The Novel of Spiritual Education

In Erin Morgenstern’s Night Circus Moregenstern's  creates a fantasy world
into a novel with romance woven throughout it. It is a nonlinear narrative with
a story that jumps back and forth between time periods, characters, and places.
One character lives in Massachusetts, which is where Morgenstern grew up and
still lives. Some would infer that these characters and the novel itself is about
experiences from his life.

The story comes with many literary themes such as magic, love and rivalry.
The theme of magic occupies a leading position in the story. Although the biggest
part of

it is dedicated to a competition between Celia and Marco, it also depicts people’s

attitude to magic and mysteries. The most interesting thing is that almost all
human beings are equally fascinated by it and scared of it. Rather than believe
in magic is the element of “ people see what they wish to see ”. Mostly people
are so terrified of a mere idea that there is something in the world that could never
be explained logically that they see “ what they are told they see ”. It is no wonder
that people behave like that; all in all, mankind has always had a difficult relationship
with magic and witchcraft. At the same time, a life without magic is too predictable
and the majority of people don’t mind to enjoy it from time to time. That is the reason
why people still buy tickets to a circus and use cards to read the future. Whereas ones

argue over love’s role, both Marco and Celia knows that it is the most valuable
thing in their lives. It doesn’t only help them to feel alive but helps them to solve a
problem which used to be insoluble. The story depicts different kinds of love which
are for friends, for work, and for competitions.