Plot details
Summary of story
How did the shepherd boy travel to Egypt looking for his treasure, and follows his personal legend.
Urge to do something.
What is a desire?
Main Character
Who is Santiago?
The place where the boy met the alchemist
Where is the middle of the desert?
"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?
Example of Rising Action from story.
What is deciding to go to Egypt, etc.?
Used for Travel
What is a Caravan?
The person main character falls in love with.
Who is Fatima?
The place where the Crystal Merchant wanted to go.
Where is Mecca?
"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?
Climax of the story.
Why did the boy's money get stolen?
Kill an animal for food.
What is the definition of slaughter?
Person that makes the main character give 10% of the treasure.
The Gypsy
The place where the boy's money got stolen.
Where is the Marketplace?
"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?
The end of the Alchemist
What is Treasure
Time of day between sunset and midnight.
When is dusk?
Santiago and Fatima in the end.
What is marriage?
The place where the boy meets the merchant's daughter.
Where is the Marketplace?
"It is written"
What is the message: It is destined to happen?
Alchemist plot at the market place.
Why did the boy's money gets stolen by a thief.
Definition of Maktub
What is it is written
2 people that convince the main character to go to Egypt?
Who is the old king and the gypsy
In detail, the place where the boy met Fatima.
Where is the wall in the middle of the desert?
What is the message: You should take things at your own pace?