The closer he got to therealization of his dream, the more difficult things became. When his vision returned to normal,the boy was able to read what the old man had written in the sand.There, in the sand of the plaza of that small city, the boy read the names ofhis father and his mother and the name of the seminary he had attended.He read the name of the merchant's daughter, which he hadn't even known,and he read things he had never told anyone. Swear that you will give me one-tenth of your treasurein exchange for what I am going to tell you.\"The shepherd swore that he would. Yet the boy felt that there wasanother way to regard his situation: he was actually two hours closer to histreasure the fact that the two hours had stretched into an entire yeardidn't matter.I know why I want to get back to my flock, he thought. Combining magic, mysticism, wisdom and wonder into an inspiring tale of self-discovery, The Alchemist has become a modern classic, selling millions of copies around the world and transforming the lives of countless readers across generations. They spoke about mercury, salt, dragons, andkings, and he didn't understand any of it. They called that discoverythe Master Workit was part liquid and part solid.\"Can't you just observe men and omens in order to understand thelanguage?\" the boy asked.\"You have a mania for simplifying everything,\" answered the Englishman,irritated. As he was leaving, he saw, in the corner of the room, his oldshepherd's pouch. But I had to insist on the payment of sixsheep because I helped you to make your decision.\"The boy put the stones in his pouch. pdf INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLING PHENOMENON, 2012 Brahim EL FEZZAZI Paulo Coelho Full PDF Package This Paper A short summary of this paper 1 Full PDF related to this paper Download Download Full PDF Package Translate PDF Paulo Coelho - The Alchemist Page 7 / 94makes a shepherd's life exciting.\"I have had the same dream twice,\" he said. Paulo Coelho - The Alchemist Page 14 / 94\"Treasure is uncovered by the force of flowing water, and it is buried by thesame currents,\" said the old man. He saw the gardens, the mountains all around him, the beauty of theflowers, and the taste with which everything had been selected. I have been told that beauty is the great seducer ofmen.\"The merchant didn't respond, but that afternoon, after saying his prayersand closing the shop, he invited the boy to sit with him and share hishookah, that strange pipe used by the Arabs.\"What is it you're looking for?\" asked the old merchant.\"I've already told you. (PDF) The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho. Some of them were richpilgrims, traveling in caravans with servants and camels, but most of thepeople making the pilgrimage were poorer than I.\"All who went there were happy at having done so. He had been in the same place for thirty years: a shop atthe top of a hilly street where few customers passed. But ever since he had been a child, he had wantedto know the world, and this was much more important to him than knowingGod and learning about man's sins. Paulo Coelho - The Alchemist Page 19 / 94again after having charged him his one-tenth fee. But you know that I'm not going to go to Mecca. Paulo Coelho - The Alchemist Page 16 / 94levanter was still getting stronger, and he felt its force on his face. Neighbors movedaway, and there remained only a few small shops on the hill. I hate this tea.\"\"There is no wine in this country,\" the young man said. They filled threesacks. Paulo Coelho - The Alchemist Page 29 / 94\"I want to get back to my sheep faster. The miner was about to give it all up, right atthe point when, if he were to examine just one more stonejust one morehe would find his emerald. All they think about is food and water.Maybe we're all that way, the boy mused. He had never beento that ruined church before, in spite of having traveled through those partsmany times. There areother things I do, too, but most of the time people don't realize I've donethem.\"The old man related that, the week before, he had been forced to appearbefore a miner, and had taken the form of a stone. He never realized thatpeople are capable, at any time in their lives, of doing what they dream of.\"\"He should have decided to become a shepherd,\" the boy said. \"I dreamed that I was in a fieldwith my sheep, when a child appeared and began to play with the animals. The boy knew what he was about to describe,though: the mysterious chain that links one thing to another, the same chainthat had caused him to become a shepherd, that had caused his recurringdream, that had brought him to a city near Africa, to find a king, and to berobbed in order to meet a crystal merchant, andThe closer one gets to realizing his destiny, the more that destiny becomeshis true reason for being, thought the boy.The caravan moved toward the east. "Sooo much more helpful than SparkNotes. He remembered what the old man had said about offering somethingyou didn't even have yet.\"I'd like you to take me there if you can. In half an hour, he had cleaned all the glasses in the window, and,as he was doing so, two customers had entered the shop and bought somecrystal.When he had completed the cleaning, he asked the man for something toeat. He had fallen asleep in themiddle of the marketplace, and life in the plaza was about to resume.Looking around, he sought his sheep, and then realized that he was in anew world. Ashe did so, both of them pushed through a hole in the pouch and fell to theground. He had had the same dreamthat night as a week ago, and once again he had awakened before it ended.He arose and, taking up his crook, began to awaken the sheep that stillslept. *\"That's strange,\" said the boy, as he tried once again to read the burial It'scalled the principle of favorability. At the beginning of the novel, the protagonist Santiago is launched on a quest for his treasurehis Personal Legendthrough his encounter . And you are at the pointwhere you're about to give it all up.\"\"And that's when you always appear on the scene?\"\"Not always in this way, but I always appear in one form or another.Sometimes I appear in the form of a solution, or a good idea. There had been a time when many people knew ofhis shop: Arab merchants, French and English geologists, German soldierswho were always well-heeled. Just as I hadn't realized that for so many years Ihad been speaking a language without words to my sheep.\"Do you want to go to work for me?\" the merchant asked.\"I can work for the rest of today,\" the boy answered. The drivers carried thefreight themselves over such treacherous footing, and then reloaded thecamels. The boyprodded them, one by one, with his crook, calling each by name. It was also saidthat they had a pact with the devil, and that they kidnapped children and,taking them away to their mysterious camps, made them their slaves. \"Ineed you to help me find out where the alchemist lives.\"First, they tried to find him on their own. Theomens had told him so. *A card hanging in the doorway announced that several languages werespoken in the shop. When youare unable to read the omens, they will help you to do so. 70,081 free ebooks. When someone makes a decision, he is really diving into a strongcurrent that will carry him to places he had never dreamed of when he firstmade the decision.When I decided to seek out my treasure, I never imagined that I'd wind upworking in a crystal shop, he thought. But, finally, he agreed that the boy,who spoke better Arabic than he, should do so. \"Maybe no one herehas, either.\"The Englishman's eyes lit up. Hethought that, with some patience, he'd be able to transform everything intogold. He had seen kingsand beggars walking the desert sands. When thecaravan was blocked by a boulder, it had to go around it; if there was alarge rocky area, they had to make a major detour. Uponreturning to the wise man, he related in detail everything he had seen.\" 'But where are the drops of oil I entrusted to you?' But this fear evaporates when we understandthat our life stories and the history of the world were written by the samehand.\"Sometimes, their caravan met with another. Maybe that'swhy they always stay close to me.The only things that concerned the sheep were food and water. Paulo Coelho - The Alchemist Page 18 / 94\"The boy began climbing and descending the many stairways of the palace,keeping his eyes fixed on the spoon. If we serve tea in crystal, the shop is going to expand. *The men climbed the hill, and they were tired when they reached the top.But there they saw a crystal shop that offered refreshing mint tea. Download Free PDF. I know its dimensions andhow it behaves. \"How many sheep do youhave?\"\"Enough,\" said the boy. "It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting.". Maybe she didn't even remember him. In just a few hours he had seen menwalking hand in hand, women with their faces covered, and priests thatclimbed to the tops of towers and chantedas everyone about him went totheir knees and placed their foreheads on the ground.\"A practice of infidels,\" he said to himself. Arabs oftenappeared in the city, shopping and chanting their strange prayers severaltimes a day.\"Where are you from?\" the boy asked.\"From many places.\"\"No one can be from many places,\" the boy said. He took out his money and counted it.\"We could get to the Pyramids by tomorrow,\" said the other, taking themoney. \"I promised that I would make my own decisions,\" he said tohimself.But the stones had told him that the old man was still with him, and thatmade him feel more confident. He was going to miss the place and all thegood things he had learned. The book was written inSpanish. Before long, maybe in just a few days, hewould be at the Pyramids. They reached the center of a largeplaza where the market was held. He wasfeeling sorry for himself, and lamenting the fact that his life could havechanged so suddenly and so drastically.He was so ashamed that he wanted to cry. In the crowd were women,children, and a number of men with swords at their belts and rifles slung ontheir shoulders. The old woman asked him to swearagain while looking at the image of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.\"It's a dream in the language of the world,\" she said. I just want to dream aboutMecca. The years of research, the magicsymbols, the strange words and the laboratory equipment none of thishad made an impression on the boy. The Alchemist Quotes Showing 1-30 of 2,288. He had already imagined the scene manytimes; every time, the girl became fascinated when he explained that thesheep had to be sheared from back to front. I need to know whether you have enough.\"The boy thought it a strange question. The day was hot, and the wine wasrefreshing. Ashe walked past the city's castle, he interrupted his return, and climbed thestone ramp that led to the top of the wall. Please enter a valid web address. These are good omens.\" And theodor of the animals became a bit more tolerable.A young Arab, also loaded down with baggage, entered, and greeted theEnglishman.\"Where are you bound?\" asked the young Arab.\"I'm going into the desert,\" the man answered, turning back to his reading.He didn't want any conversation at this point. \"It describes people's inability to choose theirown destinies. Paulo Coelho - The Alchemist Page 2 / 94I wanted to sleep a little longer, he thought. When he had gone only a short distance, he realized that, whilethey were erecting the stall, one of them had spoken Arabic and the otherSpanish.And they had understood each other perfectly well.There must be a language that doesn't depend on words, the boy thought.I've already had that experience with my sheep, and now it's happening withpeople. He had to choose between something he hadbecome accustomed to and something he wanted to have. "And, when you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.". If he did, it waspossible that the Arab would want a part of it as payment for taking himthere. Paulo Coelho - The Alchemist Page 50 / 94here at the oasis.\"The woman said she had never heard of such a person, and hurried away.But before she fled, she advised the boy that he had better not try toconverse with women who were dressed in black, because they weremarried women. His heart squeezed, as if his chest had suddenlycompressed it. If hepushed forward impulsively, he would fail to see the signs and omens leftby God along his path.God placed them along my path. The new arrival was a youngman in Western dress, but the color of his skin suggested he was from thiscity. Santiago is a humble shepherd whose desires are . The boy knew a lot of people in the city. The thief wasn't there, and theowner brought him a cup of tea.I can always go back to being a shepherd, the boy thought. You can publish your book online for free in a few minutes! He was about the same age and height as the boy.\"Almost everyone here speaks Spanish. That's why I feel that I deserve a part ofwhat you find.\"And this is my interpretation: you must go to the Pyramids in Egypt. \"The oases may notshelter armies or troops.\"To the boy's surprise, the Englishman took a chrome-plated revolver out ofhis bag and gave it to the men who were collecting the arms.\"Why a revolver?\" he asked. Yes, the old man hadknown what he was talking about: during the time the boy had spent in the In return, I needmoney to get to Egypt tomorrow.\"The merchant laughed. '\"Relieved, the boy picked up the spoon and returned to his exploration ofthe palace, this time observing all of the works of art on the ceilings and thewalls. *\"I'm the king of Salem,\" the old man had said.\"Why would a king be talking with a shepherd?\" the boy asked, awed andembarrassed.\"For several reasons. Africa was only a few hoursfrom Tarifa; one had only to cross the narrow straits by boat. "I'm like everyone else-I see the world in terms of what I would like to see happen, not what actually does.". They tell their incredible stories at the time when you want to hearthem. The boy saw a man appear behind the counter. Itwas something that I thought could happen only to others, never to me. The boy was tempted to be rude, and move to another bench, buthis father had taught him to be respectful of the elderly. Each was swearing quietly to his orher own God. So he held out thebook to the manfor two reasons: first, that he, himself, wasn't sure how topronounce the title; and second, that if the old man didn't know how toread, he would probably feel ashamed and decide of his own accord tochange benches.\"Hmm\" said the old man, looking at all sides of the book, as if it weresome strange object. Today, I understand something I didn't see before:every blessing ignored becomes a curse. He almostbegan to tell about his treasure, but decided not to do so. The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho Upgrade to A + Intro Plot Summary Summary & Analysis Themes Quotes Characters Symbols Theme Wheel Teachers and parents! Other shops were opened that served tea in crystal, but they weren't atthe top of a hill, and they had little business.Eventually, the merchant had to hire two more employees. Once obstacles were overcome, it returned to its course, sighting ona star that indicated the location of the oasis. About; . 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