“The Alchemist” written by Paulo Coelho focuses on a boy's journey through life which originally began as an unfinished dream, this led to the boy, a shepherd named Santiago on his journey, although the beginning of the book never really drew a parallel to the book's title. He only focused on Santiago's journey with his sheep. Later in the story the reason for the title "The Alchemist" is revealed, because for all intents and purposes it introduced one of the most important characters in the book... the Alchemist. In addition to the title Paulo Coelho used various gimmicks to help give up the role of the boy. personal legend. And the most important tool he used is the dream, the dream inside an abandoned church where a gigantic sycamore tree grew inside, with this dream the boy has an epiphany: “I had the same dream twice; I was in a field with my sheep when a little boy appeared and started playing with the animals. I don't like people doing this, because sheep are afraid of strangers. But the children always seem to be able to play without getting scared. The boy continued to play with my sheep for quite a while and suddenly he took both my hands and transported me to the Egyptian pyramids. Then the little girl said to me: 'if you come here you will find a treasure' and just as she was about to show me the exact place I woke up both times." This quote is a clue to what the legend of the boy's dream will entail. The elements fundamentals of a great book are the setting. The variety of settings is not limited to us specifically when we have no idea what the cities are in which countries they are: Andalusia, Tarifa, Al-Fayoum and Tangier, but the clues mentioned in the book by the author as the languages ​​spoken in a certain sense g...... middle of paper...... many of them were not persevering in making their own legends, and rather simply did what was easy to do. Above all he is the leader of Santiago's attackers in the pyramids, because he dreamed of the same thing as Santiago, but he never had the willpower to realize his dream thinking that it was stupidity. All of them conspired to help Santiago to realize and transform his dream into reality and be able to realize his own Personal Legend. To conclude, “The Alchemist” by Paulo Coelho was a truly amazing and straightforward novel, worth reading and having a great impact on appreciative and effective readers who are willing to take the time to read. It is very attractive to almost everyone who reads it and guides readers to achieve their own personal legends and pushes almost everyone to follow their dreams and be persistent in achieving their goals..