Thursday, February 16, 2012

The Bad Beginnings: problems with characters at the beginning of the book

   I recently started reading The Bad Beginning by Lemony Snicket. the book is about three children named Violet, Klaus and Sunny Baudelaire. Their parents die in a fire and they are forced to go live with a distant relative named Count Olaf who treats them horrible and just takes them in because he wants the family fortune.
    When the Baudelaire go to live with Count Olaf, they get treated horribly and are forced to do things that are not meant for children. He makes them cook, clean and forces them to live in a small room with only one bed. They have to make a be for Sunny out of curtains and Violet and Klaus have to take turns sleeping in the bed. I seriously think Count Olaf should go to jail for treating the kids so unfair. They shouldn't be forced to clean and cook for Count Olaf because they are just kids. They also shouldn't be sleeping in those unsanitary conditions. if I were them I would run away and go to an orphanage, at least there they would get treated better than why they get treated with Count Olaf. 
     The worst part of all is that Count Olaf is just doing it to get the money that the Baudelaire inherited. Count Olaf just cares about himself and will do anything to get it. I think that he will even get to a point  where if the only way to get the money is to kill them he would. I would never do that to anyone it's a horrible thing to do. They are just kids and shouldn't have to be owing through all this stress and worry. That just shows that Count Olaf doesn't have a heart he is selfish and a meanie. 
    I can't wait to see what happens next. I wonder if they stay with Olaf or if they escape? What if they do escape will Olaf chase after them? I personally think they do escape but who knows anything can happen.

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