Have you ever felt so passionate about something you do but are often told it's unrealistic or crazy so you begin to doubt yourself. A Son of a Circus is a good book for people who sometimes believe that what they do in life is not important or too unrealistic and are often told that their work will not change anything. This book is for people who believe so hard in their life work and are very passionate about it and even though they doubted by many, they proceed and ignore the skepticism.
The world is full of unbelievable, crazy and unrealistic jobs with all different people filling up those jobs.Dr. Daruwalla has a very unpredictable life that causes many different reactions to him. “No one could have fathomed what a life he’d led, for it was chiefly a life lived in his mind.” This shows a personal thought of the doctor, thinking no one could ever imagine the unusual life he has lead. He feels that the life he has is one anyone could imagine in their minds. Dr. Daruwalla sees his work life as one that someone sees as unrealistic though the doctor firmly believes in his work, he notices the doubts. The doctor really loves his work although is often faced with doubts and insecurities. What this means is that you should do what you love and don’t listen to the doubts.
The imagination of the job the doctor does can sometimes be too unreal for others. The doctor works very hard on his work with dwarf’s blood, but he is often insecure with it because of the doubts about unrealistic dreams of his. Daruwalla is often told that his work is unrealistic and basically imagination. “The more clearly one sees this world; the more one is obliged to pretend it exist.”This shows how Dr. Daruwalla's world is crazy, weird, misunderstood. I feel that he thinks people wouldn’t want to have his world exist or engage people. In the book friends, family and others showed their doubts about Daruwalla’s work and couldn’t see why he wanted to collect dwarfs blood. The doctor mentions throughout A Son of a Circus why he choses such imaginative dream because there are rare test subjects in the word who are willing to help the doctor figure out why dwarfs are born dwarfs.
Everyone faces doubts and insecurities in their life and that can help the be more passionate about what they do.The doctor get most of his skepticism about his work from his father. “ ‘You should listen to these people, Farrok,’ his father was telling him. ‘It isn’t necessary for them to be more your moral equals in order for you to learn something from them.” This shows how the doctor's father does not agree with his son’s lifework. He thinks Daruwalla should take a lesson from these people with actual motivations and realistic work instead of chasing after dreams. This again shows the criticism that the doctor faces throughout his life and how it has only made himself more passionate about his work.
A Son of a Circus is a good book for not listening to the skepticism and doubts of others and believing in what you do.
