Post by Efogoto on Dec 10, 2003 3:02:56 GMT -5
I am becoming quite concerned over the sleep deprivation the Baudelaires must be experiencing. Let's examine their activities over the last eleven days or so:
1) They arrived at the Village of Fowl Devotees. The first night there they spent in wooden chairs, taking turns sleeping and watching for someone to approach the Nevermore Tree (TVV p. 85).
2) The second night none of them slept: Violet worked in the secret inventing studio, Klaus read in the secret library, and Sunny watched at the base of the Nevermore Tree (TVV pp. 132-134).
3) The third night none of them slept as they spent wearing away the mortar between the bricks of their cell (TVV pp. 185-188).
4) The next night none of them slept as they spent the night walking from the Village of Fowl Devotees to the Last Chance General Store (TVV p. 256, THH pp. 2-3).
5) The next night, their first at Heimlich Hospital, "The three Baudelaires huddled together for the rest of the night, getting what sleep they could on a filthy floor with a cold wind blowing through their inappropriate home" in the unfinished wing of the hospital (THH p. 79).
6) We do not know how well Violet slept this night after she was captured by Esmé, but neither Klaus nor Sunny slept as they stayed up all night waiting for their sister (THH pp. 127-128).
7) The next day when Klaus and Sunny finally see Violet, the bald man with the long nose had given her an anesthetic (THH p. 180) and she was unconcious (THH p. 184). I hardly think this counts as restful. They arrive at the Caligari Carnival that evening (TCC pp. 2-12) and join the carnival. On this seventh night, "The three children had slept very little" by the next morning (TCC p. 73).
8) The Baudelaires tossed and turned all night after Esmé offered them the opportunity to throw Madame Lulu in to the lion pit and join Count Olaf's troupe (TCC p. 192).
9) The carnival burns as Count Olaf, the troupe, and the Baudelaires head for the Mortmain Mountains. Violet and Klaus are set loose on a mountain road in the freaks caravan. Violet and Klaus meet the Snow Scouts that afternoon and spend the night climbing the Vertical Flame Diversion while Sunny could not sleep in her casserole dish owing to the noise of her chattering teeth (TSS pp. 103-104).
10) Violet, Klaus, and Quigley spend the night digging a trap (TSS pp. 252-254) while Sunny spent another sleepless night in the casserole dish (TSS p. 259)
11) Violet, Klaus, Sunny, and Quigley are swept away in the Stricken Stream. We have not yet seen the end of this day.
Of the ten nights detailed above, there is one night where they slept in turns; three nights where their sleep is described as tossing and turning, uncomfortable, and little; another night where Klaus and Sunny did not sleep (we don't know how well Violet slept that night); and five nights where none of them slept at all.
These kids must be exhausted!
1) They arrived at the Village of Fowl Devotees. The first night there they spent in wooden chairs, taking turns sleeping and watching for someone to approach the Nevermore Tree (TVV p. 85).
2) The second night none of them slept: Violet worked in the secret inventing studio, Klaus read in the secret library, and Sunny watched at the base of the Nevermore Tree (TVV pp. 132-134).
3) The third night none of them slept as they spent wearing away the mortar between the bricks of their cell (TVV pp. 185-188).
4) The next night none of them slept as they spent the night walking from the Village of Fowl Devotees to the Last Chance General Store (TVV p. 256, THH pp. 2-3).
5) The next night, their first at Heimlich Hospital, "The three Baudelaires huddled together for the rest of the night, getting what sleep they could on a filthy floor with a cold wind blowing through their inappropriate home" in the unfinished wing of the hospital (THH p. 79).
6) We do not know how well Violet slept this night after she was captured by Esmé, but neither Klaus nor Sunny slept as they stayed up all night waiting for their sister (THH pp. 127-128).
7) The next day when Klaus and Sunny finally see Violet, the bald man with the long nose had given her an anesthetic (THH p. 180) and she was unconcious (THH p. 184). I hardly think this counts as restful. They arrive at the Caligari Carnival that evening (TCC pp. 2-12) and join the carnival. On this seventh night, "The three children had slept very little" by the next morning (TCC p. 73).
8) The Baudelaires tossed and turned all night after Esmé offered them the opportunity to throw Madame Lulu in to the lion pit and join Count Olaf's troupe (TCC p. 192).
9) The carnival burns as Count Olaf, the troupe, and the Baudelaires head for the Mortmain Mountains. Violet and Klaus are set loose on a mountain road in the freaks caravan. Violet and Klaus meet the Snow Scouts that afternoon and spend the night climbing the Vertical Flame Diversion while Sunny could not sleep in her casserole dish owing to the noise of her chattering teeth (TSS pp. 103-104).
10) Violet, Klaus, and Quigley spend the night digging a trap (TSS pp. 252-254) while Sunny spent another sleepless night in the casserole dish (TSS p. 259)
11) Violet, Klaus, Sunny, and Quigley are swept away in the Stricken Stream. We have not yet seen the end of this day.
Of the ten nights detailed above, there is one night where they slept in turns; three nights where their sleep is described as tossing and turning, uncomfortable, and little; another night where Klaus and Sunny did not sleep (we don't know how well Violet slept that night); and five nights where none of them slept at all.
These kids must be exhausted!
maybe DH will fix this problem, now that he's a father...
