In the second half, we follow the journey of the shepherd as he begins through the dessert to the pyramids, he finds love, friendship and most importantly he learns to speak the language of the world and completes his personal legend. If you like books that have large themes that require thinking, you will like this book. The author writes the book in 3rd person point of view, as he never uses I but rather “the boy.” It is very interesting

(Im around halfway through) In the alchemist a regular shepherd begins a journey to the pyramids from Spain to realize his personal legend. Along the way he is greeted by many misfortunes but manages to overcome them all in the name of fulfilling his own legacy. If you like books that are more abstract and have many different ideas, you‘ll like The Alchemist. A theme in this book is pursuing and reaching your goals, as demonstrated by the shepherd