Cirque Du Freak Book Report
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Jorge Ayala
Mr. Healy
Period 2
October 18, 2009
Cirque du Freak: Book Report “The freak show was all I could think about that night. I tried forgetting it but I couldn’t, not even when I was watching my favorite TV shows. It sounded so weird: a snake-boy, a wolf-man, a performing spider. I was especially excited by the spider….,” –Darren Shan. In the book Cirque du Freak by Darren Shan, Darren and his friend Steve Leonard go to a freak show one night and discover something shocking which leads to a series of unfortunate events. Soon the two friends have to make important decisions and take different paths. Darren Shan was a regular teenager until he went to the freak show. He is forced into becoming a half-vampire and faking …show more content…
Truska was another performer in the show she was known as the bearded lady. Gertha Teeth was another performer in the show and could bite and withstand anything. Cormac Limbs was another performer in the show he was able to re-grow limbs after they were cut off. Hans Hands was another performer in the show and he could run faster than a human on his hands. The wolf-man was another performer at the show he was half wolf half man and was very ferocious so he was always locked up in a cage. Alexander Ribs was another performer he was the skinniest man on earth and could fold his body in any way and make music when he hit his ribs. Sive and Seersa were also part of the show they were twisted twins that were very flexible. Mr. Tall was the leader of the Cirque du Freak and he had telepathic powers and could tell the future. In the story there are many conflicts some are small and some are big. The main conflict of the story is that Darren does not want to become a vampire’s assistant but he was to in order to save Steve’s life. Another conflict is when Darren has to decide if to save Steve or let him die. Another conflict in the story is that Darren has a hard time saying goodbye to his family. One of the small conflicts was when Darren didn’t want to be friends with Steve anymore because he was
Jorge Ayala
Mr. Healy
Period 2
October 18, 2009
Cirque du Freak: Book Report “The freak show was all I could think about that night. I tried forgetting it but I couldn’t, not even when I was watching my favorite TV shows. It sounded so weird: a snake-boy, a wolf-man, a performing spider. I was especially excited by the spider….,” –Darren Shan. In the book Cirque du Freak by Darren Shan, Darren and his friend Steve Leonard go to a freak show one night and discover something shocking which leads to a series of unfortunate events. Soon the two friends have to make important decisions and take different paths. Darren Shan was a regular teenager until he went to the freak show. He is forced into becoming a half-vampire and faking …show more content…
Truska was another performer in the show she was known as the bearded lady. Gertha Teeth was another performer in the show and could bite and withstand anything. Cormac Limbs was another performer in the show he was able to re-grow limbs after they were cut off. Hans Hands was another performer in the show and he could run faster than a human on his hands. The wolf-man was another performer at the show he was half wolf half man and was very ferocious so he was always locked up in a cage. Alexander Ribs was another performer he was the skinniest man on earth and could fold his body in any way and make music when he hit his ribs. Sive and Seersa were also part of the show they were twisted twins that were very flexible. Mr. Tall was the leader of the Cirque du Freak and he had telepathic powers and could tell the future. In the story there are many conflicts some are small and some are big. The main conflict of the story is that Darren does not want to become a vampire’s assistant but he was to in order to save Steve’s life. Another conflict is when Darren has to decide if to save Steve or let him die. Another conflict in the story is that Darren has a hard time saying goodbye to his family. One of the small conflicts was when Darren didn’t want to be friends with Steve anymore because he was