Duncan's and Isadora's courage towards the Baudelaires
Jun 3, 2017 0:05:19 GMT -5
A comet crashing into Earth and kingarthur like this
Post by doetwin on Jun 3, 2017 0:05:19 GMT -5
When Count Olaf showed up in TAA, the Quagmires were determined to do everything in their power to protect the Baudelaires from him, despite being warned about how dangerous this would be. Considering that almost all of the Baudelaires guardians dismissed or ran out on them when Count Olaf became a threat, one would never expect 2 13-year-olds to, not only continue being friends with them, but go out of their way and risk their lives to help them, something that not a single one of their guardians were willing to do. I think the foundation for their remarkable courage is the fire.
The backstory of the Baudelaires and the Quagmires seems almost identical. Both sets of siblings lived in a mansion, that mansion burned down in a fire that also killed their parents, and they were left a huge fortune. The key difference, however, is that the Quagmires were in the house at the time of the fire. As terrible as the Baudelaires felt when Mr. Poe delivered them the news at Briny Beach, they did not have to experience the blaze of the flames and the falling debris like Duncan and Isadora did. They must have been terrified, and their primary concern during the fire was probably getting themselves to safety, which they succeeded in. Lemony Snicket is constantly interrupting the stories to define words and phrases, but one of the terms he never defines or talks about is survivors guilt, which is basically a term used to describe an instance where someone feels guilty about surviving a tragedy that others did not. This was not really something the Baudelaires could feel, as they had not actually been in any danger, but this is undoubtedly how Duncan and Isadora felt after the fire.
Once Duncan and Isadora were safe and out of harm's way, they probably felt horrible beyond measure that they didn't try to rescue their parents and brother. They probably regretted only thinking about themselves, and wished more than anything that they had risked their lives to make sure their entire family got out alive. So when they realized that the Baudelaires were in danger at Prufrock Prep, they saw it a chance to redeem themselves. They were once again in a situation where they had a choice between keeping themselves safe and risking their lives to help others. They ignored the Baudelaires' warnings because they didn't want to make the mistake of only thinking about themselves again. They didn't want to relive the experience of watching three people they cared about get doomed because they didn't step in. They did for the Baudelaires' what they wished they had done for their parents and brother.
The backstory of the Baudelaires and the Quagmires seems almost identical. Both sets of siblings lived in a mansion, that mansion burned down in a fire that also killed their parents, and they were left a huge fortune. The key difference, however, is that the Quagmires were in the house at the time of the fire. As terrible as the Baudelaires felt when Mr. Poe delivered them the news at Briny Beach, they did not have to experience the blaze of the flames and the falling debris like Duncan and Isadora did. They must have been terrified, and their primary concern during the fire was probably getting themselves to safety, which they succeeded in. Lemony Snicket is constantly interrupting the stories to define words and phrases, but one of the terms he never defines or talks about is survivors guilt, which is basically a term used to describe an instance where someone feels guilty about surviving a tragedy that others did not. This was not really something the Baudelaires could feel, as they had not actually been in any danger, but this is undoubtedly how Duncan and Isadora felt after the fire.
Once Duncan and Isadora were safe and out of harm's way, they probably felt horrible beyond measure that they didn't try to rescue their parents and brother. They probably regretted only thinking about themselves, and wished more than anything that they had risked their lives to make sure their entire family got out alive. So when they realized that the Baudelaires were in danger at Prufrock Prep, they saw it a chance to redeem themselves. They were once again in a situation where they had a choice between keeping themselves safe and risking their lives to help others. They ignored the Baudelaires' warnings because they didn't want to make the mistake of only thinking about themselves again. They didn't want to relive the experience of watching three people they cared about get doomed because they didn't step in. They did for the Baudelaires' what they wished they had done for their parents and brother.
