Friday, April 5, 2013

Book 1 Project: The Night Circus Experience


            Wanting to relieve The Night Circus and all its twists and turns? Then pack your bags and prepare for the trip of a life time. What we are offering is a trip to the site of the circus in Boston, Massachusetts along with a package containing a red scarf, black coat, black and white tarot cards, a chance to meet some of the circus performers, and a kit to create your own story in a jar, just like Widget’s own. This experience will allow you to feel like one of many reveurs.

            In The Night Circus, two illusionists are put to the test to see who can endure the most pain and sorrow in a battle against mental and physical strength. But the two illusionists soon find that they are meant to be for each other and become star-crossed lovers. The entire circus is the stage for their battle and many of the performers become pieces in what is to come. The circus shapes who they are along with others who come to visit the circus to explore its mysteries. The story follows many others, like other performers and a couple visitors, one who becomes an important member of the circus when least expected. The other is the original creator of the reveurs, who leads as an important role for the viewers of the circus. He was the one responsible for all reveurs wearing red scarfs and black coats to the circus so that they could recognize each other. The many tents of the circus always intrigued the viewers, with all of its twists and turns, leading them down paths they never ventured down before, going into tents, knowing what they will find or finding what they least expected. Through its winding paths, Bailey, one of the main visitors who becomes and important member to the circus, befriends Widget and his twin sister. Widget has a tent created that hold many varieties of boxes, jars, and cups that hold so called “stories”. He has one jar specially made for Bailey that takes him back to his childhood of the smell of trees and the sense of freedom.

            This package will allow the average fan to relive the circus experience. They get to feel like a reveur who follows the circus where ever it goes and experience the spirit of the circus and the performs who create that spirit. The included kit to make your own “story” can allow the fans to create their most favorite memory from their lift time. They can either add their jar to the tent that holds most of the stories to share with many other viewers, or they can keep it for enjoyment of their own. This trip allows fans to feel closer to the characters and the many sites that the circus has claimed over the years. Fans can also create a short memoir of their trip through the circus and the experiences they had. This experience is also open to those who have never read the book and allows them to hears the opinions of the fans who relive every moment. This opportunity allows non-fans who have not read the book a chance to read the book that started it all.

            The Night Circus is meant for the young adult audience and is not recommend in some schools. Most tents in the circus will be toned down with some of the material that is viewed in the tents. Those who are creating a story in a jar and are under 12 years of age will need some adult supervision with the chemicals that need to go into the mix. All of the items in the package can not be replaced if misplaced or damaged. Fans will enjoy the circus experience as if they are part of the story themselves.

3 comments:

  1. >good job of zeroing in on some of the book's key objects--it's a good way to tell the story and re-connect fans

    >good job of explaining which scenes those objects come from and why they're significant

    >3 quotes from the book in part 2?

    ReplyDelete
  2. The beginning was cool, it sounded like a sales pitch.
    Ooooh, always have to have the star crossed lovers.
    Lol, the last part is funny because it sounds like one of those info-mercials on tv.

    ReplyDelete
  3. This sounds so cool, Lauren.
    I love the idea having your own story in jar.
    I agree with Hanna that the end sounds like an info-mercial lol.

    ReplyDelete