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THE ALCHEMIST
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Meet Santiago, a shepherd boy from Andalusia, in search of his dream.
The Merchant's Daughter. The girl whom the boy fancies.
The Old Gypsy. She sees the boy's destiny and reveals the meaning of his dream.
The boy had the same dream, haunting him for two nights. A little girl holding his hand and brought him to the Pyramids. "You will find your treasure there," she says.
An old man came up to the boy and shared his wisdom to him. Telling him to start his journey to the Pyramids.
The old man opened his robe and showed his gold breastplate covered with jewels. He reveals himself as Melchizedek, King of Salem. He gave the boy two stones, Urim and Thummim to help him on his journey.
Melchizedek watches the small ship disappear into the distance, carrying a boy in search of treasure.
The boy arrived in a foreign place. He meets a young man, dressed in western clothing. He offered the boy some help to buy a camel to travel across the desert. The boy was tricked by his offer, the young man took all of his money that he got from selling all his sheep and left him alone in the marketplace.
The crystal merchant sat in his store everyday, but not many customers came by to buy his crystals.
The boy offered his help to polish the crystals. Not long, customers came in to buy the crystals. The crystal merchant bought the boy some lunch.
After being told that he won't have enough money to go to Egypt even after working for years with the crystal merchant, the boy felt his dream shattering before his eyes. His treasure is but a distant dream.
The boy worked for the crystal merchant for a year now and business is booming. But the boy does not find the job he has as satisfying.
The crystal merchant told his dream to the boy, to be able to travel to Mecca. But he won't dare leave his crystal shop, so he stayed in his shop for years. To never realise his dream.
The boy finally collected enough money to travel through the desert. He mounted on a camel and joined the caravans.
He met a girl from the Oasis and fell in love at first sight.
Fatima, the girl from the Oasis.
He was given a vision by the hawks in flight, warning him of the dangers that threatens him and the Oasis.
A man dressed in black reared his white horse, pointing his scabbard towards the boy. He was the Alchemist.
The Alchemist and the boy rode off into the night. They began their journey towards the Pyramids.
They were surrounded by the opposing tribe. The Alchemist and the boy were taken to their to their camp.
The boy must prove that he can turn himself into the wind in three days, but he is not sure that he can. if he can't, both of them will be executed. He was trembling in fear. The Alchemist poured some tea to the boy's wrist to calm his nerves and shared his words of wisdom to the boy.
On the third day, the boy stood upon a cliff and he listens to the desert.
The wind starts to blow and engulfs him.
The sand from the desert and the wind blows away the camp and engulfs the boy. The boy understands the language of the world. They were released on that very day.
The Alchemist melted some lead on a pot. He then took out a clear yellow stone and cut a hair's length into the pot. The melted lead turned to gold. He separated the gold and gave it to the boy, the monk, and to himself.
The boy finally arrived to the Pyramids. He searched for his treasure but ended up being robbed by some bandits. They revealed the dream that they once had. A dream that told him that there is a heap of treasure under a huge sycamore tree in a ruined church. The boy laughed and came back to his home town. He knows where his treasure now.
The boy came back to the ruined church in the fields where he used to graze his sheep. He kept digging from dawn to noon. There in hole he found an old chest filled with Spanish coins and statues embed with precious stones. He finally found his treasure.
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My thesis project for my last semester. I love Paulo Coelho's work. His novels are very enjoyable to read and conveys a message for the readers to contemplate.
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