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Post by lsandthebooks on Sept 5, 2019 15:38:14 GMT -5
Right after Book 7, when they go on the run from the village and after the Daily Punctilio calls them murderers. There's no actual evidence of them having done anything. Olaf was a fake detective and Esme was a fake cop. If the kids had gone to the police, they could have very easily proven that Esme and Olaf weren't real police officers. Why did the kids choose to run from the law?
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Post by Foxy on Sept 6, 2019 6:42:22 GMT -5
I think the Baudelaires chose to ran from the law 1) because they had an angry mob with pitchforks and torches coming after them, and the mob probably would have told the police the Baudelaires were guilty, 2) because TDP had printed the Baudelaires were guilty, so the police might believe TDP, even though they shouldn't, and 3) the law had yet to help them thus far in the series. The authorities had been trying to capture Count Olaf since TBB, and they are still empty-handed. Also 4)there is a dead body, which the police would probably identify as Count Olaf because of his one eyebrow and tattoo, even though he was obviously not Count Olaf.
The adults in this series aren't particularly helpful.
Also, "Baudelaires go to police to explain the whole thing" ends the series well before thirteen books.
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Post by Optimism is my Phil-osophy on Sept 6, 2019 9:17:24 GMT -5
Another important factor that many have not considered is the difficulty of walking long distances. The series has made this even more obscure. The series shows how a single tram could cross all the Land. However this is not true. The tram is a purely urban transport, and seems to exist only in the City. Moving from one city to another requires motorized transportation, which is not always available. Not all cities have police officers available. Think about the city of VFD: Do you really think there are real cops always available there? Apparently the police come to the city of VFD when they are sued. Do you remember the means of transport they used to go to Hospital H? They needed a lift. And to get to Park C? They also need a ride, the very nasty ride. And to go from park C to the mountains? Violet planned to use one of the roller coaster carts. And they ended up using a nasty ride again. So the difficulty of locomotion and geographical isolation, as well as the difficulty of locating, was almost always important to keep history in a restricted place. I would say they had a little more freedom just in TBB, TWW, TEE. Yet in all of these, Olaf's bindings were so well planned that it was difficult to simply turn to the police. In TBB, it would be difficult to prove that Olaf was in fact planning a crime until a hostage was taken, preventing the children from going to the police. In TEE there were also hostages, in addition to Count Olaf appearing to the children late. In TWW Aunt Josefine would be in danger, and there was a suicide simulation and a hurricane, making it all the more difficult.
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