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- 1. The Alchemist Paulo Coelho Presentation by Pushkar Kalra
- 2. Characters Santiago – a Shepard in search of his destiny. Santiago’s passion and ambition inspires him to see the world and follow his personal legend of discovering a treasure in Egypt. He gains wisdom throughout his travels and this wisdom allows him to understand the mysteries of the world. King Melchizedek – an old wise man who inspires Santiago to sell his sheep and pursue the treasure. Throughout the story he is a symbol of truth and his wisdom surprises and shocks people. The Alchemist – understands the language of the world and helps Santiago understand that all people are connected to the soul of the universe. He serves as a guide to Santiago. He has the ability to turn lead into gold.
- 3. Fatima - She is the beautiful young woman whom Santiago meets at a well on the oasis. She directs them to the alchemist, but in the process of that first conversation, Santiago falls in love with her …… The Englishman - He is a young man who has spent ten years of his life reading about alchemy with the hope of discovering the Master Work. He goes with Santiago on the caravan to the oasis so he can find……..
- 4. The Alchemist: Theme "Tell your heart that the fear of suffering is worse than the suffering itself. And that no heart has ever suffered when it goes in search of its dreams, because every second of the search is a second's encounter with God and with eternity." This book has a central theme that if you do not follow your dreams then you will be wasting your life afraid of taking a chance, when you could be encountering an emotional, spiritual, and life changing experience.
- 6. This opening part of the novel introduces us to the alchemist who has found a book left behind by someone in a caravan. He finds the story of Narcissus, the youth who daily knelt by a lake to contemplate his own beauty. He eventually fell in and drowned, but where he fell a flower was born called the narcissus. But the author of the book did not end the familiar story here as it is usually ended. Instead, he tells the reader that the goddesses of the forest appeared and found that the lake so mourned for him that its fresh water became salty. The goddesses assume that the lake mourns, because it could contemplate his beauty close at hand. But the lake asks if Narcissus was beautiful. The goddesses are surprised at the question, because who could know the answer better than the lake? The lake is silent for a moment, and then explains that it never noticed Narcissus’ beauty, because it could see, in the depth of his eyes, its own beauty reflected. The goddesses respond, “What a lovely story.”