This document summarizes the book "The Alchemist" by Paulo Coelho. It provides background on the author and inspiration for writing the book. The book follows a young shepherd named Santiago on his journey to Egypt to find a treasure he saw in a recurring dream. Santiago encounters many challenges but learns to listen to his heart and pursue his Personal Legend. Key lessons from the book are to follow your dreams despite failures, believe that when you want something the universe will help you achieve it, and that life's simple things are the most extraordinary.

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THE ALCHEMIST

3. About The Author
❑PAULO COELHO was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on
24th august 1947.
❑He worked as a director, songwriter, theater actor
and journalist.
❑He wrote an autobiographical novel that is
considered as the beginning of his career.
❑The Alchemist has sold more than 150 million copies
worldwide.
❑He has been a member of the Academy of Letters of
Brazil since 2002 and a Messenger of Peace by the
United Nations since 2007.

4. In 2003 he received the Guinness
World Record for most translations
of a single title (The Alchemist)
signed by the author in one sitting
and several years after, in 2009, he
received a new Guinness World
Record for the most translated
author for the same book (The
Alchemist).
He has received numerous
prestigious international
awards including the Hans Christian
Andersen Award, the Grinzane
Cavour Book Award and the
Chevalier de l’Ordre National de la
Légion d’Honneur.

5. What inspired Paulo to write
THE ALCHEMIST ?
His dream was to be a writer. He wrote his first
book in 1987. After that he thought "why did it
took me so long to fulfill my dream?" so he decide
to write a metaphor is THE ALCHEMIST: A novel
about someone who needs to fulfill his or her
dream, but takes too long because he or she thinks
it's impossible.

6. What is this Book about ?
This book was originally written in Portuguese, it
became a widely translated international bestseller.
An allegorical novel, The Alchemist follows a
young Andalusian shepherd in his journey to the
pyramids of Egypt, after having a recurring dream of
finding a treasure there.
The book is written by "Paulo Coelho". The constant
theme in THE ALCHEMIST is to pursue you’re your
dreams by following what your heart desires.

7. ❑Santiago (main character)
was from Andalusia, Spain.
❑He was going to Tarifa to
meet a girl.
❑On the way, he spent the
night under a sycamore
tree infront of the
church,there he saw adream
of treasure hidden
inside a pyramid in Egypta.

8. He had seen this dreams many times. So he woke up in the
middle of the night and went to meet a lady who used to
interpret dreams.
She told him that there is a treasure and he has to
share 1/10th part with her.
❑He went to city, while sitting on a bench an old
man shows up confessing that he is Melchizedek,
king of Salem.
❑Old man "I will help you to find the treasure,
everyone has a persona l legend who helps to
reach one's destiny.

9. ❑Santiago sold his sheep and earned money and took
a ship to Africa.
❑He reached Tangiers, Morocco and got robbed.
❑He went to crystal merchant's shop and
worked there and earned good.

10. ❑He found a caravan
which was going to Eygpt
there he met an English
man who was going to
Eygpt too in search of the
Alchemist.
❑Both went together to
eygpt.
❑They heard a rumour of
war so they decided to
stop at the oasis,
Al Fayoum.

11. ❑The English man started finding Alchemist and Santiago helped him.
❑They meet a girl called fatima she gave them Alchemist location.
❑Santiago fell in love with fatima

12. ❑When the English man
found out the Alchemist,
he asked if you're
searchingfor me since 10
years, did you ever try to
turn lead into gold ?he
said "no".
❑One day santiago had a
vision on his way that
there's going to be
attackon Al Fayoum. He
told Oasis's king and
his vision came true.

13. ❑King gave him gold and he
decided to settle down. But
Fatima told him "true love
doesn't make you sacrifice
your dreams. You should
follow dreams.
❑She
promised him that she'II
wait for him.
❑Santiago reached
pyramids and again got
robbed and beated up.

14. ❑He mumbbled that
there is a treasure
under this pyramid, I
had it's dream.
❑Robber laughed and
said ," so what I
too had a dream that
there is some
treasure in
Spain near a church
under Sycamore tree.

15. Santiago "REALISED"

16. LESSON
FROM THE
BOOK
1) No matter what you do, make sure that
you do it because it is what your heart
and soul desire. As you will never be able
to escape from your heart. So it's better
to listen to what it has to say.
2) You will fail. Don’t give up in the process.
Because sometimes you learn.
" To realize one's destiny is a person's only
obligation"- The Alchemist
"And when you want something, all the
universe conspire in helping you to achieve
it"-The Alchemist
"The secret of life, thought, is to fall seven
times and to get up eight times "- The
Alchemist

17. 3)Maktub: It is written
As a quote: I saw everything was really written
there before me, and that the doors had only
been closed before because I hadn’t realized
that .It was the one person in the world with
the authority to open them .
“No matter what he does, every person on
earth plays a central role in the history of the
world and normally he doesn’t know it.”-The
alchemist
4)”It’s the simple things in life that are the
most extraordinary

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