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StoryShots Summary and Analysis of The Alchemist: A Fable About Following Your Dream by Paulo Coelho

Paulo Coelho's Perspective.

Paulo Coelho is a Brazilian writer who specializes in spiritually inspired novels. Coelho had a troubled childhood and rebelled against his Catholic parents' religion. Subsequently, they committed him to a psychiatric hospital on three occasions. Paulo used this hardship and his spiritual awakening, while on his 500-mile journey on Santiago de Compostela, as inspiration for his books. Before becoming a writer, Coelho engaged with multiple professions. For example, he has worked as a lawyer, songwriter, actor, journalist, and theater director. The Alchemist was initially a slow seller but has since become the most translated book by a living author. Coelho lets the world guide his writing. His ritual is to begin writing a novel when he sees a white feather in January of an odd year.

Part One, Section One - Dreaming is What Makes Life Interesting.

The main character in The Alchemist is a shepherd, Santiago. The story starts with Santiago pondering the nature of his work. Santiago is close to his animals. He calls each of them by name, his schedule revolves around them, and he has conversations with them. Recently, Santiago's conversations have been about a girl that he met a year ago. He met her at the town that is the next destination on his journey. Santiago hasn't stopped thinking about this girl all year. She is a merchant's daughter he met while delivering wool to a shop she was browsing. This shop owner bought it from Santiago and encouraged him to return one year later. Hence, Santiago was on the way back to the town where he first met this girl.

Santiago views his shepherding life as providing him with considerable freedom. He allows his sheep to lead the way, and eventually, he finds a new path. However, Santiago realizes this is not a real discovery. He had once dreamed of traveling the world. Santiago accepts that dreaming about what you don't have is what makes life interesting. This is why he has been dreaming for the last year about seeing this girl again.

0:0 Intro
0:31 About Paulo Coelho
1:30 Part I, Section I: Dreaming is What Makes Life Interesting
2:56 Part I, Section II: Achieve Your Personal Legend
4:43 Pursuing Your Dreams
6:45 Personal Legends Explained
7:24 Part II, Section I: Everything Happens For a Reason
9:05 Part II, Section II: Love Helps You To Hear the Soul of the World
10:08 Santiago's Vision Saves Him
11:19 Santiago Is Ambushed
12:29 Part Two, Section Three
16:26 Lessons to Learn From the Alchemist
19:47 Final StoryShots Summary and Review
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[educateindia]

I liked introduction of author, since it gives context to the story of the book.
Good job 👏

[piyush]

Great summary, need many such more summaries . Indeed The Alchemist is a very great book.