A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Bad Beginning Lemony Snicket
Conflicts: P v.s. P
It is this type of conflict because Count Olaf is always trying to kill the children and take their fortune. They are always fighting. "'If I know you, Olaf,' said the man with the hook-hands, 'you'll find a way to get at the Baudelaire money."' Chapter 4, page 54.
Setting: The setting in this book is Count Olaf's house. It Starts in the child's house and then when their house is burned down they move to Count Olaf's house. And it probably takes place in the old days.
Point Of View: Third Person Omnitive
Exposition:Main characters are introduced. Baudelaire's house burns to the ground and their parents die in the fire. Then Mr. Poe comes in and finds them a home with their nearest relative which is Count Olaf.
Rising Action:They find out that Count Olaf is trying to get their fortune. Count Olaf treats them really bad, and feds them garbage. The kids try to tell Mr.Poe but he doesn't believe them.
Climax:Count Olaf captures Sunny and says that if Violet doesn't marry him he will have his assistants kill Sunny. So they go and try to get married with the judge that lives next door in a play he made up just so he could marry her.
Falling Action: Klaus gets Sunny out of the cage Count Olaf had her in. Then Violet ruins Count Olaf's plans to marry her because of a legal thing. Count Olaf gets mad and just runs away with his assistants.
Resolution: Mr.Poe finds out Count Olaf is bad and then he takes away the children. He starts looking for the next closest relative they have so he can go and give the children to them.
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Baudelaire Children
Violet: She is also very smart and is always inventing new things that they might need to do something or because she just got the idea.
Klaus: He is very smart and he always takes notes in his notebook that he caries around with him.
Sunny: She is the youngest of the three and she cannot speak properly, she also has very strong and sharp teeth that she uses to bite through things.
Count Olaf
Count Olaf: He is very evil, he is always trying to take the Baudelaire's fortune that was left to them by their parents.
Mr.Poe
Mr.Poe: He is always trying to find the children new homes with all their different relatives that they have and is always trying to help them out.
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Themes: One of the main themes of this book I think is that your family is the only thing that you have at the end and that it is the only things that you should care about. He also uses a lot of reverse psychology. For example he tells the readers once in a while to put the book down and stop reading because it is not going to be good and its going to be horrible. Which only makes the reader want to read the book more.
Quotes: "'Goodness me no,' Justice Strauss said. 'I don't actually know him that well. He is my next-door neighbor."' Chapter 2, page 20.
"'You're right,' Klaus said. 'But it is very difficult to keep one's chin up when Count Olaf keeps shoving it down."' Chapter 3, page 32.
"'If I know you, Olaf,' said the man with the hook-hands, 'you'll find a way to get at the Baudelaire money."' Chapter 4, page 54.
Recommendations: I think that this would be a good book to read if you like books filled with suspense and action, it also has some mystery in it. It is also a series in case you like reading series, there are thirteen books.Also this author has a very interesting way in which he writes the story, which makes the stories interesting to read.
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