Analysis Of The Alchemist By Paulo Coelho

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The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho is a very simple novel about a boy named Santiago who goes on a journey to follow his personal legend.This book is very simple yet teaching the audience about life, god and gods plan for us on this earth.While reading the novel, there were a lot of quotes that relate to me and also helped me understand certain characters and taught me a lot about life.This book is timeless and anyone can relate to it. “whoever you are , or whatever it is that you do, when you really want something, its because the desire originated in the soul of the universe.It 's your mission on this earth.”(P.22 ).This quote was said by Melchizedek (the king of Salem) to Santiago, while speaking Melchizedek told …show more content…

If you pay attention to the present, you can improve upon it. And, if you improve on the present, what comes later will also be better. Forget about the future, and live each day, according to the teachings, confident that God loves his children. Each day, in itself, brings with it an eternity. (P.103)” This was said by a seer who then came driver visited to learn about his future. The seer said he could not forecast the future, But he could read the past and guess the future, and he does this by reading the omens of the present. So basically this quote is similar to the previous quote stated in the paragraph above. This quote means we people should live in the present , live where life is happening, the past and future don’t exist and no one knows what is going to happen, you don’t know if you’re going to be alive tomorrow so live today to the …show more content…

This book was not what i was expecting, it was a spiritual and life changing, i could not drop the book. I learned a lot of things that i can apply to my life on a daily basis. This book changed my outlook on life and that in life one must follow their dreams but also enjoy the small things in life. The book taught me that everything happens for a reason and we should take life one day at a time. This book taught me not to dwell on the past or try predicting the future because it does nothing, but make life more stressful for me. The future is the future, whatever will happen will happen .This book taught me to live in the now and follow my dreams, and if I live everyday positively that the future will be want i want it to be. I might face some challenges along the way, but that’s what make the journey more enjoyable because you learn new things along the way, meet new people, make new discoveries .This book made me realize that i have total control over what direction I want my life to go, I should not let family, friends and love refrain me from my dreams, or I’ll end up regretting it for the rest of my life. I try to live each day positively and refrain myself of negative thoughts. This book gave me the confidence to speak with my parents and tell them what it was I wanted to do after high school. I’ve spent my

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