The Night Circus Lesson Plan

Hector Bowen is happy to perform as Prospero the Enchanter, but the man in the grey suit doesn’t approve. Explain each man’s opinion. Do you think it’s a good or bad idea for Bowen to perform? Why or why not?

The man in the grey suit finds it to be frivolous. It seems as though disguising real magic as simple tricks and charging admission is very distasteful to him. The fact that Hector makes his work less precise so that it’s more believable also seems to strike the man in grey as cheap or unimpressive. But in Hector Bowen’s opinion, he can wow people with a magic show better than most magicians due to the fact that he actually possesses magical powers, and it would be a...