coelho's novel The Alchemist. It includes an overview of the author Paulo Coelho, the context and publication details of the novel, main ideas and lessons from the story, and an overview of the plot which follows Santiago's journey. The story emphasizes following your dreams and personal legend, and that the universe conspires to help those who want something achieve it. It encourages pursuing your dreams with determination.

2. GROUP MEMBERS
• Amna Raja
• Muhammad Nabeel Tahir
• Maham Mudassar
• Hadia Tayyab

3. The Alchemist
• Introduction
• Author
• Context
• Main Idea
• Lessons
• Overview
• Conclusion

4. Paulo Coelho
• Paulo Coelho was born on August 24,
1947 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
• He worked as a theater director,
actor, lyricist and as a journalist.
• During the 60’s and 70’s he
published unsuccessful Hell Archives.
• After success of The Pilgrimage
he wrote The Alchemist in1988. Over 65 million copies were
sold throughout the world and it won several international
awards.
• Some of the books written by the author are :
Veronica decides to die, Eleven minutes, By the
River Piedra I sat down and wept, Brida, Warrior of
light, Beautiful disaster, The devil and miss Prym and
The zahir.

5. CONTEXT
The Alchemist is a novel by a Brazilian-born author Paulo Coelho. It
was published in 1988. Originally written in Portuguese and so far
has been translated into at least 56 languages.
Published: 1988
Author: Paulo Coelho
Preceded by: The Pilgrimage
Original language: Portuguese
• Characters: The Alchemist, The
Shopkeeper, Melchizedek, Santiago, The Englishman, The Coptic
Monk, Fatima
• Genres: Fiction, Fantasy, Novel, Psychology, Science
Fiction, Drama, Adventure fiction, Quest, Historical
fiction, Speculative fiction

6. MAIN IDEAS
• When you really want something, the entire
universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.
• Language of the world tells us that universe is
tied together.
• To find ones destiny is persons only obligation.
• Those who don’t understand their personal
legend will fail to comprehend its teachings.
• All things are originated from a single soul
which is the soul of the world and are linked to
one another.

7. LESSONS
• The fear of failure is biggest obstacle to success.
• Real treasure is journey itself.
• Darkest hour of midnight comes just before dawn.
• Allah has prepared a path for everyone to follow,
and given us the power of thinking and power of
decisions to choose the path. We just have to choose
the right path by reading the signs provided to us.
• Sometimes we should leave things as they are, they
might be beneficial to us later on.
• Sometimes in our lives, we lose control of our life,
and our lives are then controlled by our fate. This is
the world’s greatest lie.

8. OVERVIEW
• All your dreams can come true if you have
courage to pursue them.
• Sycamore trees are mainly found in Egypt.
• Language of world tells us that the universe is
tied together.
• Everyone believes the world greatest lie
• Soul of universe
• God help those who help themselves

9. CONT…
• To help others and to give food to hungry, you be
asked and punished if your neighbor sleeps in
hunger and you fill your stomachs.
• Urim and Thumim.
• When you want something, all the universe
conspires to help you achieve it.
• Everything in life is an Omen.
• Alchemy; Elixir of life, Philospher’s Stone.

10. CONT…
• The soul of world binds together all things on
earth from living to non-living
• The more we realize our dreams the more we
found things to be difficult.
• Love at first sight.
• Its never too late.
• When we learn the language everything of
world makes sense to us.
• Relation of Santiago and joseph dream.

11. CONT…
• Santiago’s hawks fighting omen saved oasis.
• “When a person really desires something all the
universe conspires to help that person to realize his
dream.” (Alchemist).
• “It’s not what enters mouth is evil, evil is what
comes out from mouth.” (Alchemist).
• Love is not more important than one’s personal
legend.
• Met Fatima for the last time, assuring her that he
will come back. Both didn’t want to leave.
• Sets journey towards Pyramids but mind was still
occupied by Fatima’s memories.

12. • Santiago didn’t want to continue but alchemist forced him.
• “Everyone on earth has a treasure who awaits him”.
• Santiago Communicated with wind and sun and
transformed himself into wind.
• Alchemist left him and he travelled alone to pyramids.
• He dug near pyramids but found nothing. Robbers arrived
their and robbed him of all gold and money.
• Santiago told his dream, they laughed and considered him
foolish. Robber told him that he also had a dream of
treasure buried in an abandoned church in Spain under
sycamore tree but he is not foolish to believe such a stupid
dream.
• Santiago discovered his treasure. He went to Spain, dug
under and the tree and found the treasure.
• Decided to go Tarifa and to Fatima to fulfill his promise.

13. Expectations of writer……
• The Alchemist is much connected to our lives
• Everyone in his life has some dream, but some just
surrender it while some chase them until success.
• We should never give up and keep trying until
succeeded.
• Some people have good resources but they lack
determination and hard work.
• Many people think that “Opportunity and
determination” both are needed to achieve your
goal but in our view if we are determinant and
passionate, we will succeed in our goal.
• Set our aims and follow them with full passion.
• Nothing is impossible.
• Although the journey to success is difficult but it has
a big reward.