ned allabout the masterwork and the many things that he needed to do in order tobecome a true alchemist. He began to have a dream about a group of rebelsattacking the oasis because they thought that the travelers would be taking uparms against them. The boy went to the men who were in charge of the oasisand told them of the impending doom that was coming onto the oasis. Theydidn't believe that this dream was an omen but they gave him one shot. Therebels did attack and they were able to fend off all of the assailants. The boywas hailed as a hero and he went off into the desert to seek his personallegend. Here he was forced to make a decision about whether or not to leavebehind the woman that he met and decided to marry. He said that he wouldreturn later and he did. This was after he found out about the treasure heyearned for. He finally figured out that his treasure was in the sycamore treethat was growing out of the middle of an old church. He returned to hishomeland and had his treasure intact and was able to live happily ever after. The shepard was able to live happily ever after because of theexperiences that shaped his life. He went through many things on his trip anddiscovered that his life was his treasure. The beauty of the world was hispersonal legend not some chest of gold. These events changed his out look onlife into a loving respecting one from the normal greedy and intolerble one.This man started out to find all of the treasure that this world had, but endedup finding only the treasure he had inside. He went from being a dreamer to ahumbled being only capable of loving life for what it was. He was no longerintrested in being the wealthiest man; he was only intrested in being himself.In this way he was the richest man and the happiest as well.This book showed many of the values we as humans place uponmaterialistic objects. I believe that instead of placing value on that of gold,we should place value on that of life, love an...
