LANGUAGE IN INDIA

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Coelho’s The Alchemist: The Pursuit of Happiness

Dr. Archana Kumari



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Abstract

The idea behind this paper is to understand the importance of happiness in the life of a person. Martin Seligman, a well-known psychologist designed the PERMA model with five core elements of psychological wellbeing and happiness. According to Seligman these five elements can help people reach a life of fulfillment, happiness and meaning. This model can also be applied to literature to understand happiness quotient of characters. Paulo Coelho’s The Alchemist, is one such example that tells the story about pursuit of happiness. Santiago, the protagonist of this novel goes beyond human caliber to chase his dreams, in other words we can say that in the pursuit of happiness he achieves the unachievable.

Keywords: Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist, happiness, PERMA model, journey, destiny.

The Alchemist is a spellbinding novel considered as masterpiece. It is a story of a shepherd boy named Santiago who pursues his drive for finding hidden treasures that he visualizes in his dream. He undertook adventurous journey to realize his dream, through this adventurous journey he comes across a wide variety of people and places, faces different sorts of hazards, explores the significance of love and most remarkably, discovers the true meaning of life on top of getting hold of the treasures he had been questing for. Happiness plays an important role in all the novels of Coelho. Almost all his protagonist is in the search of happiness. Happiness plays a guiding role in everyone’s life. However, what makes one happy? The answer to this question may vary person to person. Happiness is an emotion; it is a state of mind. Everyone is in the search of happiness. We all need something to be happy. It is the most essential driving force of life. Though, the path towards true happiness is not the easy one. Happiness demands consistent effort and sacrifice. It is important to mention here that meaning of happiness is unique to everyone. Some find happiness in power; some may find happiness in money and for some happiness lies in physical pleasure. Thus, here it becomes essential to understand what happiness actually stands for?


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Dr. Archana Kumari
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