Post by Carrie E. Abelabudite on Apr 13, 2019 15:03:32 GMT -5
Chapter Ten
I think that facing a pack of hyenas, or parents whose child had died when you were meant to be babysitting, would be pretty terrifying things. They both seem worse than not entertaining a notion.
'"Mr Poe won't help us," Violet replied. "He'll think we're ruining the reputation of his bank."' (p172) This is sadly true.
Violet and Klaus' second big fight of the series. Given the emotional stress they're under here, it's not really surprising that they'd be irritable.
Odd that the Baudelaires haven't thought to connect the mystery of VFD with Jacques/Olaf's tattoo. Maybe Handler is sort of throwing a bone to the reader (particularly the child reader) here, and allowing them to pick up on something the Baudelaires haven't.
Klaus' birthday seems sort of surprising, since in a lot of children's series with this many books, the characters are just perpetually the same age.
As Dante points out in the 2009 reread, the bread and water isn't really Deus Ex Machine, even if it is a bit contrived. I guess it is just meant to be foreshadowing for the real Deus ex Machine.
'Violet yawned' (p185) - This sounds like night is now falling, but it's hard to see how it could be so late, considering Jacques was meant to be burnt right after breakfast. I suppose they've just spent a long time in the Deluxe Cell.
'[Violet's] mind was on why the first poem began "For sapphires we are held in here," when the Baudelaires already knew about the Quagmire fortune.' (p186) This should probably tip us - and Violet - off that the poem is part of a code, but really, the message can't have been directed at the Baudelaires specifically, since the Quagmires started sending them before they even arrived in VFD. I assume the message was intended as a general cry for help for anyone well-read enough to crack the code.
'The three Baudelaires operated Violet's invention until morning,' (p187) Now this is their third sleepless night.
Hector seems pretty disappointing here.
Chapter Eleven
Clearly Sunny can at the very least recognise letters, which makes her quite intelligent for a baby.
I've just thought, as well as not having slept for three nights, the Baudelaires also haven't had anything to eat since their last dinner at Hector's, now almost forty-eight hours previously.
'"But we cleaned every inch of this fountain for our afternoon chores," Violet said. "We would have noticed a secret mechanism while we were scrubbing all those carved feathers."' (p204) You'd think, wouldn't you?
'as she bit the eye, it depressed.' (p209) This must be the right eye, since Hector scrubbed the left one earlier.
The Quagmires must have been inside the statue for four or five days, so Olaf must have come in at some point and at least given them water. Unless they just had to drink from the fountain.
I think that facing a pack of hyenas, or parents whose child had died when you were meant to be babysitting, would be pretty terrifying things. They both seem worse than not entertaining a notion.
'"Mr Poe won't help us," Violet replied. "He'll think we're ruining the reputation of his bank."' (p172) This is sadly true.
Violet and Klaus' second big fight of the series. Given the emotional stress they're under here, it's not really surprising that they'd be irritable.
Odd that the Baudelaires haven't thought to connect the mystery of VFD with Jacques/Olaf's tattoo. Maybe Handler is sort of throwing a bone to the reader (particularly the child reader) here, and allowing them to pick up on something the Baudelaires haven't.
Klaus' birthday seems sort of surprising, since in a lot of children's series with this many books, the characters are just perpetually the same age.
As Dante points out in the 2009 reread, the bread and water isn't really Deus Ex Machine, even if it is a bit contrived. I guess it is just meant to be foreshadowing for the real Deus ex Machine.
'Violet yawned' (p185) - This sounds like night is now falling, but it's hard to see how it could be so late, considering Jacques was meant to be burnt right after breakfast. I suppose they've just spent a long time in the Deluxe Cell.
'[Violet's] mind was on why the first poem began "For sapphires we are held in here," when the Baudelaires already knew about the Quagmire fortune.' (p186) This should probably tip us - and Violet - off that the poem is part of a code, but really, the message can't have been directed at the Baudelaires specifically, since the Quagmires started sending them before they even arrived in VFD. I assume the message was intended as a general cry for help for anyone well-read enough to crack the code.
'The three Baudelaires operated Violet's invention until morning,' (p187) Now this is their third sleepless night.
Hector seems pretty disappointing here.
Chapter Eleven
Clearly Sunny can at the very least recognise letters, which makes her quite intelligent for a baby.
I've just thought, as well as not having slept for three nights, the Baudelaires also haven't had anything to eat since their last dinner at Hector's, now almost forty-eight hours previously.
'"But we cleaned every inch of this fountain for our afternoon chores," Violet said. "We would have noticed a secret mechanism while we were scrubbing all those carved feathers."' (p204) You'd think, wouldn't you?
'as she bit the eye, it depressed.' (p209) This must be the right eye, since Hector scrubbed the left one earlier.
The Quagmires must have been inside the statue for four or five days, so Olaf must have come in at some point and at least given them water. Unless they just had to drink from the fountain.