The Alchemist

Paulo Coelho's "The Alchemist" is a novel about a shepards journey to achieve his personal legend. The shepard was a boy by the name of Santiago.Along his way he meets a king and the king tells him about his personal legend and how to succeed in achieving it. Santiago goes to the desert because his treasure is waiting for him at the pyramids. On his journey he meets a girl name Fatima and he falls in love with her. He tells her that he needs to achieve his personal legend but tells her that he wants to marry her. She agrees and tells him she will wait. Santiago meets the alchemist along the way and the alchemist teaches him how to communicate with nature in order turn himself into the wind and how to be a true alchemist. Santiago becomes a great alchemist and communicates with the wind, sun, the desert,and with god in order to find his treasure. He eventually finds his treasure in the church where it all began and is now going to go back to the desert to marry Fatima. This book is pretty good.I liked the story because he eventually gets his treasure and it was gold and not just his knowledge of becoming an alchemist so he got the best of both. I would recommend it to people that actually enjoy reading. I don't even like reading and i think the book is a pretty good read so I would recommend it.