Short summary on the novel "The Alchemist" by Paulo Coelho

1. THE ALCHEMIST
A fable about following your
dream
Novel summary by:
Prakruti Thakur

2. Paulo Coelho
"I was very happy in the things I
was doing. I was doing
something that gave me food and
water, I was working, I had a
person whom I loved, I had
money, but I was not fulfilling my
dream. My dream was, and still
is, to be a writer."

3. Personal Calling
•It is a God's blessing
•It is the path that God chose for you here on
Earth

4. Four Obstacles
• We are told that it is impossible
• Love
• Fear of defeats
• Fear of realizing the dream

5. Legend of
Narcissus
Lake: "Each time he knelt beside my
banks, I could see, in the depths of his
eyes, my own beauty reflected."

7. Recurrent
Dream
Dreams are the language of God

8. Melchizedek
King of Salem
"When you really want
something, it's because
the desire originated in
the soul of the universe.
It's your mission on
earth."
"You must always know
what it is that you want"

9. Beginner's luck
•Principle of favorability.
•When you play cards, the first time you're
almost sure to win.
•There is a force that wants you to realize your
destiny. It whets your appetite with the taste
of success

10. Secret of
happiness
Secret of happiness is to
see all the marvels of the
world and never to forget
the drops of oil on the
spoon

11. Crystal Merchant
• Holy city of Mecca
• "I just want to dream about Mecca"
• Every blessing ignored becomes a curse.
• Maktub - it is written

12. Searching for an alchemist who
knows the universal language.
The language in which all things
communicated.
Master Work:
- Liquid part : Elixir of Life
- Solid part : Philosopher's stone
Life is the moment we're living
right now.

13. Oasis
Al-Fayoum
Everything has been written by the same hand
Love never keeps a man
from pursuing his destiny

14. Transformation into wind
This is my alchemy is this so that everyone will search
for his treasure, find it and then want to be a better when
he was in his formal life read will play its role until the
world has no further need for lead and then lead will
have to turn itself into gold.
When we strive to become better than we
are, everything around us becomes better
too.

15. Finding the
Treasure

16. Some Quotes:
• It's the possibility of having our dreams come true that
makes life interesting.
• If you believe yourself worthy of the thing you for so hard
to get, then you become an instrument of God, you help
the soul of the world, and you understand why you are
here
• When you want something, all the universe conspires in
helping you to achieve it.
• If you start out the promising, but you don't even have it
you will lose your desire to work towards getting it.