Post by Orangey Snicket on Jun 21, 2004 12:11:54 GMT -5
I'm not sure if this will help at all, but I made a commonplace notebook for TBB. You can delete this thread if you want if you think it's a waste of space, lol. But it may help.
Characters
Bald man with long nose: -tall, wears a long black robe, long nose, bald head (p.47)
Baudelaire children: -intelligent, charming, resourceful, have pleasant facial features (p.1)
Baudelaire, Klaus: -likes examining creatures in tidepools (p.3)
- “little older than twelve,” only boy out of Baudelaire siblings, likes reading, intelligent, wears glasses (p.3)
Baudelaire, Sunny: -doesn’t like baths (p.36)
-likes to bite, has four sharp teeth, “scarcely larger than a boot,” an infant, speaks in “unintelligible shrieks” (p.4)
Baudelaire, Violet: -right-handed, likes skipping rocks (p.2)
-pretty (p.49)
-inventor, eldest Baudelaire child, fourteen years old, has ribbon in hair when inventing (p.2-3)
Count Olaf: - “very tall and very thin,” unshaven face, has a unibrow, wheezy voice, shiny eyes (p.22)
-patchy shoulders, skinny throat (p.24)
- has an tattoo of an eye on his ankle (p.25)
Funcoot, Al: - “great” playwright of The Marvelous Marriage (p.75)
Hook-handed man: -hooks for hands, skinny arms (p.47)
- “croak of a voice” (p.89)
Justice Strauss: -older woman, smartly dressed (p.19)
-Count Olaf’s neighbour, judge on the High Court (p.20)
-wanted to perform onstage ever since she was a little girl (p.85)
Person who looks like neither man nor woman: -gender cannot be specified, “extremely fat,” (p.47-48)
-blank and white eyes (p.114)
Poe, Albert/Poe, Edgar: - “loud and obnoxious boys,” sons of Mr. Poe (p.13)
Poe, Arthur: - “tall figure,” square head (p.5)
-friend of the Baudelaire parents, Baudelaire orphans met at dinner parties, always has a cold and coughed, banker (p.6-7)
-works at Mulctuary Money Management (p.62)
-executor of the Baudelaire parents’ estate (p.9)
Poe, Polly: -Mr. Poe’s wife (p.13)
-purchased itchy clothing in “grotesque colors” (p.13)
-attended The Marvelous Marriage (p.139)
Receptionist: -receptionist at Subservient Financial Services (p.62)
Short-haired woman: -woman with very short hair, pulled the curtains of the stage (p.134)
Street vendor: -vendor who sold olives to the Baudelaires at the market (p.41)
Two powder-faced women: -white powder on their faces (p.47)
Uniformed guard: -guard at Mulctuary Money Management (p.89)
Wart-faced man: -man with warts on his face, important-looking, arranged light fixtures backstage (p.134)
Woman in pasta store: -runs a pasta store at the market (p.42)
Lemony Snicket’s Life/Flashbacks
-Would never leave “grieving acquaintances.” (p.34)
-Would have given up if he were trying to work with the grappling hook. (p.120)
- “In my room,... I have gathered a collection of objects that are important to me, including a dusty accordion on which I play a few sad songs, a large bundle of notes on the activities of the Baudelaire orphans, and a blurry photograph of a woman whose name is Beatrice.” (p.124)
Baudelaire Parent References
-Let the Baudelaire children stay at their dinner parties as long as they helped clean up later. (p.6)
-Wouldn’t let their children stay with Count Olaf. (p.32)
-(Referring to the remains of the Baudelaire mansion) “...fragments of their grand piano, an elegant bottle in which Mr. Baudelaire had kept brandy, the scorched cushion of the windowseat where their (Baudelaire’s) mother liked to sit and read...” (p.12)
-Their will instructs that the Baudelaires will be raised “in the most convenient way possible.” (p.15)
-Violet made toast for her parents for breakfast with Klaus, but burned them. So the parents made pancakes instead. (p.31)
- “Klaus used to take a flashlight to bed with him and hide under the covers, reading until he couldn’t keep his eyes open. Some mornings, his father would come into Klaus’ room to wake him up and find him asleep, still clutching his flashlight...” (p.93)
- “As she worked, she remembered something her parents had said to her when Klaus was born, and again when they brought Sunny home from the hospital. ‘You are the eldest Baudelaire child,’ they had said kindly, but firmly. ‘And as the eldest, it will always be your responsibility to look after your younger siblings. Promise us that you will always watch out for them and make sure they don’t get into trouble.’” (p.117)
Violet’s Inventions
Grappling Hook
Used to retrieve Sunny from the tower.
Materials: metal rod in which curtains hang from, wire from the painting of an eye in the Baudelaire’s room, clothes, tied together with the Devil’s Tongue. (p.115-116)
-Thought of a machine to retrieve a rock after it has been thrown into water. (p.3)
Klaus’ Research
-Reads Nuptial Law to figure out Count Olaf’s plan. (p.93-95)
Beatrice References
- “In my room, (Lemony Snicket’s)... I have gathered a collection of objects that are important to me, including a dusty accordion on which I play a few sad songs, a large bundle of notes on the activities of the Baudelaire orphans, and a blurry photograph of a woman whose name is Beatrice.” (p.124)
Locations
Briny Beach: -where the Baudelaires would go occasionally by trolley, would be crowded when it was hotc and sunny. (p.2)
City: - “dirty and busy” (p.2)
Mansion: - “in the heart of... city” (p.2)
- with an enormous library (p.3)
Mr. Poe’s home: -with Edgar and Albert’s bedrom which was a “tiny room that smelled of some sort of ghastly flower” (p.13)
Doldrum Drive: -the street the Baudelaires passed when driving to Count Olaf’s home (p.18)
Royal Gardens: - “enormous pile of dirt where the Royal Gardens once stood” (p.18)
Count Olaf’s house: - “other side of town” (p.14)
-get there by passing cobblestone streets, Doldrum Drive, Fickle Fountain and Royal Gardens, drive down “narrow alley lined with houses made of pale brick and stopped halfway down the block.” (p.18)
-dilapidated (p.20)
- “bricks stained with soot and grime, there were only two small windows, whoch were closed with the shades down... Rising above the windows was a tall and dirty tower that tilted slightly to the left. The front door needed to be repainted, and carved in the middle of it was an image of an eye. The entire building sagged to the side...” (p.20-21)
- “quite large,” eyes all over house (p.28)
-dark porch (p.30)
-no books (p.35)
Count Olaf’s house (entrance): -bare lightbulb hanging from the ceiling, bowl of apple cores on small wooden table, everything was dirty, the stuffed lion head nailed to the wall. (p.23)
Baudelaire’s bedroom (Olaf’s home): -small bed with bumpy mattress, wooden floor,one window with dusty curtains used for Sunny’s bed, sun streaming through the window from the cracked glass. (p.28-29)
- “large refridgerator box for closet and small pile of rocks,” “large painting of an ugly eye on peeling wall.” (p.29)
Justice Strauss’ home: -prettiest house on the block, well-cleaned bricks, wide and opened windows where well-groomed plants were placed, door had shiny brass doorknob, beside Count Olaf’s house. (p.19)
-elegant hallway smelling of flowers (p.37)
-private library with Justice Strauss’ collection from many years, “in one corner... were large, comfortable looking chairs and a wooden table with lamps hanging over them.” (p.37-38)
Market: -where Baudelaire bought ingredients for puttanesca sauce (p.41-42)
Pasta store: -where Baudelaires bought noodles (p.42)
Supermarket: -where the Baudelaire orphans bought ingredients for puttanesca sauce (p.42)
Banking District: -To get to the bank, the Baudelaire children walked through the meat, flower and sculpture districts (p.62)
-had Fountain of Victorious Finance, “several streets wih large marble buildings... all banks,” there were the Trustworthy Bank, Faithful Savings and Loan, Subservient Financial Services and Mulctuary Money Management banks. (p.62)
Mulctuary Money Management: - “square and rather plain-looking,” with “the hastle and battle of the people as they raced around the large, echoey room.” (p.62)
Mr. Poe’s office: - “large... with many file cabinets and no windows.” (p.62)
-desk covered with typed papers, photograph of Mr. Poe’s family, three large comfortable chairs, three telephones with flashing lights. (p.63)
Theatre: -where the Marvelous Marriage was performed (p.134)
City Hall: -no description (p.147)
Characters
Bald man with long nose: -tall, wears a long black robe, long nose, bald head (p.47)
Baudelaire children: -intelligent, charming, resourceful, have pleasant facial features (p.1)
Baudelaire, Klaus: -likes examining creatures in tidepools (p.3)
- “little older than twelve,” only boy out of Baudelaire siblings, likes reading, intelligent, wears glasses (p.3)
Baudelaire, Sunny: -doesn’t like baths (p.36)
-likes to bite, has four sharp teeth, “scarcely larger than a boot,” an infant, speaks in “unintelligible shrieks” (p.4)
Baudelaire, Violet: -right-handed, likes skipping rocks (p.2)
-pretty (p.49)
-inventor, eldest Baudelaire child, fourteen years old, has ribbon in hair when inventing (p.2-3)
Count Olaf: - “very tall and very thin,” unshaven face, has a unibrow, wheezy voice, shiny eyes (p.22)
-patchy shoulders, skinny throat (p.24)
- has an tattoo of an eye on his ankle (p.25)
Funcoot, Al: - “great” playwright of The Marvelous Marriage (p.75)
Hook-handed man: -hooks for hands, skinny arms (p.47)
- “croak of a voice” (p.89)
Justice Strauss: -older woman, smartly dressed (p.19)
-Count Olaf’s neighbour, judge on the High Court (p.20)
-wanted to perform onstage ever since she was a little girl (p.85)
Person who looks like neither man nor woman: -gender cannot be specified, “extremely fat,” (p.47-48)
-blank and white eyes (p.114)
Poe, Albert/Poe, Edgar: - “loud and obnoxious boys,” sons of Mr. Poe (p.13)
Poe, Arthur: - “tall figure,” square head (p.5)
-friend of the Baudelaire parents, Baudelaire orphans met at dinner parties, always has a cold and coughed, banker (p.6-7)
-works at Mulctuary Money Management (p.62)
-executor of the Baudelaire parents’ estate (p.9)
Poe, Polly: -Mr. Poe’s wife (p.13)
-purchased itchy clothing in “grotesque colors” (p.13)
-attended The Marvelous Marriage (p.139)
Receptionist: -receptionist at Subservient Financial Services (p.62)
Short-haired woman: -woman with very short hair, pulled the curtains of the stage (p.134)
Street vendor: -vendor who sold olives to the Baudelaires at the market (p.41)
Two powder-faced women: -white powder on their faces (p.47)
Uniformed guard: -guard at Mulctuary Money Management (p.89)
Wart-faced man: -man with warts on his face, important-looking, arranged light fixtures backstage (p.134)
Woman in pasta store: -runs a pasta store at the market (p.42)
Lemony Snicket’s Life/Flashbacks
-Would never leave “grieving acquaintances.” (p.34)
-Would have given up if he were trying to work with the grappling hook. (p.120)
- “In my room,... I have gathered a collection of objects that are important to me, including a dusty accordion on which I play a few sad songs, a large bundle of notes on the activities of the Baudelaire orphans, and a blurry photograph of a woman whose name is Beatrice.” (p.124)
Baudelaire Parent References
-Let the Baudelaire children stay at their dinner parties as long as they helped clean up later. (p.6)
-Wouldn’t let their children stay with Count Olaf. (p.32)
-(Referring to the remains of the Baudelaire mansion) “...fragments of their grand piano, an elegant bottle in which Mr. Baudelaire had kept brandy, the scorched cushion of the windowseat where their (Baudelaire’s) mother liked to sit and read...” (p.12)
-Their will instructs that the Baudelaires will be raised “in the most convenient way possible.” (p.15)
-Violet made toast for her parents for breakfast with Klaus, but burned them. So the parents made pancakes instead. (p.31)
- “Klaus used to take a flashlight to bed with him and hide under the covers, reading until he couldn’t keep his eyes open. Some mornings, his father would come into Klaus’ room to wake him up and find him asleep, still clutching his flashlight...” (p.93)
- “As she worked, she remembered something her parents had said to her when Klaus was born, and again when they brought Sunny home from the hospital. ‘You are the eldest Baudelaire child,’ they had said kindly, but firmly. ‘And as the eldest, it will always be your responsibility to look after your younger siblings. Promise us that you will always watch out for them and make sure they don’t get into trouble.’” (p.117)
Violet’s Inventions
Grappling Hook
Used to retrieve Sunny from the tower.
Materials: metal rod in which curtains hang from, wire from the painting of an eye in the Baudelaire’s room, clothes, tied together with the Devil’s Tongue. (p.115-116)
-Thought of a machine to retrieve a rock after it has been thrown into water. (p.3)
Klaus’ Research
-Reads Nuptial Law to figure out Count Olaf’s plan. (p.93-95)
Beatrice References
- “In my room, (Lemony Snicket’s)... I have gathered a collection of objects that are important to me, including a dusty accordion on which I play a few sad songs, a large bundle of notes on the activities of the Baudelaire orphans, and a blurry photograph of a woman whose name is Beatrice.” (p.124)
Locations
Briny Beach: -where the Baudelaires would go occasionally by trolley, would be crowded when it was hotc and sunny. (p.2)
City: - “dirty and busy” (p.2)
Mansion: - “in the heart of... city” (p.2)
- with an enormous library (p.3)
Mr. Poe’s home: -with Edgar and Albert’s bedrom which was a “tiny room that smelled of some sort of ghastly flower” (p.13)
Doldrum Drive: -the street the Baudelaires passed when driving to Count Olaf’s home (p.18)
Royal Gardens: - “enormous pile of dirt where the Royal Gardens once stood” (p.18)
Count Olaf’s house: - “other side of town” (p.14)
-get there by passing cobblestone streets, Doldrum Drive, Fickle Fountain and Royal Gardens, drive down “narrow alley lined with houses made of pale brick and stopped halfway down the block.” (p.18)
-dilapidated (p.20)
- “bricks stained with soot and grime, there were only two small windows, whoch were closed with the shades down... Rising above the windows was a tall and dirty tower that tilted slightly to the left. The front door needed to be repainted, and carved in the middle of it was an image of an eye. The entire building sagged to the side...” (p.20-21)
- “quite large,” eyes all over house (p.28)
-dark porch (p.30)
-no books (p.35)
Count Olaf’s house (entrance): -bare lightbulb hanging from the ceiling, bowl of apple cores on small wooden table, everything was dirty, the stuffed lion head nailed to the wall. (p.23)
Baudelaire’s bedroom (Olaf’s home): -small bed with bumpy mattress, wooden floor,one window with dusty curtains used for Sunny’s bed, sun streaming through the window from the cracked glass. (p.28-29)
- “large refridgerator box for closet and small pile of rocks,” “large painting of an ugly eye on peeling wall.” (p.29)
Justice Strauss’ home: -prettiest house on the block, well-cleaned bricks, wide and opened windows where well-groomed plants were placed, door had shiny brass doorknob, beside Count Olaf’s house. (p.19)
-elegant hallway smelling of flowers (p.37)
-private library with Justice Strauss’ collection from many years, “in one corner... were large, comfortable looking chairs and a wooden table with lamps hanging over them.” (p.37-38)
Market: -where Baudelaire bought ingredients for puttanesca sauce (p.41-42)
Pasta store: -where Baudelaires bought noodles (p.42)
Supermarket: -where the Baudelaire orphans bought ingredients for puttanesca sauce (p.42)
Banking District: -To get to the bank, the Baudelaire children walked through the meat, flower and sculpture districts (p.62)
-had Fountain of Victorious Finance, “several streets wih large marble buildings... all banks,” there were the Trustworthy Bank, Faithful Savings and Loan, Subservient Financial Services and Mulctuary Money Management banks. (p.62)
Mulctuary Money Management: - “square and rather plain-looking,” with “the hastle and battle of the people as they raced around the large, echoey room.” (p.62)
Mr. Poe’s office: - “large... with many file cabinets and no windows.” (p.62)
-desk covered with typed papers, photograph of Mr. Poe’s family, three large comfortable chairs, three telephones with flashing lights. (p.63)
Theatre: -where the Marvelous Marriage was performed (p.134)
City Hall: -no description (p.147)