The Alchemist 牧羊少年奇幻之旅.ppt

The Alchemist The Alchemist is a novel by Paulo Coelho first published in the year 1988. Originally written in Portuguese(葡萄牙） by its Brazilian-born author, it has been translated into at least 67 languages. ?He?then?makes?friends?with?an?Englishman?who?joined?a? caravan?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?to carry?out?his?dream.?When?the?Englishman?tries?hard?to?find? where?the?alchemist?is?in?a?desert?oasis（绿洲）,?Santiago? realizes?his?true?love?there?with?a?young?woman?called?Fatima.? It’s?important?to?find?what?the?Personal?Legend（天命）?is,?but the?journey?of?finding?seems?to?end?here?with?this?girl.?However,? girl?asks?the?boy?to?see?her?as?a?part?of?his?Personal?Legend? and?continue?to?search?for it.?And she?will?wait?for?him.? Then,?the?journey?starts?again?but?the?danger?and? difficulty?are?greater?than?before.?Thanks?to?the?help?of? an?alchemist?in?the?oasis,?Santiago?finally?ends?up?work to?the?Personal?Legend?and?finds?the?treasure, not in Egypt but in Spain where he starts from. The original dream makes you go ahead. The way full of brambles makes you grow up. Having experienced the searching of dream ,look back to the way you go through, and you will find that what the most important is your original dream. The dream, or treasure, is not only your starting point, but also your destination. “There is one great truth on this planet: whoever you are, or whatever you do, when you really want something, it’s because that desire originated in the soul of the universe. It’s your mission on the earth… To realize one’s Personal Legend is a person’s only real obligation. All things are one. And when you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.” Unfortunately, like Santiago, we face many obstacles while pursuing our destinies and most of us give up the pursuit of our Personal Legend when faced with them. The obstacle may be