Post by Optimism is my Phil-osophy on Jul 6, 2020 8:22:03 GMT -5
The oldest letter from Beatrice Jr to Lemony is then BB to LS # 2. It is interesting that Beatrice Jr claims to have heard rumors about Lemony's research. Lemony was not at his apartment, but that was when Beatrice Jr saw what the apartment looked like inside. She saw that it was a small, dusty apartment. Something very important in this letter is the fact that Beatrice Jr found a box full of letters. There is strong evidence that she read these letters, as she states that she does not know what these letters could mean if they were placed in a certain order. This scenario is very similar to a certain film released in 2004 called Birth. (There will be spoilers for the film) In this film, a boy in pre-adolescence has access to old letters from a couple. After the man's death, this boy used the information in the letters to pretend to be the reincarnation of the man who died and then approach the woman. I think there is reason to believe that Beatrice Jr used a similar mechanism to communicate with Lemony in later letters. She had access to old letters from Lemony to Beatrice. Lemony should have recovered such letters by then, considering that Beatrice Sr had carefully kept such letters in a safe place, similar to how Lemony kept important documents for him in the hands of the cheesemakers.
The letter that comes chronologically after that is BB to LS # 3. We realized that Beatrice Jr is not part of VFD at that time, as she does not know the sebald code that one of the shepherds tried to use with her. We have other evidence that Beatrice Jr had indeed read the letters at Lemony's apartment, as she claims that she believes that R knew Lemony. She could have obtained this information through the Baudelaires, it is true. But, I think it's more likely that she read about R in Lemony's letters. Beatrice also claimed that she included the letters she found in Lemony's office as part of her collection. Perhaps Beatrice Jr even "borrowed" these letters. Another important piece of information is that the phraseology used by Beatrice Jr regarding the time that has passed since she found Lemony's office seems to indicate that many months have passed since she wrote the previous letter. In this letter, Beatrice does not appear to have a bedtime, since she didn't talk about it.
Now we come to a most intriguing letter of all. BB to LS # 1. This letter made me believe that Beatrice Sr had written it. But as much as I try to force this interpretation, the simple truth is that Beatrice wrote that she had never seen Lemony. There is no reason to think that Beatrice Sr would write something like that. But then we see the importance of understanding that this letter was written chronologically after BB to LS # 3. More than that: this letter was probably written after a few years had passed since BB to LS # 3 and a major change in Beatrice's life. Jr have occurred: she went on to receive training in VFD and became a baticeer who literally trains bats. Furthermore, Beatrice Jr inserts in her letters from here the knowledge that she acquired when reading the letters that Lemony had collected in his office. Note some questions that are answered by thinking like this:
1 - How does Beatrice Jr know that Lemony's office is small and dusty? - Answer: Beatrice Jr had already been there, and she had used exactly that phraseology to describe the location as indicated in BB to LS # 2.
2 - How did Beatrice Jr manage to use a complex delivery network using even black cars and long distance swimmers? - Answer: Beatrice Jr was already receiving training in VFD at that time, and for that reason she could already use the communication mechanisms that the organization uses.
3 - Why does Beatrice Jr cite the difficulty of making a bat obey her orders, as if Lemony knew that it is really difficult to make a bat be obedient? - Answer: Beatrice had already entered VFD, had already started training to be a Baticeer. In addition, Beatrice had read the letter that became known as LS to BB # 4. In this letter, Lemony states that she will send the letter through a bat. However, the letter was sent to R, and R wrote a note about it and attached the letter, showing that Lemony struggled to get a bat to obey his orders.
4 - How did Beatrice Jr know that there was at least one other person with the same initials as hers? - Answer: Beatrice Jr read about Beatrice Sr in the letters that Lemony left in the office. The fact that Beatrice Jr states that there is still someone with the same initials as hers may indicate that Beatrice Jr believes that Beatrice Sr did not die (or that Bertrand Baudelaire did not die). It is important to remember that Beatrice Jr thinks Lemony is an unreliable narrator, and she can believe that Lemony knows that Beatrice Sr is alive.
5 - Why does Beatrice Jr use the expression "My Silence Knot" from this letter? - Beatrice learned in VFD classes about anagrams. We noticed that throughout the letters that Lemony sent to Beatrice that the expression "My Silence Knot" is underlined. It is possible that Beatrice Jr herself underlined these words, as she came to believe that this was some kind of code used by Lemony and Beatrice over the years. She decided to insert what she believed to be the same code in some of her letters to Lemony, to increase the chances of being answered, of course.
6 - Why Beatrice Jr needs to sleep early - Now she is training in VFD. This is certainly a recommendation for volunteers.
Chronologically, the letter that follows this is BB to LS # 4.
We are then introduced to a new situation by Beatrice Jr. She has already seen Lemony, as she indicates in the letter. She's already come back to town, and she's watching Lemony. This time she was transferred to the VFD training school in the City, at the same VFD school that Lemony had studied. Understanding what has already been explained, some things are answered:
1 - Why did Beatrice Jr use a phraseology similar to what Lemony had used to describe the professor? - Answer: Beatrice Jr read the letter that Lemony sent to Beatrice Sr describing his teacher. It is not necessarily the same teacher, of course. She just decided to use the same phraseology.
2 - Why did Beatrice Jr write about Baticeer, and claim that she saw Lemony reading a poem? - Beatrice Jr already knew about anagrams and by that time she was already watching Lemony. She also realized the importance given the word Baticeer in Lemony's letters to Beatrice Sr, and decided to use that word in a similar way as she had used the expression My Silence Knot.
3 - How did Beatrice Jr manage to open the lock on the front proto of the building where Lemony lived? - She used VFD training.
The letter that follows chronologically is BB to LS # 5.
Note the responses below:
1 - How does Beatrice Jr know that Lemony has a terrible sense of direction? - She may have watched him. But I prefer to believe that she deduced this through the letter LS to BB # 1. The map drawn by Lemony may imply that he confused the cardinal points, depending on how you interpret the map.
I want to point out that the simplest way to understand this letter, in view of what I explained earlier, is that Beatrice Jr found Violet, Klaus and Sunny at some point between writing BB to LS # 3 and BB to LS # 1. (I need to write this down: there was a great hiatus between these two letters.) During this hiatus, Beatrice Jr apparently found the Baudelaires. And during this great hiatus, she separated from them again. I know that Daniel Handler decided to end the story at TE openly. But we are talking about another book here. I don't know if he changed his mind, or if he simply preferred to attribute the possible contradiction to the fact that the narrators are characters and may not have all the information or they may be mistaken. And besides, even in Lemony's open ending, he claims that some people have claimed that they saw the Baudelaires. There is nothing to prevent Beatrice Jr from being one of those people. So, in addition to her talking about vivid memories she had of the Baudelaires when writing this letter (quite different from the very little things she remembers when she wrote BB to LS # 2), Beatrice says the following: "I must my life to them, and NOW we have been separeted, I will not rest until I FIND them AGAIN. "
Well then ... When re-analyzing TBL I can say that there is no canonical evidence in TBL that Beatrice Sr survived for many years after the fire in her house. I believe that the scenario I described is the simplest, it corresponds to the premises presented in the book itself (sequence of letters must be changed so that an anagram can be decoded). With respect to the deduction on the Baudelaires' survival for many years after leaving the island, I can only encourage everyone to follow my example, and again consider your own beliefs as the basis of the arguments presented. But this is not that important compared to the deeper understanding of the very mechanism used in TBL as I have presented.
The letter that comes chronologically after that is BB to LS # 3. We realized that Beatrice Jr is not part of VFD at that time, as she does not know the sebald code that one of the shepherds tried to use with her. We have other evidence that Beatrice Jr had indeed read the letters at Lemony's apartment, as she claims that she believes that R knew Lemony. She could have obtained this information through the Baudelaires, it is true. But, I think it's more likely that she read about R in Lemony's letters. Beatrice also claimed that she included the letters she found in Lemony's office as part of her collection. Perhaps Beatrice Jr even "borrowed" these letters. Another important piece of information is that the phraseology used by Beatrice Jr regarding the time that has passed since she found Lemony's office seems to indicate that many months have passed since she wrote the previous letter. In this letter, Beatrice does not appear to have a bedtime, since she didn't talk about it.
Now we come to a most intriguing letter of all. BB to LS # 1. This letter made me believe that Beatrice Sr had written it. But as much as I try to force this interpretation, the simple truth is that Beatrice wrote that she had never seen Lemony. There is no reason to think that Beatrice Sr would write something like that. But then we see the importance of understanding that this letter was written chronologically after BB to LS # 3. More than that: this letter was probably written after a few years had passed since BB to LS # 3 and a major change in Beatrice's life. Jr have occurred: she went on to receive training in VFD and became a baticeer who literally trains bats. Furthermore, Beatrice Jr inserts in her letters from here the knowledge that she acquired when reading the letters that Lemony had collected in his office. Note some questions that are answered by thinking like this:
1 - How does Beatrice Jr know that Lemony's office is small and dusty? - Answer: Beatrice Jr had already been there, and she had used exactly that phraseology to describe the location as indicated in BB to LS # 2.
2 - How did Beatrice Jr manage to use a complex delivery network using even black cars and long distance swimmers? - Answer: Beatrice Jr was already receiving training in VFD at that time, and for that reason she could already use the communication mechanisms that the organization uses.
3 - Why does Beatrice Jr cite the difficulty of making a bat obey her orders, as if Lemony knew that it is really difficult to make a bat be obedient? - Answer: Beatrice had already entered VFD, had already started training to be a Baticeer. In addition, Beatrice had read the letter that became known as LS to BB # 4. In this letter, Lemony states that she will send the letter through a bat. However, the letter was sent to R, and R wrote a note about it and attached the letter, showing that Lemony struggled to get a bat to obey his orders.
4 - How did Beatrice Jr know that there was at least one other person with the same initials as hers? - Answer: Beatrice Jr read about Beatrice Sr in the letters that Lemony left in the office. The fact that Beatrice Jr states that there is still someone with the same initials as hers may indicate that Beatrice Jr believes that Beatrice Sr did not die (or that Bertrand Baudelaire did not die). It is important to remember that Beatrice Jr thinks Lemony is an unreliable narrator, and she can believe that Lemony knows that Beatrice Sr is alive.
5 - Why does Beatrice Jr use the expression "My Silence Knot" from this letter? - Beatrice learned in VFD classes about anagrams. We noticed that throughout the letters that Lemony sent to Beatrice that the expression "My Silence Knot" is underlined. It is possible that Beatrice Jr herself underlined these words, as she came to believe that this was some kind of code used by Lemony and Beatrice over the years. She decided to insert what she believed to be the same code in some of her letters to Lemony, to increase the chances of being answered, of course.
6 - Why Beatrice Jr needs to sleep early - Now she is training in VFD. This is certainly a recommendation for volunteers.
Chronologically, the letter that follows this is BB to LS # 4.
We are then introduced to a new situation by Beatrice Jr. She has already seen Lemony, as she indicates in the letter. She's already come back to town, and she's watching Lemony. This time she was transferred to the VFD training school in the City, at the same VFD school that Lemony had studied. Understanding what has already been explained, some things are answered:
1 - Why did Beatrice Jr use a phraseology similar to what Lemony had used to describe the professor? - Answer: Beatrice Jr read the letter that Lemony sent to Beatrice Sr describing his teacher. It is not necessarily the same teacher, of course. She just decided to use the same phraseology.
2 - Why did Beatrice Jr write about Baticeer, and claim that she saw Lemony reading a poem? - Beatrice Jr already knew about anagrams and by that time she was already watching Lemony. She also realized the importance given the word Baticeer in Lemony's letters to Beatrice Sr, and decided to use that word in a similar way as she had used the expression My Silence Knot.
3 - How did Beatrice Jr manage to open the lock on the front proto of the building where Lemony lived? - She used VFD training.
The letter that follows chronologically is BB to LS # 5.
Note the responses below:
1 - How does Beatrice Jr know that Lemony has a terrible sense of direction? - She may have watched him. But I prefer to believe that she deduced this through the letter LS to BB # 1. The map drawn by Lemony may imply that he confused the cardinal points, depending on how you interpret the map.
I want to point out that the simplest way to understand this letter, in view of what I explained earlier, is that Beatrice Jr found Violet, Klaus and Sunny at some point between writing BB to LS # 3 and BB to LS # 1. (I need to write this down: there was a great hiatus between these two letters.) During this hiatus, Beatrice Jr apparently found the Baudelaires. And during this great hiatus, she separated from them again. I know that Daniel Handler decided to end the story at TE openly. But we are talking about another book here. I don't know if he changed his mind, or if he simply preferred to attribute the possible contradiction to the fact that the narrators are characters and may not have all the information or they may be mistaken. And besides, even in Lemony's open ending, he claims that some people have claimed that they saw the Baudelaires. There is nothing to prevent Beatrice Jr from being one of those people. So, in addition to her talking about vivid memories she had of the Baudelaires when writing this letter (quite different from the very little things she remembers when she wrote BB to LS # 2), Beatrice says the following: "I must my life to them, and NOW we have been separeted, I will not rest until I FIND them AGAIN. "
Well then ... When re-analyzing TBL I can say that there is no canonical evidence in TBL that Beatrice Sr survived for many years after the fire in her house. I believe that the scenario I described is the simplest, it corresponds to the premises presented in the book itself (sequence of letters must be changed so that an anagram can be decoded). With respect to the deduction on the Baudelaires' survival for many years after leaving the island, I can only encourage everyone to follow my example, and again consider your own beliefs as the basis of the arguments presented. But this is not that important compared to the deeper understanding of the very mechanism used in TBL as I have presented.