Obituary Response

I honestly chose the Ali Bongo obituary quite randomly from the list of available on the website, but he was one of the few people I didn’t recognize and I also thought his name was interesting. I thought it was interesting how the economist chose to write an obituary on someone as simple as an ordinary magician. I’m not very familiar with the obituary section of the economist, so to me I liked how ordinary William Wallace was indeed. I enjoyed reading how he had a character on stage that was lively, amusing to kids, and basically spectacular in the numerous ways a magician should be. But off stage, he was a simple shy old man with glasses and a gray suit. He did most of his magic off stage with his innovative inventions of great magic tricks. I enjoyed reading how his first contact with magic was when he was 3 and has been in love with magic every since. I thought it was a bit peculiar for someone to have a career in something as silly as magic. But I realize now that whether real or pure fiction, he still loved his job and that’s really what I find interesting the most, the fact that he did his job, not for fame, but out of the pure love of entertaining others. I also just thought that was awesome that he spent possibly 76 years of his life before his passing loving magic, his job and for that I think he is a great role model.