A Book Report: The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho Author Biography - Paulo Coelho was born in Rio de Janiero in 1947 and before his career as a best-selling author , was a playwright, theater director, hippie and famous singer-songwriter for some of Brazil's leading pop artists. In 1986 he made a pilgrimage along the Camino de Santiago and this will be the center of the plot of the book, The Pilgrimage, which was published in 1987. His second book was entitled The Alchemist and was published in 1988. This book went to number one in 29 countries and Coelho was considered the most read contemporary writer. The Alchemist was one of the ten international best sellers of 1998. His work has been published in more than 100 countries and is translated into 42 different languages. He has received numerous prestigious awards from many different countries. Today he lives in South America with his family. Main Characters - The Shepherd - This was the boy through whose eyes the story was told. He followed his personal legend to the fullest and never gave up his dream. He traveled all over the country and managed to realize the treasure he had been so close to at the beginning of the novel. The King - It was he who gave the shepherd the two stones that supposedly would help him whenever he had difficulty deciding what to do. He made the boy give him ten percent of his flock, because you should never promise something you don't have. The English - This was the man the boy met on his journey to the pyramids. It was he who transformed the boy into the idea of ​​an alchemist and a masterpiece. Before this he had never known about the alchemist and the great things he could do in the world. The… middle of paper… to the main character to show the true hardships he faced while chasing his personal legend. If I had the opportunity to talk to the guy in the book, I would have told him that he should stay at the crystal shop because he had a good business and could make a lot of money and buy his own. happiness and realized his personal legend in his own ritual. One thing that reminded me of another book I read was In the Lake of the Woods, because both of the main characters were trying to escape from what had been in their lives to find something better. I would recommend this book to anyone who was unsure about what life meant to them. This book really gives them an insight into their life and that someone is worried about them and that there is something to look forward to, like the crystal merchant.