I like The Alchemist so far. It isn't the book with the most attention grabbing introduction, but it is kind of intriguing. It's not that hard to get into, but I'm still wondering why it's called The Alchemist.
I'm not sure what the most dominant literary element in my book is because it has mostly just been talking and explaining about how he came to be a shepard.
So far, the only literary element has been "scared to death." and such. So that isn't that much of a literary element since it's just a maxim, but this book is about this kid's journey as a shepard, so there might not be many literary elements in it.
The tone is kind of somber because he talks about how his father wanted him to be a priest, but he ended up wanting to travel around and see new places, and the only way to travel that his family could afford to fund was being a traveling shepard.