Theme and Analysis of The Alchemist
Theme - The main theme of this novel was that you should follow your personal legend to the fullest. Throughout his life the boy had been discouraged and could have given up on his dream. But, this would have caused a void in his life. This is sort of like the old man who owned the crystal shop, who would not take a pilgrimage because he would have nothing left to look forward to in his life. When the boy was leaving though, he did decide to take the pilgrimage and probably did not regret the fact that he had done something to prove his faith. The Boy faced many obstacles in his lifetime but stayed true to . . .
This book really gives them insight about their lives and that someone is worried about them and that there is something that they have to look forward to, like the crystal merchant. One thing that reminded me of another book that I read was In the Lake of the Woods, because both of the main characters were trying to run away from what had been in their lives to find something better. In the end he realized the legend and found what he thought to be true happiness. what the omens had told him and also what his personal legend had been. The thing that I liked about this book was that it was very straightforward and left nothing up to the imagination. If I were to rewrite this book I would change it by adding in a little more bad things that happen to the main character to show the real hardships that he had faced while chasing his personal legend. Analysis - The thing that particularly annoyed me about this book was the fact that was that the theme was ever changing. I would recommend this book to anyone who was undecided about what their life was meaning to them. If I would have had the opportunity to speak to the boy in the book I would have told him that he should have stayed on at the crystal shop because he had a good thing going and he could have made a lot of money and bought his own happiness and realized his personal legend in his own rite. Within the main theme there were many other small themes that helped to develop the main theme, but added to the confusion of the novel.
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