blog post #3: Cirque du freak

Question: What are some big decisions darren have to make? Why does he make these decisions?


          In the book "Cirque du Freak" by Darren Shan, Darren has to make multiple decisions. One of them is if he should risk his life to save his best friend Steve. Another is if he should go to the cirque du freak.


          One of the big decisions Darren has to make is if he should give up his life as a human or not. Darren chooses to give up his life as a human to become a vampire to save his best friend Steve. He makes this decision because he doesn't want Steve to die and if he does die Darren would be in so much trouble and would be accused of killing Steve so he might think he has nothing else to live for if his best friend dies. Darren gives up his life to save Steve and he has to become a vampire to get the cure from Mr. Crepsley. So he fakes his death and goes to be Mr. Crepsleys vampire assistant.


          Another big decision Darren has to make is if he should go to the cirque du freak or not. Darren chooses to go because he thinks it will be cool and that he will have fun time. But when he is there he and Steve are almost killed by the half man half wolf freak and that is when he finds Mr. Crepsley. Mr. Crepsley scares Steve and Darren away but Darren comes back and steals madam octa, Mr. Crepsleys poisonous spider. That is when Steve and Darrens lives change forever.



          In conclusion, if Darren and Steve wouldn't have gone to the Cirque du freak Darren would be able to go back home and live a normal life and steve would have never been sick and they would still be best friends.

2nd blog post

I like Paul's reading response because he gives a really good summary of the story and he makes his response really clear and easy to understand the story. I also like this response because he puts a lot of thought into it and uses quotes.

I also like Sydney's post because she gives a clear understanding of the book A long walk to water. Also she gives a good description of the main character. She gives a good understanding of the main characters characteristics and how she changes during the story.

1st Reading Response: Cirque Du Freak

       Cirque Du Freak is about a boy named Darren Shan. When him and his friends find a flyer to a freak show called the Cirque Du Freak things get a little wild. Darren meets the host of the freak show Mr. Tall and mr tall gives him two tickets to the show. After the show him and his best friend Steve sneak back stage and Darren steals Mr Crepsley's poisonous spider, Madam Octa while steve is talking to Mr Crepsley. Then one day Steve goes over to Darrens house to watch him play with the spider. Madam octa climbs up steves neck and poisons him. When Steve is in the hospital Darren goes back to the Cirque Du Freak to find out if there is a cure for madam octas bites. Mr. Crepsley, madam octas trainer says the only way darren can get a cure is if darren turns into mr crepsleys vampire assistant. This would mean faking his death and leaving his parents forever for Darren just to save his best friend Steve. Darren accepts this offer and fakes his death to save his friend steve. When steve gets cured he finds out Darren is a vampire and becomes a Vampire Hunter.

       In the beginning of the book when Darrens teacher told him to not go to the cirque du freak he didn't listen and went anyway. This is when he was being nieve of the freak show. Later on when he stole the poisonous spider from Mr Crepsley he was being brave. And when the spider poisoned his best friend steve he was being caring because he had to sacrafice his life as a human being to let steve live. Over the course of the book Darren changed from Nieve, to brave and to caring.