Written by: Sayam Adhikari - 27011, Grade VII
Posted on: 02 March, 2022
I read a book which was recommended by many “The Alchemist ''. And since my sister has that book I had decided to read it. I usually like to read in my bed so I get in there. It might take all night but here goes. (Also I read this book months ago so I really cannot remember most things)
Reading this book was simple, its story was simple but it's not the story that it's fascinating about. It's the morals and the sentences that make your mind rethink twice. It's a story about a shepherd boy who is in his early 20s. He met a gyspy and an old king who informed him about his destiny in Egypt where the treasures lie. He goes to Egypt but is robbed by someone he just met and trusted. He works in a crystal shop bringing luck he sets out on his journey but is thinking was it the correct decision? He goes by camels. There he meets “an alchemist” who is definitely not the alchemist the title refers to who is seeking the actual alchemist which the title refers to.
The boy stays at a village because of the dangers of being outside by war. He befriends the alchemist and helps him to find the actual alchemist. He also meets a girl he loves and seeks to be with her forever, forgetting the treasure but with him meeting the alchemist the book refers to and some talk with him he sets out on another journey with the alchemist. The boy learns the language of the world and is a person who can turn into wind and so on with his adventures until finally finds his treasure and returns to his lover.
