Text-to-Self

The book Cirque Du Freak connects to my life because I am like Steve. Very adventurous, gets in trouble a lot but not huge trouble, and always wants to know what is going on. In the book Steve plays soccer during his school recess and I also play soccer, but I play competitively on an actual squad. The thing is that I am also like Darren even tho I'm not non-talkative like he is and I am not pale, only during winters, like he is throughout the year. I connect to him because I am smart, very bright, good at soccer, and the love for things that are out of this world or very rare. I connect to the book title because my mommy always calls me a freak of nature. My dad connects to this book in many ways because he is a cheese ball and is always doing these weird things. But I still love them for who they are.

Character Summarization

In the book Cirque Du Freak the characters are very, very different. We have Darren who is super pale and never gets in trouble with anyone or anything and then his best friend Steve always gets in trouble and is very adventurous. Darren and Steve had been best friends since kindergarten and have gotten used to each other. People in the book always wonder and question why they are even friends themselves, but Darren and Steve have always been together and that will stay like that for ever...maybe.

Mr. Crepsley is another character that is an actual VAMPIRE! When Steve and Darren were at the freak-show Steve talked to Mr. Crepsley and wanted his to turn Steve into a vampire. Mr. Crepsley said no because he could see the evil inside Steve and thought Steve was not a good fit. This does not change Steve's character because out of all of the characters, Steve would be the most expected to do that. But after the show and for the next three to four weeks Steve's character does actually change into this obnoxious guy to this quiet, non-talkative guy who doesn't get in trouble and isn't adventurous at all.

New Book!

I have started a new book called Cirque Du Freak and i think im going to like it! This book is about vampires and mythological creatures like that and I've been reading these types of books constantly since 5th grade. I read the summary on the back and I was already hooked onto this book and I never want to put it down. The author Darren Shan actually has a whole series about what further goes on in the adventures of Darren, the main character and I expect to read the whole series even if the books get repetitive and don't have good ending anymore, but I expect that they will be fantastic! The summary also tells me that something disturbing goes on with his friend, Steve, when they go to this 'Freak Show'.

Final Blogging Assesment Post

In the very, very fantastic book, Cirque Du Freak, there are a ton of evil and good characters. I really love how Darren Shan, the author, mixes the characters up. For example at the start of the book the main character Darren is a normal teenager who likes sports, goes to school, and is annoyed by his younger sister. Darren also has a huge fond of comic books and is really intrested in vampires, warewolfs, things like that. Darren's best friend Steve, gets tickets to this 'Freak Show' and Darren is chosen to come with him. To inform you Freak Shows are not legal and you can be in a lot of trouble, going to jail, for being at them or participating in them. But this show wasn't like normal ones where there are people who can put swords in their mouth and can breath fire, no this show was different entirely! There are meant to be real warewolfs, dancing spiders, and a boy with snake skin! I don't know what happens yet becuase I haven't gotten to that part yet. But man, I can't wait to read on and see what actually happens during the show and if Darren or Steve get to actually talk to one of the performers!

The authors voice is very like himself becuase he actually has himself as the main character! The diction in this book is very smooth at one point and then gets rough meaning that he has different voices at different parts in the book. In this quote,"Little did I know that Alan's mysterious piece of paper was to change my life forever. For the worse!" (Shan 10) the author uses this quote to hook the reader on with a smooth starting and them a high, rough ending to the sentence. The syntax of the book is very different like his voice. Darren uses very long sentences with not that much detail in them and then the next sentence will be very short and might have the most important line in the chapter.