The Magic Show By Tim O Brien Summary

In ‘‘The Magic Show,'' by Tim O'Brien he breaks down a comparison of writing to magic. Early on in O'Brien's life he discovered that he liked performing magic he felt as if he was making miracles happen. When performing magic the outcome is based on an illusion creating a misleading appearance, forming something into a newly impression of reality. In magic the audience should always be wondering how the trick will end and how the magician performed the trick just as with writing an essay you lead readers on so that they wonder what will happen next, trying to figure out how it will end, and still at the end leaving the reader to ponder the reading. One event leads to another to create a plot. Reader’s curiosity basically leads to the questions