Paulo Coelho "The Alchemist"

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Paulo Coelho The Alchemist Referee: Santiago, a boy living in Andalusia, leads a common life of travel through his trade of shepherding and entertains thoughts of marrying a merchant's daughter. One day he has a dream telling him to go to the Egyptian pyramids to searc his personal legend. it states that there are 4 obstacles in finding your personal legend: being told from childhood that what we want to do is impossible; Being afraid of hurting those around us by abandoning everything in order to pursue our dream; Fearing defeats we will meet on the journey and fearing the realization of the dream for which we have fought all our lives. . He consults a gypsy to interpret his dream, who simply tells him to go to the Pyramids to find the loot. the King of Salem, spontaneously appears to help motivate Santiago to search his Personal Legend. Santiago sells all of his possessions to go to Africa. When he arrives a thief steals all of his money. Santiago spends the next year working at a crystal merchant's shop learning both Arabic and developing the shop up to having so much money to move to egipt, then moves on. He meets an Englishman who says he is searching for an alchemist waiting at the Al-Fayoum oasis, they exchange ideas along the way. Once at the oasis, Santiago meets the love of his life, Fatima. After preventing an attack on the oasis by reading who desert says, he is sent to the alchemist, this one help him searching his personal legend and they start the long way to egipt. When they are captured by a desert tribe, they said that if Santiago turns himself into the wind in 3 days they will let him go. But, if he cannot they will kill both of them. After 3 days the boy finds out how to talk to his heart and the universe using the Language of the World. Which makes him able to turn into the wind and allows them to be free. After, the alchemist uses the
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