A speech about The Alchemist

1、Hello everyone ! Recently,we read The Old Man and the Sea written by Hemingway.The story of the old man Santiago must impressed you a lot.Today Im gonna introduce another novel to you.Its name is The Alchemist.Now lets start with this novel.The leading character in The Alchemist is also named Santia

2、go.But he is a little boy not an old man.At first,he was a shepherd boy lived in Spain.One day,he had a dream and that dream guide him to find treasure laid besides the pyramids in Egypt.On his way to the treasure,he known what is his destiny.He learned about the Language of the World.He went throug

3、h many difficulties and finally,he find his treasure.I just gave the brief introduction of the Alchemist.Now Im going to tell you some details of the story and compare it with The Old Man and the Sea.In The Old Man and the Sea,the old man Santiago didnt catch a fish for 84 days but he didnt stop.Hes

4、 aim is to catch a fish,thats his destiny and he never give up.Just as he said,”A man can be destroyed,but not defeated.”In The Alchemist,the shepherd boy Santiago is similar with the old man but there are also some differences between two Santiago.At first,the shepherd boy is too young to know ever

5、ything.Then,an old man who called himself “the King of Salem” encouraged him to set on his journey to find his treasure.The first day he arrived at Africa,he was tricked out of his money.He wanted to give up,but what the old King of Salem said came to him and he decided to work in the locality to ea

6、rn his traveling expenses.When he earned enough money,he got on his journey again.On his way across the desert,he met more troubles,and an alchemist guide him and help him a lot.In an oasis the boy fell in love with a girl.He wanted to stop his journey and give up on his destiny to live with the gir

7、l.But the alchemist told him,”You must understand love never keeps a man from pursuing his destiny.If he abandons that pursuit,its because it wasnt true love.the love that speaks the language of the world.”Think of all the things he had experienced,the boy decided to go on his journey and finally,he

8、 finds the treasure and gets back to the girl.The two Santiago are different.The old man is determined from the beginning while the shepherd boy keeps growing up on his way.They are also similar.They both pursue their destiny.The old man fights for the big fish to the end and the shepherd boy never stops until he finds his treasure.Both of the stories tell us we should keep fighting for our dream,for our destiny and never give up.I want to end my speech with the words said by the king of Salem,”When you want something,all the universe conspires in helpin