RESTRICTED Copy No 1 of 1 copies Total pages 2 7 Feb 2014 BRIEF FOR DS BOOK REVIEW OF THE BOOK THE ALCHEMIST

BACKGROUND 1. For practical demonstration of written brief the UTOs are assigned the task of writing the book review of assigned book. 2. The book selected by the undersigned is The Alchemist. The Alchemist is a novel by Paulo Coelho first published in the year 1988. The Alchemist follows a young shepherd named Santiago in his journey to Egypt, after having a recurring dream of finding treasure there. 3. Santiago decides to travel to a Romani in a nearby town to discover its meaning. A gypsy woman tells him that there is a treasure in the Pyramids in Egypt. 4. Early into his journey, he meets an old king, Melchizedek, who tells him to sell his sheep to travel to Egypt and introduces the idea of a Personal Legend. Your Personal Legend is what you have always wanted to accomplish. He adds that "when you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it". This is the core theme of the book. 5. Along the way, he meets an Englishman and continues his travel with him. They traveled through The Sahara desert and during his journey, he meets a beautiful Arabian woman named Fatima, whom he falls in love with. He then asked Fatima to marry him, however she says she will only marry him after he finds his treasures. He was puzzled by this and he later learns that true love will not stop one's Personal Legend and if it does, it is not true love. 6. Santiago then encounters a lone alchemist who also teaches him about Personal Legends. He says that people want to find only the treasure of their Personal Legends but not the Personal Legend itself. 7. Line to Take. The book's main theme is about finding one's destiny. The writer says "when you really want something to happen, the whole universe conspires so that your wish comes true".

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RESTRICTED 8. Theme. Follow your dreams, treasure doesnt always have to be gold or money. CONCLUSION 9. One night, Santiago had a dream about finding treasure in the Pyramids of Egypt. He goes to Tangier to sell his sheep for enough money to travel to the Pyramids. On his way he trusts a thief who takes all his money then he works at a crystal merchants shop. Over there he sold more crystal the merchant ever sold before. After he earned enough money, Santiago meets the Alchemist by chance, and they get to talking. After leaving the crystal merchants, he bought a camel to ride to the Pyramids. Santiago had good intentions, and received his reward for that exact reason. Santiago was looking for a treasure, and found his treasure.

M.Hassan Lieutenant PN Group 5

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