freddiethefrog
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Post by freddiethefrog on Dec 29, 2005 1:54:05 GMT -5
Please forgive me if this is in the wrong place - i'm new! I was just re-reading GG. When the fire was started at the V.F.D headquarters in the Valley of Four Drafts, a volunteer managed to throw the sugarbowl out of the window and into the stream, right? So why is it that if the sugar bowl was at the V.F.D headquarters that the secret still remains a mystery to it's members? again, sorry if this is in the wrong place.  |
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Post by Antenora on Dec 29, 2005 7:59:29 GMT -5
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Post by RockSunner on Dec 29, 2005 9:46:29 GMT -5
It seems that Dewey and his comrade were the ones who saved the sugar bowl at headquarters:
TPP p. 183
"...we're thrown important items out of the windows of our destroyed headquarters, so that they might wind up somewhere safe at sea..."
Who is this comrade? I first thought Kit, but she was in bed. prostrated with grief over Jacques at this point. Also:
TGG p. 284
None of the Baudelaires would ever meet... the brave volunteer who tossed the sugar bowl out the kitchen window...
The Baudelaires have met Kit and Dewey, so the comrade must have tossed the sugar bowl. The comrade could be Lemony himself (if he's not the taxi driver). In fact, that's probably it. He had a "life's work" before starting on the SOUE books, and that's how Dewey described his library work.
If so, we cannot expect a meeting with Lemony in the last book.
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Post by js927 on Dec 29, 2005 9:54:32 GMT -5
It seems that Dewey and his comrade were the ones who saved the sugar bowl at headquarters: TPP p. 183 "...we're thrown important items out of the windows of our destroyed headquarters, so that they might wind up somewhere safe at sea..."Who is this comrade? I first thought Kit, but she was in bed. prostrated with grief over Jacques at this point. Also: TGG p. 284 None of the Baudelaires would ever meet... the brave volunteer who tossed the sugar bowl out the kitchen window...The Baudelaires have met Kit and Dewey, so the comrade must have tossed the sugar bowl. The comrade could be Lemony himself (if he's not the taxi driver). In fact, that's probably it. He had a "life's work" before starting on the SOUE books, and that's how Dewey described his library work. If so, we cannot expect a meeting with Lemony in the last book. That's a good point Rocksunner, I didn't think of that! The way I always thought of it was that the "brave volunteer" perished in the fire, and that was why the Bauds would never meet him(or her). |
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Post by twistedbrain on Dec 29, 2005 10:52:04 GMT -5
Of course, the "comrade" could have been any member of V.F.D., and they could have perished in the fire. It doesn't necessarily have to have been the one helping with the catalog.
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Post by RockSunner on Dec 29, 2005 12:19:09 GMT -5
Of course, the "comrade" could have been any member of V.F.D., and they could have perished in the fire. It doesn't necessarily have to have been the one helping with the catalog. I agree it could be any volunteer, but Dewey said comrade, singular, not comrades, and listed a whole set of things he and the comrade did on pp. 182-183 of TPP. It looks to me like it has to be the same person helping with the catalog who also saved the sugar bowl. That volunteer might have perished in the fire, but I think Dewey would have said something about it. |
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Post by Sugary Snicket on Dec 29, 2005 12:59:46 GMT -5
I think it's someone that we haven't met yet, and according to Rocksunner's evidence, we never will.
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Post by lemony2012 on Dec 31, 2005 12:42:05 GMT -5
i really wanna know whats in it
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Post by js927 on Dec 31, 2005 18:11:47 GMT -5
i really wanna know whats in it uh... I think we all do! |
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Post by freddiethefrog on Jan 1, 2006 3:36:21 GMT -5
Its just that...how can not a single person the Baudelaires have come across have no idea about it's contents if one of V.F.D's members had it in their hot little hand? Surely, someone must have been able to be contacted and informed of it's secret! Kit Snicket received Quigley's message, meaning she also would have been able to receive some news about the sugar bowl. I'm so confuzzled.
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Post by RockSunner on Jan 1, 2006 9:29:48 GMT -5
The only person who has admitted to ignorance about the sugar bowl contents is Fiona, and that's because Captain Widdershins wouldn't tell her for her own safety. Every other V.F.D. agent they have met probably knew and either lacked time to tell them or wouldn't for some other reason.
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Post by fireman911 on Jan 2, 2006 18:09:21 GMT -5
i think there lots of money inside the SUGAR BOWL $$$$$$$$  |
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Post by twistedbrain on Jan 2, 2006 18:19:03 GMT -5
How would money exonerate Lemony and bring Olaf to justice? Unless, of course, V.F.D. is resorting to bribery ,and I really doubt that.
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Post by fireman911 on Jan 2, 2006 18:22:21 GMT -5
yes i guess u r right but i dont know what exonerate means??  maybe there is a paper hidden inside the bowl!! with much information!! |
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Post by SnicketFires on Jan 2, 2006 21:15:43 GMT -5
Exonerate - to free from all blame.
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maybe there is a paper hidden inside the bowl!! with much information!!
