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The Point of No Return in The Wizard Heir
Being oblivious to certain situations can give you an advantage or a disadvantage, and this is demonstrated throughout the book The Wizard Heir. This novel features a young man, Seph McCauley, who has a magical gift as a Wizard in a world of Seers, Enchanters, and Warriors. He was born into a world with no parents to guide him to use his powers and as he grew so did his power. His power spirals out of control enough times that his legal guardian sends him to a remote school meant for troubled boys, but this school is actually run by a Wizard headmaster who offers to help Seph. Seph agrees eagerly, but something about the headmaster, Leicester, is off, which doesn’t come to light fully until he tries

to initiate Seph into something much bigger and darker than wizard training.
Today I want to discuss the point of no return in this novel, the point of becoming aware.

The point of no return isn’t when the headmaster offers to help, but is rather when Seph denies his help after initially accepting it. Seph is lead outside to an outdoor amphitheater of sorts and Leicester and his group of alumni wizards are awaiting in robes, gathered around behind Leicester with a glowing staff. After forcing him to let Leicester to drink his blood, Seph does a full 180 and says no. Leicester warns him, menacingly, that his power will spiral out of control and leaves him there in the cold rainy night. This is the point of no return, he is no longer oblivious and he knows that things aren’t the way they should be, and this gives him an advantage but a disadvantage as Leicester proves to be determined to control Seph, even more now that he’s

aware.
Another interesting point is when Seph begins to receive nightmares and hallucinations, followed by magical accidents caused by his delusions. He later on finds out the nightmares and accidents are, for the most part, caused by Leicester. He finds this out after teaming up with Jason, another Wizard student who knew too much to be fooled into joining the alumni under Leicester’s control, and now Jason remains a prisoner. Seph and Jason are forbidden to speak to each other, but Jason teaches Seph what magic he knows anyways and tells him all about Leicester and his plans. This is also a point of no return, for Seph and Jason, who risk death or eternal torture.
These decisions don’t affect just Seph or Jason, but they also effect some of the students without magic or knowledge of it. A student who dared to befriend Seph, named Trevor, offered to contact Seph’s guardian since they weren’t allowing him any outside contact and keeping him prisoner. Shortly after Trevor leaves for winter break to contact Seph’s guardian, he is said to have committed suicide, but Seph knows that Leicester murdered Trevor in his heart of hearts. This event strengthens Seph’s determination and fuels the flames of anger that continually rise.
Seph’s refusal to join causes Leicester a whole lot of problems as well, and sets back his plans.

Leicester needs Seph to become more powerful and to go forward with a plan to corrupt and overtake the council of Wizards. Leicester is also a very power-hungry man and Seph’s refusal to join only deepens his desperation to get his hands on the amazing power Seph holds within. He is very careful what he says or does around Seph so that he can keep his motives deep down underneath half-truths, but he eventually snaps. Leicester finds out that Jason and Seph have been talking, and so Jason attempts to flee and Seph doesn’t hear from him. Deciding that he can’t wait to be rescued, Seph sneaks into the administrative building and sends out an SOS email which is received and read. Leicester finds out about the email too late and he summons Seph to his office where he takes no restraints to keep Seph unaware, deciding that he is too informed already to blindly join him. Someone is sent for Seph and they have trouble sending her away even with their magical gifts. But shortly after they let Seph go Leicester’s partner calls him to ask about Seph, who is the son of someone who has outwitted them in the past and present. This is Leicester’s point of no return and his reaction to Seph’s point of

return.
Seph’s decisions to not join Leicester allows him to escape, learn magic, and find himself suddenly aware of the magic around him. As he becomes less oblivious he gains more responsibility and the more unaware he is the more danger he’s in. The more knowledge he gains the more he is capable of brilliance, but the less he knows the more likely he is to experience less pain.
The whole novel is actually filled with points of no return, all of them cascading down chapter after chapter. These decisions and events affect everyone in a ripple of water, threatening to drown those who are unprepared.