“A dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment is that he sees the dawn before the rest of the world” − Oscar Wilde The words of Oscar Wilde illustrate that a The dreamer sees the world in a softened light, rather than in the bright, blinding light of the sun, but at the same time, the dreamer is blinded from what actually lies in front him and is punished when confronted with the harshness of reality. In The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern, two illusionists have started a competition to prove whose teaching tactic is better between them. However, they do not compete with each other, but select representatives who compete for them. For the illusionist who calls himself Prospero the Enchanter, it is his daughter Celia, who has a natural talent for magic. For the one who calls himself Alexander, he is an orphan who ends up being named Marco Alisdair. By binding the two chosen competitors to each other via enchanted rings, Prospero and Alexander ensure that eventually, their two charges will meet and compete to prove the superiority of their master's teaching skills. Add information about Bailey Prospero and Alexander are too caught up in the challenge and thus lose sight of reality. Bailey is determined to join the circus, forgetting his family behind him. Add information about dreams The obsession that comes with a big dream also exists in other literary works such as The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald and Into the Wild written by Jon Krakauer. The main characters of these novels, Jay Gatz and Christopher McCandless respectively, have delusions that inevitably lead to their demise. Erin Morgenstern's The Night Circus is a testament to the idea that dreams or like...... middle of paper ......g methods, but it was this dream that caused them to lose people that were dear to them, creating a darkness and an empty hole in their hearts. Hector and Alexander are just fictional examples of individuals who get too caught up in an imaginary goal and forget about the people around them. Since the 1920s, the American Dream has been an ideal that everyone strives to achieve. The Great Gatsby is based on the idea of ​​the American dream and the demise of those who try to capture its false goals. For Jay Gatz, the dream is that through wealth and power one can achieve happiness. Jay devotes most of his adult life to achieving this unattainable dream by ending and creating relationships and conjuring up a web of lies to make him appear wealthy and well-rounded. Works Cited Fitzgerald, F. Scott. The Great Gatsby. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1925. Print