The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
What makes a literary work attain excellence and what factors define its success, might never meet its fair answer. Is it to make a great sale, to make one feel, or to reignite passion; humans as the sole consumers of literary works never fully agree on a certain set of standards. Despite its uncertainty, there are a few books that are considered good books, great even, and one of them is The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho. The Alchemist tells a story about a young boy named Santiago searching for his ‘Personal Legend.’ Santiago was a boy who chose to be a shepherd because of his desire to travel, refusing to be a priest like his parents planned him to be. With time, his knowledge of sheep increased and he ended up with relatively large flocks. Although he favored having no tie to any place, one day he met a young girl who almost made him forget this enjoyment. That was when the King of Salem appeared and reminded him of his ‘Personal Legend.’ “It (Personal Legend) is what you h...