Essence of “The Alchemist”

Yesterday I read novel named “The Alchemist” written by Brazilian author Paulo Coelho and the first copy was issued in 1988.
An representative novel, it follows a young Andalusian shepherd in his journey to the pyramids of Egypt, After having a dream of finding treasure there.
Into his journey he meets an old king named Melchizedek(the king of salem),Who tried to bought his sheep’s so as to travel to Egypt and he introduce the idea of personal legend. Your Personal Legend “is what you’ve invariably required to accomplish. Everyone, once they’re young, is tuned in to what their Personal Legend is.”
Early in his arrival to Africa a man who promised him to take the Santiago to the pyramids instead robs his money what he made by selling his sheep. Santiago then have a long path of working for crystal merchant so they can get enough money to continue his journey. With the skill of selling item he can get good amount of profit. After Saving enough money he started his journey again to the pyramids. When he reach an oasis, Santiago meets and falls in love with an Arabian girl named Fatima, to whom he proposes marriage. She promised to do so only after completing his journey. He learns that true love will not stop nor must one’s sacrifice to it one’s personal destiny, After reaching the pyramids when he begins to dig within sight of the pyramids, he robbed yet again but accidentally learns from the leader of the thieves that the treasure he sought all along was in the ruined church where he had his original dream.