The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho

Significance
The Alchemist tells a story of a sheperd who: met a king, sold crystal, and discovered his personal legend. From humble begginings, Santiago was a simple shepard in Spain.He had sixty sheep and is only for days away from seeing the love of his life again. But a dream takes to egypt to find a treasure. Santiago is tested many times to see if he really wants the treasure.

Perspective
This book Is told from the perspective of Santiago. A traveling shepard who loves to see different places. He is a nobody and has nothing to look foward to other than meeting the woman he loves again.

Evidence
Santiago's devotion to finding the treasure has forced him to be very open and willing to go where the omens take him. Because of theis he has to be constantly watching for the omens in hopes that one will give him some answers.

Connection
In the book Santiago meets a very unlikely friend. The things that they are looking for are different in some ways, but very similar in others. No matter what your quest is, I say look for a friend in anyone and everyone because you never know if they can help you even if it is indirectly.

Supposition
This is an excellent story and Coelho knew exactaly how to tell it. It got my attention in the beggining and kept it right to the end of the epilouge. There are a few problems though like in all great masterpieces. I can't always tell what is going on in the background which I think would be important because it is almost constant travel. Also, there are a few character who apper in the book and go almost as quickly as they came.