The Night Circus Book Report

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When a person does not get important information, they hope for intimations, especially if they have to wait twenty years. In The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern, Celia and Marco are both surprised when they have to compete in a circus, and what surprises them more is that they are opponents. When the competition starts, Celia uses her magical powers in the guise of illusion, and Marco uses spells from his journals, so one of them can win the long waited competition. What I have read in the book so far allowed me to connect with Marco, question why the competition is in a circus, and evaluate why Hector is extremely strict towards Celia. Marco and I can profusely connect through one interest, art. The first way that we enjoy art …show more content…

Celia’s conflict is accidentally exposing her magic powers. When Hector found out Celia had actual magic powers, he told her to never show anyone besides him her powers. Then, Celia is being told to show off her magic as a guise of illusion to large amounts of people every night. Celia’s tricks are at the point where they should not obviously be real, and one of those tricks is turning her coat into a bird in mid air. The only way for tricks like that to work is for Celia to execute the performance perfectly because she could have a logical way to make people believe it is all an illusion. Marco also has a conflict, and it is not being able to go with the circus. He first brings up the problem when he says, “I don’t understand how we are meant to compete when the circus is going to travel, and I must stay in London” (Morgenstern 104). Marco then continues to explain that he has too many journals for him to be able to go with the circus. It is a bad idea for him, but he is going to eventually have to choose the most important journals to bring with if he wants to stay active in the competition. Since Celia has to keep showing her powers as an illusion, and Marco need to stay in London, they would need someone to have strict

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