Self Discovery In The Alchemist

Summary Justin Buzzard, a well know pastor, authored The Big Story: How the Bible Makes Sense out of Life. In this book, Buzzard discusses the gospel through a unique perspective in eight short chapters. The book begins with a thought provoking question for the reader: “What is your story?” The purpose behind Justin’s book is to answer questions concerning an individuals worldview. According to the author, the only worldview that fully answers all of life’s puzzling questions is a Biblical based worldview, or story.

The Alchemist is a wonderful fiction novel by Paulo Coelho. The novella, published in 1988, is a huge success, selling over 150 million copies and making it to the top charts. (addicted2success) . Coelho succeeds in delivering his message smoothly and innovatively throughout the story; one should forever live to pursue his personal legend and never give up on his dream. (Coelho).

It is the longest and most intimate of all relationships we will ever have but the problem is self doubt that happens because we constantly neglect ourselves ,Self-doubt brings fear, such as the fear of failure, of the dark, of being out of control, of not being good enough., and the one we take most for granted. Yet it 's extraordinary how often we feel as if we 're living inside a stranger. That’s the fear that everyone has ,a fear of being rejected ,fear of being broken ,that’s how the story connects and that’s what we find common between ourselves and Santiago ,at one point he gave up ,he doubted himself ,isn’t it what we do every time we fail but he didn’t give up ,he wanted to test his boundaries. That’s what life wants to teach us. The book -The Alchemist makes you think twice about are you giving you dreams your everything or are you loyal towards yourself, and the question lies

When Santiago meets the Alchemist, he transforms into a new and improved person. With this, he realizes many things and confesses that his love for a woman named Fatima is worth a lot more than the treasure his needs to find. The alchemist

Santiago's temptation is when he has the choice whether or not to stay with Fatima and abandon his Personal Legend. After leaving Fatima he has a difficult time coping with the separation, even if Fatima is a woman of the desert, who knows he will return. The Alchemist offers him a sole piece of advice, “love never keeps a man from pursuing his Personal Legend.” (120) Santiago’s heart is aching for the loving arms of Fatima. He realizes that he needs to focus on what he needs, pursuing his Personal Legend and not what he desires to be with Fatima.

The Alchemist- How do you manage the expectations of the outside world versus who you would like to be? In The Alchemist, Paulo Coelho shows to his readers that Santiago’s way of life is incorrect and that Santiago should change his ways because the expectations of the outside world are higher than what he is currently meeting. The world expects Santiago to be more than what he is now. The people around Santiago think that he is not contributing to the world enough especially someone that is very knowledgeable.

Chemist recounts the tale of a youthful shepherd named Santiago who is ready to discover a fortune beyond anything he could ever imagine. En route, he figures out how to tune in to his heart and, all the more essentially, understands that his fantasies, or his Individual Legend, are not recently his but rather part of the Soul of the Universe. Santiago is an unassuming shepherd whose wants are few– he needs to be allowed to wander with his sheep, to have some wine in his wineskin and a book in his pack. Destiny intercedes, in any case, as the repeating long for an awesome treasure concealed a great many miles away at the base of the Egyptian Pyramids.

… The boy was shaking with fear, but the alchemist helped him out of the tent. … the alchemist continued, “usually the threat of death makes people a lot more aware of their lives.”” (Coelho 140 6 8, Coelho 142 2) Just like before Santiago is afraid and doesn't know what to do in a situation of adversity. But he does not give up he perseveres and developes

He is setting himself up for destruction. Destruction of his heart and all of his emotions. Why plan your life around a girl, all that 's going to happen is you are going to get hurt in the end, that’s what always happens. Santiago also is too trustworthy of people. In his adventures he comes across many, some who do him great good and more who do him great destruction.

Introduction The concept of identity has been a notion of significant interest not just to sociologists and psychologists, but also to individuals found in a social context of perpetually trying to define themselves. Often times, identities are given to individuals based on their social status within a certain community, after the assessment of predominant characteristics that said individual has. However, within the context of an ethnicity, the concept identity is most probably applied to all members of the ethnical group, and not just one individual. When there is one identity designated for the entire group, often times the factor of “individuality” loses its significance, especially when referring to the relationship between the ethnic

During the whole story Santiago is trying to find his personal legend, he is trying to find his purpose in life. Therefore in the Alchemist, the most important thing is personal legend. Everything is based off Santiago’s personal legend, if he wouldn’t of became a shepherd the book wouldn’t be all about him following his personal legend and trying to figure out what his was. Santiago has to figure out a bunch of new things that lend his to his personal

He is robbed at the beginning of his journey and must work hard to earn back the money he lost. Then, he is able to travel into the desert, facing more peril along the way. This is where he meets the Alchemist, who tells him, “You must not let up, even after coming so far” (113). The wise man teaches him things unknown to most people. With his instruction, Santiago survives his travels in the desert, even while faced with war and threats of death.

The Alchemist by Paul Coelho is a novel where a young man, Santiago, goes on an adventurous journey to find his treasure he saw in a dream. He begins his expedition with a trip to meet with a gypsy to discuss his recurring dreams; she gives him the information to where the treasure exists. Along the quest, he meets several people that influence his trip giving him the answer that he has to find himself before he finds his riches. Two people in particular, the Englishman and the Alchemist support Santiago the most, helping him unearth the Language and Soul of the World. Santiago- tenacious, inquisitive, optimistic, tentative

Beginning with the question, how to understand the concept of ‘Identity’, the first thing we need to understand is that, at an individual level, the formation of identity involves a number of factors including the fact that how we see ourselves and how the world interprets us. When it comes to the formation of identity, we have to think in terms of such formation at the level of self and its implications at social level are ignored. If we look at Erving Goffman’s work on the question of formation of identity, he talks about identity in link with the self and the society. To him, identity relies on our own consciousness and on active presentation of self, along with the notion of thoughts about which we are not conscious, i.e. the unintentional

Identity can be a powerful tool by which we see and judge our environment. In many cases, we often remain unaware of how our identity, chosen by us or not, influence how we intersect with our environment, as well as how deeply we analyze it. It is important not only to assess our own identity and how it may change the way we see things, but also to extend our knowledge and perception to work and groups that share our identity and perspective, as well as oppose it, or simply look through a variety of different lenses to examine their environment. Only in this way can we truly decipher who we are, how we identify with the world around us, and how this identity is affecting the way we view things. Both of the chosen works addresses significant