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Post by Summer Wind on Dec 9, 2005 18:10:16 GMT -5
really, what people (mainly adults) have of society kinda reflects on Handler's books and what happens to the Bauds, I really think that THIS WHOLE story reflect on one person's thinking for ex. when Esme Squalor was the Baudelaires' guardian, she was a horrible one because of her greed, selfishness and her fickleness (see the pop culture reference) and really I do think kids should be exposed to it. So, SCREW ANYONE WHO DOESN'T LIKE THESE BRILLIANT BOOKS.
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Post by Sugary Snicket on Dec 11, 2005 12:34:44 GMT -5
The adults do indeed seem to embody the less desirable aspects of people's personalities; i.e., Aunt Jo would embody phobias and fears (people are afraid of the most REDICULOUS things sometimes), Esme would embody the passion for money and items, and wanting to fit in, and of course our "beloved" Count Olaf embodies either pure evil or illiterate insanity, depending on your point of view.
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Post by twistedbrain on Dec 20, 2005 16:17:19 GMT -5
Continued list of adults. (Of course, everyone who hasn't changed I left off.)
TPP
Dewey-Helpful Frank-NBNH Ernest-EP
If I forgot any, let me know.
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Post by sylvia on Dec 28, 2005 22:57:40 GMT -5
And of course, I see this board not untill there are three pages full of opinions, in which my opinion iis bound to be included. Sure enough, it is. I believe that the adults are made to think of children as not laudable enough and ignore the Baudelaire's attempt to reveal Count Olaf and all ignoble people for the frauds they really are. And as noble as some adults may be, like Justice Strauss and Jerome, they have failed them - pointed out in The Penultimate Peril. In termination of this mostly unnecessary babble, the Baudelaires are left to fend for themselves - fend for themselves here meaning something along the lines of "using their vast skills in inventing, reasearching and biting to get through death-defying situations, preferably alive". One of these book's main goals seems to be to demonstrate that children can be just as capable, if not more, of doing risky things - risky things being sailing across a lake recently after a hurricane has passed over, making their way into the trunk of a villain's car with the ambition to get away from a dangerous fire, fathom an idea to get yourself and another up a slippery slope to rescue a loved one, decipher a code consisting of edible items from a kitchen, find a way to dilute a pungently deadly mushroom, proove to clue-less higher authority that a certain snake is not the cause of a certain death, many of which no adult has experienced, or would know what to do if experienced - and having the courage and the intellectual capacity to do so. And that sometimes, adults are to afraid to take chances. Take Aut Josephine, she was too afraid to do anything, even go out of the house. Or Esme Squalor, she was to worried about fitting in. And The Village of Fowl Devotees were so accostomed to their crazy rules, that they were resistant to change, no matter how ridiculous things became. Then Captain Widdershins and his "He who hesitates is lost" theory. In a way, this represents society and it's hostility towards children. So if...
Wow, I think I'll stop there. That wasn't a very short termination now was it? And there is much more I'd like to say...
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Post by Sugary Snicket on Dec 30, 2005 13:02:25 GMT -5
Then say it, Gawd you should be a speech writer some day.
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Post by sylvia on Dec 30, 2005 15:53:46 GMT -5
Nah, I forgot it all. It's all been said already. But I think that should cover it.
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Post by Summer Wind on Dec 30, 2005 16:21:46 GMT -5
Gawd you should be a speech writer some day. Totally agree
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Post by Salex_ on Dec 30, 2005 16:35:43 GMT -5
I think Handler might be parodying (I don't know if that's a word) children.
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Post by Summer Wind on Jan 19, 2006 19:07:58 GMT -5
If he is, he's gonna lose ALOTTA money.
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Post by colette on Mar 27, 2011 1:53:05 GMT -5
Mrs. Bass and Mr. Remora=MBNE Mr.Remora is not mean. he is just a bit stupid I don't find freaks nice. I think when Baudelaires met them first they were MBNE. They were not as nice as Phil or Charles.
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