In this journal, I will be characterizing Klaus. I characterized him as being both intelligent and quite knowledgeable about literature. To begin with, Klaus is quite intelligent and wise. For example, when the Baudelaires are at the hotel they need to keep hidden, so they decide to go undercover as concierges. Being as wise as he is, when ever Klaus would be confronted by someone he would always respond as vaguely as possible to conceal his identity. When Frank or Ernest asked him who he was he
Title: I Can Not Go To School Today! By: Shel Silberstein Genre: Realistic Fiction Key vocabulary: Temperature, wrenched, appendix Suggested use: Class Read Aloud – I think this could make a good first couple weeks of school lesson introducing poetry or even rhyming. Suggested Grade Level: 1st-3rd grade Questions: “I know this can’t possibly be true, but have any of you every missed school for a reason that might not have been true? What excuse from the poem do you think is the most convincing
Everyone has something that scares them, that is frightening more than blood or violence. More often than not many people are frightened by a physiological thriller rather than one which is simply all gore. Lemony Snicket’s a Series of Unfortunate Events, is exactly that, a psychological terror that is centered around a series of probable unfortunate events. Although, this movie may be lined with satirical comedy, it’s main storyline is rather gothic in nature. The gothic nature of this movie is
I am Count Olaf and Count is actually my first name. You see I always thought of myself as the perfect person. To show that I joined a group called the V.F.D. and got a tattoo on my ankle that looked like an eye, but was actually said V.F.D. However this big schism split up V.F.D. because all the goody goody ones didn’t care about money. So we turned on them and began stealing money from the volunteers. Today I just went to the bank and told them that I was one of the Baudelaire’s relatives. This
Mr. Poe, explaining their situation and pleading for help. The store's generous owner explains that a van of 'Volunteers Fighting Diseases' arrives once everyday for a gas refill. The van arrives, and the Baudelaires, thinking it to be the acrynom 'V.F.D', escape into it after the owner recognizes them as the accused murderers in The Daily Punctilio, an unreliable newspaper series. The Baudelaires discover that Volunteers Fighting Diseases is a group of enthusiasts that visit Heimlich Hospital to
In this series there is a great plot and it seems like there's suspense to everything.This story is about three children that are named Sunny, Klaus, and Violet Baudelaire that have very bad luck.There parents died in a fire, so they were taken up by a villainous man named Count Olaf.He has been trying to harm them and eliminate them, because they have a great fortune under there name and once Violet is of age they get to have it. They have been moving house from house and caretaker to caretaker
Unfortunate Events: The Vile Village because the mob of angry villagers always finds them when they are unaware that they are being chased. In the book the Baudelaire orphans Violet, Sunny, and Klaus live in a village called the Village of Fowl Devotees (V.F.D) in search of their friends who was kidnapped by Count Olaf. The siblings friends, the Quagmires have the key to defeating the main antagonist, Count Olaf. The village that raised the children accused the children for murder. This event makes it
The Baudelaire Orphans find themselves in a difficult situation yet again. They are hurdling down a mountain in a toboggan trying to connect all of their information. Just as they have plan to control the toboggan, the orphans are rescued by Captain Widdershins in his submarine. As the Baudelaires enter they find more of the crew, the captain's daughter, Fiona, and the cook, Phil, whom the Baudelaires have already met. The crew reveals that they know of the Baudelaires mainly because of telegrams