UNIVERSITY CONNECT::THE ALCHEMIST,BY PAUL COELHO

The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho. A very interesting story about goals and following your dream that teaches more lessons than you may at first think.

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The other day I read “The Alchemist” and just fell in love with it.

I had tried to read it twice before and each time couldn’t make it past few pages. Somehow found it boring. But when I started reading it for the 3rd time, I got so much engrossed that I forgot my world and drowned myself in the world of Santiago, the protagonist.

At the outset, “The Alchemist” is a simple story of an ordinary boy with extra-ordinary dreams. At its core, it is the story about the never ending battle between the mind and the heart. It is the story of you, me and every other person and how our destinies get shaped, not by the unforeseen situations that occur in the path of our dreams but rather by how we react to those.

The book begins with a captivating prologue about Narcissus. All of us know the mythical story of Narcissus and his extreme fascination for his own beauty but in this, the author gives a novel twist to the age-old story that leaves ones reflecting.

The best part of the book is the innate simple and lucid style in which it is written. You’d never need to refer to the dictionary save for a word or two. The book takes us on the journey of a shepherd and his dreams but through the Shepherd, you can find your heart talking to you (your mind/conscious). You could think of the innumerable occasions wherein you didn’t heed to your heart (omens) and how you could’ve avoided some circumstances had you only listened to your heart.