The book starts with a boy named Santiago, an Andalusian
shepherd boy who dreams of travelling the world in search of treasure as
extravagant as any ever found. The story focuses on all the spiritual and
motivating messages be receives on his path from the elder people. This way, be
keeps proceeding towards the treasure. This book is spiritual in which in the
end, Santiago comes to know what is the real treasure of our lie and how it is
achieved.
"Everyone seems to have a clear idea of how other
people should lead their lives, but none about his or her own." (pg 28)
Santiago is a shepherd who journey everywhere with his
sheep. One day he had a dream bout treasures in the pyramids in the desert. So
he sell his sheep and journey to the desert. Upon his journey, he was robbed so
he worked under a crystal merchant. After saving an amount of money, he joins a
caravan which will travel across the Sahara desert. In the journey, he met an
Englishman who wants to be an Alchemist. The caravan stops on an oasis because
there is tribal war further beyond the desert. There, he met Fatima, the girl he loved. In the oasis, be
almost met the 200 years old alchemist. Then when they told that it is safe to
travel, they go along their journey to the pyramids. But they were captured by
the tribesmen. To be fled by the enemy,
Santiago proved that he was powerful by morphing into wind. After their escape,
they go separate ways. Santiago go on to the pyramids. There be finds nothing.
He met someone who dreamed about a treasure in a ruined church. Then Santiago
realised that his treasure is in Spain. So he went back and found his treasure.
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