The Alchemist - Rudra

 

The Alchemist appeals very well to everyone who reads it because, I personally believe, we tend to correlate with the characters of a book, but it is not an appreciable piece of literary work.

The philosophy written in here is a poster that is stuck on every wall, but the way it is written, one of its kind.

So, what does this book offer to its readers?

It is a fictional story of a boy named Santiago, who leaves behind everything we would hold dear, and becomes a shepherd, then goes in search of treasure (one can interpret it in many ways). Ideas, and philosophies lay buried, it doesn’t bump in to the readers (satisfies the one who reads for fiction and the one who reads for motivation).

It is subtle, and still makes sense, why? Because everyone wants their dreams to come true. The novel is quite fascinating to me, because of the courage that Santiago displays. The book doesn’t deal with any difficult words, but of course has some dose of philosophy to it.

This book at the end will make us believe in our capability or at least that the universe will conspire to make our dreams happen, if we truly want. But this should also be noted that Santiago didn’t sit in his comfort zone, he pursued his dream, developed his capabilities, skills, crossed cultures and zones.

The book is quite engaging because, we do want to know if Santiago discovered the treasure or not. Paulo has analysed the human psychology, because it reflects both in his writing style and also in the decisions Santiago takes.

It’s not a re-read kind of book, so as Paulo says, enjoy the journey, and then reminisce.