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Post by doetwin on Jun 15, 2017 15:11:52 GMT -5
Throughout ASOUE, the Baudelaires are constantly referred to as short when compared to adults. Olaf and his troupe would often make jokes about them being adult midgets. While I can understand why Klaus and Sunny would be short to be compared to other adults, I can't understand why Violet would be. She was 14-15 and according to this website, www.cdc.gov/growthcharts/data/set2/chart-08.pdf, most females only grow about 2 inches between 14 and adulthood. As you can see if look at this chart, it is not at all unusual for a 14-year-old girl to be taller than a grown woman, and Lemony Snicket never says anything about Violet being significantly short for her age, so we have to assume that she is the average, 5ft3. A grown woman who is 5ft3 is not a midget, but just a little bit shorter than average. Yet even when compared to grown women such as Esme, she is described as being significantly shorter. |
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Post by Dante on Jun 15, 2017 15:37:19 GMT -5
You always put forward the most original problems, doetwin. I'm afraid I can't put forward a detailed argument based in canon resources here; rather, I think it's more likely a combination of cartoonish exaggeration, a representation of the inner experiences of the Baudelaires wherein they feel smaller and weaker than their adult enemies, and a way of reminding us that they are indeed children much younger than their numerous oppressors. Also, Esmé wears killer high heels.
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Post by Hermes on Jun 15, 2017 16:27:31 GMT -5
One striking example of this is the illustration on, I believe, the back cover of BBRE, showing the cast of The Marvellous Marriage, which amkes the Baudelires so absurdly small that Olaf overtops them even when sitting down. This, however, is not canon, as it shows Sunny present, when clearly she cannot have been.
On the other hand, in TMM the foreman calls them midgets, even though we have specifically been told that Sir is shorter than Klaus, so this is clearly a case of bullying rather than a serious reflection of their height.
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Post by Dante on Jun 15, 2017 16:39:06 GMT -5
The portrait to which Hermes alludes is in fact a separate card picture included with the BBRE, and not literally a component of the book; you simply take it out and prop it up on the stand. Perhaps I shall take a picture of mine in situ at some suitable juncture.
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Post by trip on Jun 16, 2017 22:10:02 GMT -5
this one?  |
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