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Post by Charlie on May 14, 2012 5:34:15 GMT -5
I'm just wondering what occupation Jaques has. Many sites list him as a journalist, or reporter, but personally I believe him to be a detective/ private investigator. Would heartily enjoy hearing your thoughts on this topic
With all Due Respect, Charles Snicket
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Post by Kensicle on May 14, 2012 5:56:58 GMT -5
Jacques being a journalist or a reporter is implied somewhere in the UA, I think. However, it's possible Jacques masquerades as a reporter or a journalist for VFD investigation purposes. I believe it is so, anyway.
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Post by Dante on May 14, 2012 6:26:17 GMT -5
We learn from Jacques's letter to Jerome in the U.A. that Jacques posed as a detective, and he also wrote investigative journalism articles for The Daily Punctilio, but of course his true job is volunteer, and his access to the Snicket fortune means that he doesn't need any payment.
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Post by B. on May 14, 2012 10:28:38 GMT -5
I imagine if him and Lemony were paid at the Daily Punctilio it was a pretty measly pay packet.
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Post by Hermes on May 14, 2012 11:28:57 GMT -5
Lemony refers to himself 'volunteering' at the DP, which suggests that he was not paid; though of course that is when he was a sub-editor (or 'assistant obituary spell checker'), so perhaps he would have been paid as he moved up the ranks.
I get the sense that Jacques' relationship with the DP was more freelance that regular staff, though.
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Post by Christmas Chief on May 14, 2012 14:18:36 GMT -5
The articles in the UA portray Jacques as a journalist, but of course that may involve detective work in the case of investigative reporting or in-depth reporting. In fact, most "occupations" in the series appear rather to be hobbies or interests. There's no need to pursue them as a career because, as mentioned before, most of these people have access to enormous fortunes.
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Post by Charlie on May 15, 2012 3:00:12 GMT -5
True, though most characters seem to have a main "hobby" occupation- -Beatrice: Baticeering, and Acting -Lemony: Researcher, and Film Critic -Gustav Sebald: Scriptwriter, Director -Monty: Herpetologist -Hector: Caretaker
I don't know, I just thought it may be a topic of interest
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Post by Dante on May 15, 2012 3:51:20 GMT -5
I think there's an issue to be discussed over to what extent the volunteers' supposed public jobs are just disguises or not. Did Jacques do actual detective work? Even though he wasn't really a detective officially, would we have qualified him as one? It certainly seems as though those affiliated with the Punctilio were officially employed. It's a different issue with Hector, as we can't say for sure that he was even a volunteer. But I think there's a likelihood that there are different kinds of V.F.D. members - active members, if you like, who take up multiple disguises regularly to infiltrate various locations as part of their research, and passive members, who have a single established identity.
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Post by A on May 16, 2012 4:10:32 GMT -5
So yes, I agree that many volunteers work only work as what they do to spy for VFD. I mean, it's convenient to find out info about the DP by working there. I think I remember reading a book about a burglar working at some place to learn about its security measures.
KS indicated in one of her letters that LS was communicating to volunteers, I think. sumfink like [/font]." [/quote] Sumfink along those lines.
Jacques might have multiple occupations for different reasons.
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Post by Christmas Chief on May 16, 2012 14:52:28 GMT -5
So yes, I agree that many volunteers work only work as what they do to spy for VFD. I mean, it's convenient to find out info about the DP by working there. I think I remember reading a book about a burglar working at some place to learn about its security measures. Could the book have been TBB? There is a passage that reads: For instance, if you are a bank robber - although I hope you are not - you might go to the bank a few days before you planned to rob it. Perhaps wearing a disguise, you would look around the bank and observe security guards, cameras, and other obstacles, so you could plan how to avoid capture or death during your burglary.
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Post by A on May 24, 2012 3:13:51 GMT -5
So yes, I agree that many volunteers work only work as what they do to spy for VFD. I mean, it's convenient to find out info about the DP by working there. I think I remember reading a book about a burglar working at some place to learn about its security measures. Could the book have been TBB? There is a passage that reads: For instance, if you are a bank robber - although I hope you are not - you might go to the bank a few days before you planned to rob it. Perhaps wearing a disguise, you would look around the bank and observe security guards, cameras, and other obstacles, so you could plan how to avoid capture or death during your burglary.No, the book wasn't TBB; this was before I read aSoUE.
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