Summary Of Lemony Snicket's The Bad Beginning
I chose the book The Bad Beginning by Lemony Snicket. The story takes place in a “busy” city that is never given a name in no particular era of time. Prior to the story the Baudelaire children live in a mansion in the middle of the city with their parents. They are a happy family. The story begins after the mansion burns, and their parents are killed in the fire. The Baudelaire children are now orphans who are forced to live with their uncle, Count Olaf. The children barely know this uncle, and he is not a good man. Count Olaf is after the fortune left to the children. Violet is the eldest Baudelaire child at 14 years of age. She is an inventor and right handed. She has a tendency to tie her hair up in a ribbon when she is thinking.
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Mr. Poe finds them and gives them the news about the fire and the fate of their parents. The children live with Mr. Poe only until he finds Count Olaf, their distant uncle. The children had never even heard of this uncle. Count Olaf did not really want to care for the children, he just wanted their money. Count Olaf devised a very devious way to take the inheritance. Count Olaf was going to have the children participate in one of his plays. He would then marry Violet in the play, and it would also be a real marriage. Then he would get his hands on their fortune. The clever children figured out his scheme and devised one of their own. Violet would sign the marriage certificate with her left hand instead of her dominant right hand. This would then make the certificate invalid. I enjoyed reading this book. There are several good portions in this book. The main one is Justice Strauss. She was very kind to the children. She was the only one who really cared for them. Another good aspect was the children and their love for each other. The siblings always took care of each other and remained loyal. The book also has some bad aspects. It is never a good thing for parents to die and children to become orphans. It is also sad that the children have to live with a relative they barely know and who does not care for them at all. They are also being used by Olaf for their
Mr. Poe finds them and gives them the news about the fire and the fate of their parents. The children live with Mr. Poe only until he finds Count Olaf, their distant uncle. The children had never even heard of this uncle. Count Olaf did not really want to care for the children, he just wanted their money. Count Olaf devised a very devious way to take the inheritance. Count Olaf was going to have the children participate in one of his plays. He would then marry Violet in the play, and it would also be a real marriage. Then he would get his hands on their fortune. The clever children figured out his scheme and devised one of their own. Violet would sign the marriage certificate with her left hand instead of her dominant right hand. This would then make the certificate invalid. I enjoyed reading this book. There are several good portions in this book. The main one is Justice Strauss. She was very kind to the children. She was the only one who really cared for them. Another good aspect was the children and their love for each other. The siblings always took care of each other and remained loyal. The book also has some bad aspects. It is never a good thing for parents to die and children to become orphans. It is also sad that the children have to live with a relative they barely know and who does not care for them at all. They are also being used by Olaf for their