You ' re presuming too much and it ' s coming across as condescending . I read real literature . I don ' t consider The Alchemist great literature . And I ' m not alone in that . In literary circles , it ' s pretty widely considered to be a shallow book that tries to be more than it is and only impresses college sophomores with its simple and relatively trite message . I ' m not saying you shouldn ' t like it , I ' m just saying don ' t assume that the reason I don ' t like it is because I don ' t get it . I get it , it ' s just not that good . <| sep |> I also would like to recommend some of Zangief ' s USSR themes . d 8 bOYT 5 xdpsThere ' s more than this one . Choose the one you like . <| sep |> probably cannot even put a lock on the heater valve for safety reasonsi looked at a building once , the main furnace for the entire building was basically in someone ' s apartment , and i could see a problem like this arising tenant monkeying around with the heater , denying access for maintenance , etc .