Roman Paulo Coelho "Breed": a summary, testimonials and the best quotes

The novel of the popular Brazilian writer Paulo Coelho "Breed" continues the author's favorite "female" theme. As in most of his works, here he touches on the themes of religion, faith, the church, as well as magic and witchcraft. The whole idea of the novel revolves around finding yourself and your main goal. Of course, the book "Breed" Paulo Coelho is also about love. What about without it? However, this love is not only for the man, for his half, but for himself. As always, the writer urges the reader not to give up and go purposefully towards achieving his dream, his main goal. So, what is the novel of Paulo Coelho telling about?

Brida: a short summary

This beautiful novel tells of an exciting story of love and passion. There is a mystery and spiritual search in it, and magic plays on all the strings of the human heart. How did Paulo Coelho call his heroine? Brida is Irish. She is young, beautiful, beautiful. Her main aspiration is to know the world. But she chose the path of magic. She is still too inexperienced, but she was lucky. On her way, she met two people who changed her ideas about life. The first is a sage who teaches Breed to overcome fears. The second person is a woman who tells her how to move in the rhythm of the music hidden in the world. As a sage, so this woman - the mentors of Brida - feel that she is a gifted person, that she is special, unlike the others. However, Breed has to reveal her gift and continue her way on her own, without their participation.

Builder and gardener

So, the girl goes through life, looking for her fate. Meanwhile, Breed feels a lot of contradictions between the desire to change himself and the relationship with his environment. How does the author, Paulo Coelho, help the heroine in her search for herself? Brida finds an anonymous letter that tells her the laws of life. Everyone, he says, must make a choice, be a gardener or builder. The builder works for some time and then, completing his work, finds himself in captivity of his walls. And then, when the work of his life is completed, he loses its meaning. After all, he achieved what he had been following for a long time. And the one who grows a garden, is engaged in his business continuously. Sometimes he has difficulty with the harvest. After all, any storm, drought, hail, hurricane can damage the crop, but the gardener never stops and continues to take care of his garden. After all, his wards need his care, and he can not leave them unattended. Therefore, the life of a gardener is one great adventure.

The main idea of the book

Paulo Coelho's book "Breed" shows that every person is free to choose his own way and be either a "builder" or a "gardener". In the novel, the author also describes how you need to find your soul mate, and after you find - do not lose. For many single women this book can become a guide. It gives hope, helps to become single-minded. Much has been written between the lines, but he who sees it wants to see. And yet the main idea is to find yourself, your vocation. But all is nothing if you can not find your love.

"Breed" Paulo Coelho: quotes

As in all the books of the author, and in this there are many citations worthy of attention. One of the strongest is the saying about calling: "All people in their existence can have two positions: either build or grow." Two halves, two gardener, always recognize each other in the crowd, because they know that each plant participates in the development of the whole Earth.

Another quote is also very important: "Human life on Earth is a search for the second half, and it does not matter which person pretends whether he follows knowledge, money or power." Here is another quote, which is a continuation of the previous one: "Any goal achieved is incomplete, if a person on the way to her does not find his mate."

And the question, how among so many people to find out that this person is the half, follows the answer: "Only by risking, at the risk of disappointment, failing or losing illusions, you will know it. If only not to be disappointed so as to stop the search for love. In this case, the main thing is perseverance. "

Readers of the novel

Despite the fact that this book was published several years ago, it still receives many positive and negative reviews. But positive, perhaps, more. Let's look at how the readers evaluate Paulo Coelho's book "Breed". Many are grateful. Some women write that at the moment of loneliness and despair, the novel became an incentive, revived the desire to live and struggle, and most importantly, do not give up and seek your love, and also vocation in life. But this is wonderful! It is very important when you can get instructions from the book, and starting to follow them, to achieve what you want.

Negative feedback

Surely everyone will think what negative feedback can be about the book, whose plot is about love, about finding the meaning of life. Some readers believe that the author operates in his book quotes from the Bible, distorting some of the phrases, misinterpreting them. They believe that one can not mix mysticism, magic, and also the divine one in one heap.

There is also a third opinion. Some readers say that this book is primitive, that it is designed for low intellectual people, that this novel, like all other works of the author, is weak. Despite all these opinions, the book "Breed", like other works of Coelho, was a great success, especially among the fairer sex, who are particularly sentimental, and also need instructions for seeking happiness - their second half.