Abstract
This study examines how the technique of Psychonarration is used by Paolo Coelho in his novel \\\\\\\\"The Alchemist\\\\\\\\" to depict the thoughts of his characters. Psychonarration is but one way of characterization which is unique to fiction in which the narrator could have access to the minds of his characters and hence reveal his thoughts and feelings. With the different possibilities of thought presentation, writers of fiction are inviting the readers to share private information with the character whose mind is being depicted. This piece of information might not be exposed to other characters, especially if the character is sitting alone thinking loudly or being in a conflict with the other characters in the story. The study follows the model of Leech and Short (2007), and Black (2006) to analyze the mental representations of the characters.