1、TheAlchemistTheAlchemistisanovelbyPauloCoelhofirstpublishedintheyear1988.OriginallywritteninPortuguese(葡萄牙）byitsBrazilian-bornauthor,ithasbeentranslatedintoatleast67languages.A boy named Santiago used to be a shepherd（牧羊人）in hisliving countryside. He gets the same dream twice both ofwh
2、ichare about the treasureinEgypt.A gypsy（吉普赛）woman and an old man suggest him to findwhat the treasure is. The old one encouraged himif he wantssomething, the entire universe will conspire in helping himto achieve it.On the way to the treasure, Santiago meets twohelpful men. One is an
3、owner of a crystal store who hired the boyfor one year long. It’s an impressive plot that the merchant saysthe word “Maktub” to the boy which has a sense that the fate isalready written.The journey keeps going on after Santiago earns enough money.He then makes friends with an Englishma
4、n who joined acaravan at the same time.The man’s persistence of finding the truth of alchemy（点金术）and the passion of knowledge strongly encourage Santiago tocarry out his dream. When the Englishman tries hard to findwhere the alchemist is in a desert oasis（绿洲）, Santiagorealizes his true
5、 love there with a young woman called Fatima.It’s important to find what the Personal Legend（天命）is, butthe journey of finding seems to end here with this girl. However,girl asks the boy to see her as a part of his Personal Legendand continue to search forit. Andshe will wait for him.Th
6、en, the journey starts again but the danger anddifficulty are greater than before. Thanks to the help ofan alchemist in the oasis, Santiago finally ends up workto the Personal Legend and finds the treasure,notinEgyptbutinSpainwherehestartsfrom.Theoriginaldreammakesyougoahead.Thewayfull
