Plot details
Vocab
Characters
Places
Message from dialogue
200

Summary of story

How did the shepherd boy travel to Egypt looking for his treasure, and follows his personal legend.

200

Urge to do something.

What is a desire?

200

Main  Character

Who is Santiago?

200

The place where the boy met the alchemist

Where is the middle of the desert?

200

"If what one finds is made of pure matter, it will never spoil"

What is the message: When you find the person true to you, your love will never run out?

400

Example of Rising Action from story.

What is deciding to go to Egypt, etc.?

400

Used for Travel

What is a Caravan?

400

The person main character falls in love with.

Who is Fatima?

400

The place where the Crystal Merchant wanted to go.

Where is Mecca?

400

"When I took my sheep through the fields, come of them might have died if we had come upon a snake, but that's the way life is with sheep and shepards"

What is the message: Sometimes you have to take risks to be successful?

600

Climax of the story.

Why did the boy's money get stolen?

600

Kill an animal for food.

What is the definition of slaughter?

600

Person that makes the main character give 10% of the treasure.

The Gypsy

600

The place where the boy's money got stolen.

Where is the Marketplace?

600

"Because I don't live in either my past or my future. I'm only interested in the present"

What is the message: You need to be in the moment to enjoy life?

800

The end of the Alchemist

What is Treasure

800

Time of day between sunset and midnight.

When is dusk?

800

Santiago and Fatima in the end.

What is marriage?

800

The place where the boy meets the merchant's daughter.

Where is the Marketplace?

800

"It is written"

What is the message: It is destined to happen?

1000

Alchemist plot at the market place.

Why did the boy's money gets stolen by a thief.

1000

Definition of Maktub

What is it is written

1000

2 people that convince the main character to go to Egypt?

Who is the old king and the gypsy

1000

In detail, the place where the boy met Fatima.

Where is the wall in the middle of the desert?

1000
"Eat when it is time to eat and move along when it is time to move along."

What is the message: You should take things at your own pace?