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"The Alchemist"

#chapter three

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“The Prophet gave us the Koran, and left us just five obligations to satisfy during our lives. The most important is to believe only in the one true God. The others are to pray five times a day, fast during Ramadan, and be charitable to the poor.” This is what the crysal merchant said to Santiago because he just trust to beginner’s luck or the principle of favorability about his dreams. This part, the merchant remind to believe just in God, whatever your dreams just obey God’s rule, so that God will make easy your path to reach you dreams.

I still like Santiago character, he really has a strong will. Santiago also always makes every his plans into real action. In this chapter, he smart to seducer the crystal merchant to sell the tea use crystal glasses on the hill, he just want to make the store more expand than before. And the merchant never thought about this, because the merchant never be brave to expand his store. Yet, from Santiago, the merchant learn about this. “You have been a real blessing to me. Today, I understand something I didn't see before: every blessing ignored becomes a curse. I don't want anything else in life. But you are forcing me to look at wealth and at horizons I have never known. Now that I have seen them, and now that I see how immense my possibilities are, I'm going to feel worse than I did before you arrived. Because I know the things I should be able to accomplish, and I don't want to do so.”

I think in this part so many knowledge for me, because the next travel of Santiago, he met with new people. They have owned story about their life, about their survive from the obstacle of life. “The land was ruined, and I had to find some other way to earn a living. So now I'm a camel driver. But that disaster taught me to understand the word of Allah: people need not fear the unknown if they are capable of achieving what they need and want. "We are afraid of losing what we have, whether it's our life or our possessions and property. But this fear evaporates when we understand that our life stories and the history of the world were written by the same hand.” The camel driver taught me to be brave if we lose everything that we have, just yielding to God’s will.

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That’s all for my review for this time. I hope you more triggered to read this book. Thank you for visiting my blog, and see you in the next review about The Alchemist.

Book Review

"The Alchemist"

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#chapter two

Welcome back to my blog, as I promised in previous time, I’m gonna continue the review from chapter one to chapter two. Are you ready for it?

The previous story, Santiago should make decision to take offering from the old woman or not? The answer is no, why? Because Santiago thought that just would waste his time if he did what the old woman told him. And from that he would never again believe in dream. In the next day, Santiago meet with the old man when he read his book. Actually the old man is king of Salem, he also asked Santiago to give him one-tenth of Santiago’s sheep and the old man will tell to find the hidden treasure. I’m a little bit confused with this part, because why the king want one-tenth of sheep from an ordinary sheperd. He can buy the sheep more than that. Santiago won’t believe to the old man if the old man is the king of Salem, but there something makes Santiago suprised that the old man writes name of Santiago parent’s names and the the merchant’s daughter on the sand. The boy never told those names to everyone about it. It’s make Santiago trust who the old men is.

There are words that I like from the old man “At that point in their lives, everything is clear and everything is possible. They are not afraid to dream, and to yearn for everything they would like to see happen to them in their lives. But, as time passes, a mysterious force begins to convince them that it will be impossible for them to realize their destiny.” Once again this book hit me up and make me should believe in dream. It’s really aroused us to following what we trust for now.

After Santiago heard all of suggestions from the old man, he agreed to give one-tenth his flock to the old man. Then, the old man gives the boy two stone, the colours are white (no) and black (yes), it’s called Urim and Thummin. These stones will help the boy if he unable read the omens as long as he trip to find the treasure. After gave six of his sheep, the boy begin to find the treasure in the pyiramid of Egypts. In the trip, he meet with boy who the same age as him. Santiago tries to explain all of his story to find the treasure, because he remembers what the old man said before, every thing that comes to you is omens, so he asked to his friend how to achieve to the pyramid. They use two camels to Egypt.

Suddenly, Santiago lost his new friend when there an accident happen in Africa. He feel sorry to himself, he lost everything. Santiago cried at this time, he can’t do anything because he is too far from his family. He wept because God was unfair, and because this was the way God repaid those who believed in their dreams. Do you know, in past I always has thought like Santiago. When I can’t got what I want, I thought God was unfair, because I had done  everything when I need something, and also I always pray to God to make something that I want becomes true. Actually, the thoughts like that is not good for us, because God has better plan for us, what we tought something that we want good isn’t fullytrue. God really know everything that will be good for us as human.

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Santiago won’t let himself sink into worse things. He continues his trip to Egypt and also tries to feed him by some foods. The boy in the city of Ceuta, he find the store that allow him to work. Then, he found crystal store, and ask the crystal merchant to let the boy work in his store and at least he can get food from the crystal merchant. Although the crystal merchant don’t need him to clean the glass. It makes Santiago asking why the crystal merchant gives him some food. It because the crystal merchant remember the Koran requires to feed hungry person. This is the reason why I love the Koran is because it gives us many guidances to do good things for our life as human. Finally, the crystal merchant allow the boy to work in his store.

“And when you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it” 

Book Review

"The Alchemist" 

#chapter one

Helloooo..welcome back on my blog guys.. as I said in my previous blog that I will review about motivational book that is The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho. I start this review with chapter one. In this chapter, the book introduce the main character, who is he or she? Jeng..jeng..jeng. As the synopsis, he is Santiago. He is from Spain, and grow up from a simple farm simply family also he has a job as a shepherd. I really like Santiago character for now, because he is a typical boy who love read. He always trade his book that had he read to new thicker book, altough he just a sheperd.

He has a dream to becomes a world traveller, it because he always look that people from another country come to his village just for search of new things, he wants to see the castle in the towns where they live too by himself. Actually his parents had wanted him to become  a priest, and thereby a source of pride for his family, but he decided to travel the world. Oneday, his father gave him three ancient Spanish gold coins as his inheritance to buy a flock of sheep and use the coins to be able travel the world.

I really touched when the parents support their children’s ways. Never complain about what children choose, it makes children improved their skill as well. I wish every parents let their children walk on their path. Whatever the children’s desire just push them to be someone that can enjoy their life and useful for people around them. There are words that I really like from Santiago “It’s the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting”

Someday, Santiago visited the old woman house to asked to intepreted his dreams. He told all of his dreams to the old woman with aimed that he can learn about the dreams. Santiago’s dream is there child went on playing with his sheep for quite a while and the child took him by both hands and transported him to the Egyptian pyramids. The child said the last three words that if he come to Egyption pyramid, he will find a hidden treasure. Santiago asked the old woman about that dream, and the old woman surprised because she tought Santiago will get the treasure. So, the old woman asked Santiago to give her one-tenth treasure if he come to there and as exchange that she will tell Santiago the way to the Egyption pyramid.

Are you curious about the next story from The Alchemist? Will Santigao do what the old woman said? I will continue my review about this book in the next week, so keep support me for the next blog. See you..

Book Review

" The Alchemist"

Hello everyone welcome back to my blog.. at this moment I would like to share about motivational book. If you search in google with keywords “motivational book”, you will found out a book with title “Alchemist”.

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I think every blogger genuinly put Alchemist in the fisrt place as motivational book. As I read reviews from some bloggers, it’s such a great book, because Alchemist is easy to understand and make us fall into the storyline.
The author from The Alchemist is Paulo Coelho, this book has 163 pages (first English edition, hardcover), 208 pages (25th Anniversary Edition). He known as author that gives many inspiration by his novel.

Then, how about its storyline from Alchemist? I’ll tell you in the next blog. For now I give synopsis from this book. Here we go..
“This is the magical story of Santiago, a sheperd boy who travelling the world to seek the most wonderful treasures known to man. From his home in Spain, he journeys to the markets of Tangiers and, from there, into the Egyption desert, where a fateful encounter with the alchemist awaits him.” Coelho fascinating storytelling, with its mixture of spitiruality, magical realism and folklore, makes

The Alchemist a story that will delight any reader and inspire us all to follow
I don’t doubt it at all to suggest you to read The Alchemist, even I don’t read whole the book yet, because from the synopsis is really interesting to read. I hope my book review about The Alchemist will arouse you follow all of your dreams. See you in the next review from my blog..

Book Review

"Fastline UK, as fast as its storyline"

How’re ya fella? It’s been awhile that I didn’t post anything to my blog.. This time I’m going to share about review a book that I read. Actually I got this book from my friend, she kindly lend me her book (thank you sista). Before that, I give you description this book. Here we are..

1.      Title: Fastline UK

2.      Author: Jane Homeshaw

3.      Pages: 31 pages

4.      Synopsis:

Simon Parks sends electronic letters to his friends all over the world using his personal computer. One day he receives a message from someone who is not his friend-someone who wants to steal £20 million from banks all over the world. Suddenly Simon is in a race against time to stop a major international crime.

The book is quite interesting, because the story less long, so I’m still curious with continuation of the book. This book also made me read twice, because the end from this book was surprising me, so I decide to read every page carefully. I read repeatly as previous page in order that maybe there words that I passed it. Overall, the book is compatible for me, because the book using simple vocabulary, because I’m lack of  the vocabulary. If you want read English novel that use simple vocabulary, I suggest you without a doubt to read this book.

That’s all review from me about ‘Fastline UK’. I hope you enjoy my review..