The first thing to consider when determining whether The Hobbit demonstrates the features of the fantasy genre is the setting. The setting is the where the story takes place. Most fantasy stories take place ‘an enclosed world that is often exotic and mystical’ (Glasson, 1955, p.55). The setting in The Hobbit follows this idea and the world that it takes place is enclosed and exotic. With rows of strange and devious mountains and thick woods where elves and giant spiders live The Hobbit world is definitely exotic; with the abundance of several other creatures and dragons the world of The Hobbit is also quite mystical and magical. The setting of any genre is the fundamental building block for a stories development. For example, it is quite hard to create an interesting science fiction story that is set in the backyard of a young boy. The Hobbit proves that it uses the writing structure of the fantasy genre by being set in a magical land full of exotic creatures and landforms which are the elements of a typical fantasy story.    

Setting isn’t the only aspect to be considered when writing a fantasy story; there are also characters to be put into consideration. In the fantasy genre there are usually the protagonist and the antagonist that are in conflict with each other. In The Hobbit the protagonist is a simple hobbit, known as Bilbo Baggins, who becomes a thief on a plan to steal treasures. There is no antagonist in The Hobbit. Smaug is not the antagonist because an antagonist is ‘a principal character that opposes the protagonist’ (www.thefreedictionary.com). Throughout the book Smaug does not oppose Bilbo Baggins until he is provoked. He is more of an obstacle than a villain opposing Bilbo and his party of dwarves.

On the other hand, The Hobbit demonstrates the features of the fantasy genre through the development of Bilbo. Protagonists in fantasy stories are well-known for their development or change. For example, in the book called Eragon the main character transforms from a deer hunting farm boy into a fierce and powerful dragon rider. In the beginning of the book Bilbo defines himself and the hobbits as ‘Plain quiet folk and have no use for adventure” (The Hobbit, p.4). Throughout the book Bilbo changes into an extroverted and adventure-seeking hobbit through his experiences. Bilbo had changed from a simple hobbit into a fantasy protagonist with that could fulfil the task at hand. Most stories have a diverse range of characters and within these characters are the protagonist and antagonist. Different genres have different personalities or criteria for their main characters. The main character in a fantasy story is usually changing, confident and adventurous. The evidence clearly reveals that The Hobbit demonstrates the features of the fantasy through the knowledge or skills that the hero gains through his quest.

Plot and structure is a key feature to the features of the fantasy genre. The plot and structure in the fantasy is quite unique in contrast to the features of other genres. ‘There is calm, upheaval, calm; then stability is restored’ (Glasson, 1955, p. 55) shows the dynamic structure of a fantasy quest. The Hobbit starts off in a peaceful and calm atmosphere until Bilbo joins Gandalf and the fourteen dwarves in an adventure. During his journey the calm atmosphere is disrupted and ‘upheaved’. When the journey ends Bilbo goes back to his normal life, despite his grown love for adventure. Stability is restored at the end of The Hobbit because the arrogant dragon was killed and Bilbo’s returning to his peaceful life after a crazy adventure.

The plot in a fantasy story usually centres on the hero’s quest or journey. The quest is usually a search for a powerful or ancient object that will restore the stability or calm that was disrupted by evil. The Hobbit conforms to this by focusing on Bilbo’s journey but the object (treasure) doesn’t restore the calm but instead creates conflict. In The Hobbit Thorin and his cousin nearly declare war but are forced to join in an attempt to stop the Goblin army. With this evidence it is obvious that the quest was not aimed to destroy evil and it even started conflict. The quest in The Hobbit strays from the criteria of a typical fantasy story.

Every protagonist in any genre encounters obstacles throughout story but the reasons for these obstacles change depending on the genre. A dramatic story would use obstacles as a method to exemplify the feeling of the character or his/her flaws while a fantasy story would use obstacles as a test for to prove the character is worthy or expedient. For example, Bilbo encounters three trolls and tries to pickpocket an object from one of the trolls but he is discovered and captured in his attempt. This obstacle could’ve been made to show that Bilbo is not yet a master of stealing and how he still needs to improve before his convergence with Smaug. Most of the elements in The Hobbit successfully combine to create a suitable plot and structure for a fantasy novel.

The Hobbit doesn’t completely demonstrate the features of a fantasy story mainly due to the themes and values in the story. In a fantasy quest ‘Tradition values are fought for’ (Glasson, 1955, p. 55). Throughout The Hobbit values are not fought for. For example, Bilbo believed in a simple and harmonious life that is adventure free but as he doesn’t fight for what he believes in and ends up accepting Gandalf’s request. Even when delving deeper into the story values are not fought for and some are even broken.       

There are different opinions on the features of the fantasy genre and how a book fits into a particular genre and it makes it hard to find out whether a book really uses the features as an outline. By using the typical opinion of the criteria or features of a fantasy quest it is quite clear that The Hobbit follows these outlines. The Hobbit is able to include: an enclosed and exotic setting, mystical creatures, characters that learn from their mistakes and flaws, a plot that focuses on a quest for an object and obstacles that test and teach the hero during his quest. Even though The Hobbit doesn’t use the themes and values of a typical fantasy quest but it still utilizes the features of the fantasy genre.

Janie's grandmother whom she calls Nanny was once a slave and was impregnated by her owner and she gave birth to Leafy, a baby girl. Nanny wants to give her daughter a better life than she had but destiny had other plans. Leafy was raped as a teenager by one of the school teachers and she eventually gave birth to Janie.

A disturbed Leafy soon gets addicted to boozing and stays out late at night. After sometime, she runs away leaving Janie and Nanny behind. Nanny transfers all her unfulfilled hopes from her daughter to her grand daughter.

When Nanny sees Janie kissing a neighborhood boy, Johnny Taylor, she fears that Janie would face the same fate as her mother and grand mother faced and arranges her marriage. She arranges her to marry an older man and farmer, Logan Killicks. But from her childhood, Janie has an opinion that marriage should involve love and she thinks that marriage is equal to bees pollinating flowers. On the other hand, Logan Killicks wants a wife just to help him in his farm work and he never considers wife as a partner or lover. After their marriage, he forces her to do labor and she runs away from his house with Joe (Jody) Starks and they go to Eatonville.

Soon Starks opens a general store there and he wants Janie as a trophy wife rather than the wife he can take to social gatherings. He forbids her from coming to any social gatherings along with him and he confines her only to take care of the store. But soon Starks passes away.

Janie finds herself financially secure and independent and soon many men start harassing her. Some of them are well settled and prestigious people in the society but she falls in love with a gambler and a drifter, Vergible Woods. They get married and she sells the store to move to Jacksonville. They move from there to the Everglades region. Janie feels very happy about their marriage, despite having some quarrels in it, because she finally married in a way she always wanted to, that is love before marriage.

Soon their area is hit by a strong hurricane and though both of them manage to survive, Vergible Woods is bitten by a rabid dog while he is saving Janie. But after attacked by the disease, he tries to kill her but she kills him in self defense and is arrested on murder charge.

A group of local women support her and the jury which consists of white people aquits her. She arranges a grand funeral to her dead husband and returns to Eatonville but soon finds that the neighbors are gossiping about her.

The two most important chapters of how to read lit like a college professor, that also relate to the novel Brave New World in any way, are chapters one and fourteen. Chapter one is about every novel containing a quest to be walked upon by a main character of the novel. Chapter fourteen talks about a Christ figure being in all novels, who, in any ways, resemble Jesus Christ from the Bible. The Christ figure of this novel being John the Savage, who does everything he can to prove to the people-like creatures that what he is saying is the truth. Albeit, that's what the whole novel was mainly about: truth, and conformism.

Plot summary of "Contagion"

Dr. Jack Stapleton is an ophthalmologist running his practice. He loses his practice to a medical giant who wants to earn money through his practice. Jack Stapleton also loses his family in an airline tragedy. He becomes an absolute nobody after losing his practice and after his family members are killed.

He feels he lost everything in life. But he slowly regains strength and motivation to start things once again from the first. He starts his work in pathology again and wants to start his practice in a new place and wants to make name through his practice. Though it is difficult to start once again from the first and go through all the things happened earlier, he is ready for that and he is determined to achieve what he wants to achieve.

He selects New York to start practice at as he thinks that the city suits his changed prospect of life. He thinks his mood matches well with the cold and strange New York. He starts his practice there.

Jack Stapleton thinks that he might not care for pain of people much as he went through lot of hell in life. But after seeing a series of very dangerous, lethal and vulnerable diseases spread by a deadly influenza attacking young, old, kids and everyone, he feels pain a suspicion about the incidents arises in him.

Soon he finds that the probable reason for this outburst of these illnesses is the set of hospitals which are run by the same medical giant to whom he lost his ophthalmology practice. He realizes that he was trapped in a web of conspiracies which are of lethal proportions. He goes in search of truth and to reveal it. In this process, he meets an art director at an advertising firm. Her name is Terese Hagen. Though she seems a very unlikely pair for him both on personal and professional front at first, they fall in love.

Both of them, together try to find the real reason for the spreading of the diseases and the substantial evidence for that. They succeed in finding the reason and they also reveal the facts infront of everyone.

It is a very thrilling and interesting novel which keeps the reader glued to it. The best parts of the book are definitely the unique love between Jack Stapleton and Terese Hagen, and the way they reveal the true reasons behind the spreading of diseases.

The Civil War has begun. Fort Sumter has been fired upon and many southern states have seceded. Father takes Susan to Mr. Anderson's demonstration and gets hurt. He then talks to Susan about what is going to change because of the war. He also tells Susan to do what ever she thinks is right even if it hurts the people around her.

Inciting Incident

When Susan sneaks out in boy's clothes and goes to the Spotswood she bumps into a man that catches her. Susan then finds out that the man is her brother Lucien.

Rising Action

Susan's mother will not let her join a sewing circle because she doesn't want Susan to hear the gossip about her brother Lucien. Later on Susan embarrasses her mother in front of Mrs. Harold by pleading her to take in the privates and is slapped. Susan's mother claimed that the Richmond Citizens' Committee assigned her to take only officers and she didn't want a mix up. Susan thinks her mother will only take officers because they are higher classed than privates and will treat her properly. Afterward Susan's mother offers that Susan would help Mrs. Harold take care of the wounded soldiers to make up for the embarrassment. Susan helps Tom McPherson who is one of the privates staying at Mrs. Harold's and develops a relationship with him. Susan's mother is very happy when Susan comes home and tells two officers that she's been taking care of wounded soldiers.

The next morning Susan goes to Mrs. Harold's and finds out that Tom is dying. Mrs. Harold tells Susan to be patient with her mother. Susan stays with Tom until he dies and she finds out what real silence was and was scared. Silence to Susan meant the absence of breathing, life and a young North Carolina boy. She realized that he was gone and she felt a huge gaping silence take over the room. Susan finally feels the terror of death in her life and thought why did he have to die and for what. She also thought about what Lucien said about the South and the war. She thought about what if Lucien was right and the South and the war are corrupt and evil. Susan thinks about how everyone is fighting for something that may not be worth fighting for.

Susan is taking her white dress to donate for the Cause even though her mother doesn't want her to. At the Spotswood, Susan sees Mrs. Turnstable and Connie. Mrs. Turnstable starts to insult Susan's mother and Lucien, but Susan maturely defends them. Mrs. Wigfall comes to comfort Susan and tells her to be patient with her mother. Later that day Susan goes home and finds that her father is home. Susan's father found out that Susan disobeyed her mother by taking the silk dress to Mrs. Wigfall's even though her mother told her she couldn't and he is disappointed at Susan.

Susan goes on a picnic with Lucien and Fanny at Drewry's Bluff. Susan tells Lucien that she told father that she met Lucien. When Susan takes a walk around Drewry's Bluff she sees a spy balloon over Richmond and thinks it's the most beautiful thing she's seen. The sewing circle ladies didn't want to collect dresses because they said they are already busy and don't have time to go around collection dresses. Susan then offers to collect the dresses and soon after Connie stands up to her mother and offers to help Susan collect the dresses. When mother finds out that Susan is collecting dresses for the balloon she is very happy and she thinks Susan is trying to help the Cause and get back at the women that insulted them. Susan's mother gave her a list of women to collect dresses from because she said those are the “worthwhile” ladies in Richmond.

Susan decides to ask Lucien to help her get the remaining dresses, but Lucien thinks what she is asking is hypocritical because she wouldn't talk to the women that she wants the dresses from if she saw them on the street and she said I don't care what kind of women they are. Susan meets Tim later that night at Lucien's house and Tim wants to make a sketch of Susan. Susan lets him make a sketch of her without thinking about the consequences of what might happen.

The prices of food are fixed and food was scarce. Lucien sends Nate to deliver food to Susan, but mother would not eat it because Lucien had sent the food. Later in the day mother confronts Susan with Harper's Weekly and turns to the page where Susan's portrait is. Mother is very angry and hits Susan with the switch. Susan finds mother at a hospital and mother tells her that she is outside her circle of love because she wants to be loved, but she also deceived her mother.

After Susan sees the balloon she goes home and finds out that her father has been killed. Susan's father has left all the estate and head of the family to Lucien. Susan realizes that her father put aside his disappointment in Lucien to ensure Susan's well-being. Lucien stood up for Susan after the meeting with Mr. Ratcliffe. That night Susan's mother tells her that Lucien is her half brother because they have different fathers. Susan finds out that her father had an affair with a slave and that made Susan's mother angry. Then when Susan's mother went north she met a man and had an affair with him, so Susan was born.

Susan visits Connie and tells her she wants her to help Susan get rid of the balloon. When Tim comes back to visit Lucien, Susan tells him about her plan to get rid of the balloon and he understands because he said that the balloon meant a lot to Susan and to her beliefs about the cause, but now since she doesn't like the cause anymore she wants to get rid of the balloon. Tim and Susan tell their plan to Lucien, but he doesn't approve of it because he doesn't want Susan to get involved in it.

Susan is saved from the picket by Lucien who shot the man. Lucien is angry at Susan from disobeying him. Tim tells Susan to behave herself and told her that he would be back when Lucien cools off. Tim also tells Susan that she got rid of the balloon because she did what she thought was right and not to hurt Lucien. After the detective leaves, Lucien tells Susan that he shot the man because he saw the corruption in the South in the man and he wanted to destroy it without thinking about the consequences of what he had done. Susan then tells Lucien that they both did what they thought was right even though it would hurt the people around them.

Lucien knew that Susan would hurt him if she got rid of the balloon and Lucien asked Susan if she thought about the consequences resulting from their father's theory. Lucien told Susan that their father took his mistakes and tried to teach Susan not to make the same ones, but she took his advice too far and didn't think about the consequences of her actions. Lucien wanted to teach Susan that there will always be consequences and they may be bad or they may be good.

Susan has to live with the consequences of getting rid of the balloon by getting sent away. Lucien finally agrees to let Susan go north with Tim and stay with his family. Susan packs for the trip north and Lucien does not allow her to take all the things she packed. Then Lucien tells her that she would have to see Charlotte before they leave and Susan was thinking about arguing with Lucien, but decides it's best for Lucien if she didn't.

Climax

Susan and Lucien visit their mother before they leave, but Susan felt weak because she wanted to forget about the past, the memories, and what happened. Her mother's house brought back many memories and Susan was uncomfortable in that position. Susan's mother that she never hated her, but it was difficult taking care of her. Then Susan's mother tells Susan that she was always a Yankee at heart. She also told her that she love Hugh when she married him and finally she told Susan that she loved her. Susan was stunned that her mother waited until now to tell her that she loved her and she thought it was unfair.

Falling Action

Susan is in boy's clothing and ready to leave. Before she leaves Sarah gives Susan her blessing to leave and Susan knew she would cry for many nights in New Jersey. Susan then thinks about the consequences of her actions. She thinks about the moment when she has to say good-bye to Lucien and how she and Lucien would bear with it. She also thinks about how Tim would feel saying good-bye to her. She also thought about how she was leaving the South and all the memories that the South brought. She also thinks about how she would live with the consequences of her actions, she would find out.

Resolution

Susan follows Tim and Lucien out into the dark leaving the past and the memories of the South behind and getting ready to live with what's going to happen to her as she makes her way up North and when she gets to the North.

The plot is written very well, and the conflicts that happen are strange yet intriguing. The plot is interesting because people want to see what robots do under certain circumstances. While it is predictable on how the characters cope with a conflict, it is intriguing to find out what was the cause of the conflict. There are many types of conflicts, such as person vs. person, person vs. world, and person vs. machine. For example, Michael Donovan and Gregory Powell. They are friends, yet they argue a lot, and are hostile to each other, so its person vs. person. An example of person vs. world is when Stephen Byerley, who is running for mayor, has to convince the world that he is not a robot, yet nobody believes him. All the conflicts build up to the conclusion - when robots control many aspects of our lives. The subject is not outdated, in fact, it is thinking ahead. Robots could very well become a huge part of lives soon. There is already a large dependency on machines in the world, for example it is impossible to imagine a world without computers, so the book is accurately foretelling the future, seeing that it was written 50 years ago.

The cast of characters in I, Robot is remarkable, with lots of protagonists, all of them having their own qualities. Protagonists are people like Susan Calvin, Powell and Donovan. All the characters deal with the conflicts they have flawlessly, figuring out dilemmas with sheer mind power. Susan Calvin had to figure out many problems US Robots were having, using her knowledge of robot minds to overcome them. Gregory Powell and Michael Donovan also had to deal with malfunctioning robots, and fixing the problems the robots had with focus on the “Laws of Robotics”. A majority of people today couldn't deal with the situations the characters in I, Robot had to face. Many people can relate to these characters, because they have the same emotions and impulses as us. There are also a variety of robots with different personalities that Asimov created, such as Robbie, a caring robot, and Cutie, a robot who thinks humans are inferior. Isaac Asimov did a brilliant job creating the characters and making them extremely realistic.

The theme in I, Robot was clear and expertly integrated, and with the major theme being not to rely on objects too much. An example of this in the book is how 2 people's lives are in danger just because a robot didn't collect some Selenium. We can relate to this because most people couldn't get work done or have any progress without computers and machines calculating and doing the hard work for humans. A minor theme is that you shouldn't rely on technology too much. An example in the book is how an entire factory stopped production one robot went missing. We relate to this because if our electronics broke down, such as a TV or phone, we would function less smoothly.

I wasn't impressed with the way Asimov wrote this book, mainly because of the lack of images. Many readers would not be able to visualize the characters and settings well, for example I thought that all the types robots would look the same, even though they probably look very different from each other. Readers have to use their imagination to fill in the blanks, because there are no vivid descriptions. And because the book is consisted of short stories, some of the stories seem out of place.

Summary

This book talks about how the world is when robots are invented. In the beginning, there is a little girl with a robot she loves. Her parents take the robot away form her, and she misses him. Later the robot saves her life, so her parents let her lave the robots again. The next part of the book talks about the scientists and robots at U.S. Robots. The robots are constantly malfunctioning, and the scientists have to figure out the robot's problems. The next part of the book talks about an election and how people think a candidate is a robot, and how he proves he isn't. The book ends with a scientist talking with the “world coordinator”, and how they figure out that robots are basically controlling how the human race is going to turn out.

Among the attributes frequently reproached in Jackson's The Lottery are its ambiguous dialogue and characters that are bluntly presented. The Lottery's character development is indeed indistinct whichever direction you look at it. However, Shirley Jackson used them as an advantage to develop her prevailing theme - the horror of man's evil. As part of the development of this centralizing theme, Jackson omitted the exacting characterization of a protagonist and/or antagonists. She does this by displaying everyone in the story as just an average person. The reader would have never determined from the beginning if it were Mr. Joe Summers or Old Man Warner, Mr. and Mrs. Adams or Mrs. Tessie Hutchinson who was the emerging protagonist. Yet this was for the reason that as supporting theme, all characters must be treated equally to prove that the ultimate sacrificial victim (the protagonist) could be anyone; henceforth to emphasize even more the horror of man's evil as central theme.

The next point to consider is Jackson's imprecise style of delivering the short story. Again, this is purely intentional - the dialogue, tone, and the irony which are all but elusive. The dialogue jumps from expected to unexpected remarks, as with Mr. Summer's suggestions of replacing the black lottery box and the people's reaction including Old Man Warner's mention that it was “Bad enough to see young Joe Summers up there joking with everybody” as there has always been a lottery. The author's tone remains detached, as with showing no instance that anybody heeded Tessie as she kept on uttering, “It wasn't fair… I think we ought to start over… I tell you it wasn't fair” nor describing any reaction in the people as they were going in upon Tessie. And, irony is prevalent verbally and dramatically - as with the two-sided expression of the black box symbolism and the characters' prejudiced and hypocritical behavior - for instance in Mrs. Delacroix, who is supposed to be Tessie's good friend, reprimanding her to be a “good sport” saying “All of us took the same chance” and, in the end, selecting a huge stone for throwing at her; A friend's loud whisper hoping that it's not Nancy; Everyone blandly wanting to have the lottery done with yet (everyone including family) acting naturally towards the result of the draw and at all fervor while getting on with the throwing; Also Mr. Adams who pointed to Old Man Warner that the north village talks of stopping the lottery yet was one in the front line while they all “finish quickly”.

Still, these are all in keeping with the suspenseful theme of the Lottery. The discrepancy in the expression of symbols and the succession of events and the characters' behavior, express the underlying supporting theme - a struggle to keep with the lottery routine because of the fear of change - which necessarily disguises the morbid evils of man, hence making the central theme more horrific.

Lastly, the point of view and plot that Jackson uses aids the development of suspense theme of the story. Although often, the foreshadowing element of The Lottery is not recognized - the use of the other elements mentioned above prove this point that Jackson intended to present The Lottery in such a way that later event, most especially the ending, is prepared for. Moreover, it is the omniscient objective-limited point of view used in The Lottery that obscures the foreshadowing element. On the other hand, it was again preferred for keeping with the detached un-feeling cruelty theme that dominates the entire narrative.

The Lottery's characters, style (dialogue, tone, and irony), plot, point of view, and the interplay of themes, were all developed around the central theme of the story - the greatness of how the horrors of man's evil could be. Shirley Jackson's use or intended lack of use of these short story elements was able to set the atmosphere of the story, to create the suspense/horror theme of The Lottery, and finally to prepare for its shock ending. All these make it an interesting, and credible literary piece, no matter how controversial.

• Introduction: We meet the four main characters of the book. They leave for the cave.
• Action: They reach the cave and enter it. While exploring they run into a rattlesnake. Realize that they don't know where they are going anymore.
• Climax: After realizing that they are lost they look for and find a room with running water and make it into a camp area. They eat and begin to plan how they will escape from the cave.
• Falling Action: They begin to put there plan into action to escape from the cave. Neil hurts his leg while they are exploring. Then they find a bird that swims underwater that came up through the water they have been drinking the whole time.
• Conclusion: After figuring out the way out. Randy then Terry with the assistance of David escape through the pool, leaving only Neil left. Finally David and Neil try and escape and even though Neil gets separated from David they still make it out alive.

• Author: Lemony Snicket
• Publisher: Harper Collins
• Copyright date: 2003
• Number of pages: 337

Plot Structure:

The story begins with Violet Baudelaire, a girl very good with mechanics, and a boy named Klaus Baudelaire, who reads every second he can. Violet and Klaus are trapped in a wagon cruising down a mountain. They have only seconds to find a way to make the cart stop. While Klaus and Violet are dealing with their dilemma, their sister Sunny Baudelaire, an infant with sharp teeth, is facing her own dilemma.

Sunny is heading up the Mortmain Mountain in the evil clutches of Count Olaf. Count Olaf is a greedy man who has been trying to steel the Baudelaire fortune for some time now. Count Olaf and his comrades are taking Sunny to Mount Fraught, which is the highest peak in the Mortmain Mountains.

First of all, Klaus and Violet finally find a way to get the cart to slow down and stop. They first tie materials behind the cart to help the cart slow down and they also put sticky material on the wheels to make the cart slow down even further until it stops. After the cart stops, Violet and Klaus turn around and head back up the mountain. To their surprise there are dozens of bugs that started chasing them. After all the bugs disappear Klaus mentions that the bugs are called Snow Gnaughts, which have stings that feel like a bee sting.

Next, Violet and Klaus stumble over a large cave with people surrounding a camp fire. The people call themselves Snow Scouts and their destination is to reach Mount Fraught before False Spring, which is when the weather turns warm during the winter. The Snow Scouts have a real weird pledge that goes through the whole alphabet saying compliments about themselves.

There is one mysterious Snow Scout named Quigley Quagmire who knows why the Baudelaire's came to the Mortmain Mountains. Quigley tells Violet and Klaus about the Vertical Flame Diversion, a chimney which leads to the place that Violet and Klaus are seeking.

Meanwhile, Sunny's conditions are deteriorating as time goes on. When Sunny arrives at Mount Fraught she is expected to set up camp even though she is only an infant. She is expected to sleep in a Tupperware bowl with punched holes. That night Sunny must prepare a fancy dinner for Count Olaf and his comrades or else she will get thrown off the ledge. Count Olaf hated the dinner and makes Sunny remake the dinner.

Finally, when Count Olaf is satisfied with the meal a man and woman arrive and state that they have burned down V.F.D., which is the place that Violet and Klaus seek. The two mysterious people hand one of Count Olaf's workers a green object that looks like a cigarette. Once Count Olaf's worker blows into the green object green smoke appears. Sunny hopes the green smoke will be a signal to her siblings.

Soon after Quigley, Klaus and Violet get up the Vertical Flame Diversion, they find themselves in a pitch black tunnel. At the end of this pitch black tunnel there is a large door with a lock. Quigley says the lock is called the Vernacularly Fastened Door and to get through the door you must type the correct code.

The words Violet, Klaus and Quigley tried to type in were Sirisaachewton, Pantheraleom, and Tragedy. These three words opened the door but when they got in all they saw was burnt scraps of paper and ashes. They were devastated to see everything in ashes. Suddenly, they notice green smoke on top of Mount Fraught and wondered if the smoke was Sunny signaling them for help.

After some time Violet and Klaus figured out the green smoke was Sunny trying to signal them. Violet invents a way to get up the icy slope and rescue Sunny. She ties forks to the bottom of their shoes and also to their hands so they can get up the slippery mountain slope. After many hours Violet, Klaus, and Quigley finally reach the top of Mount Fraught. Count Olaf refuses to give back Sunny and says he needs as many workers as he can get. Then he says that he will also trap the Snow Scouts in a net when they get to the top of Mount Fraught.

The story ends with Count Olaf trapping the poor Snow Scouts in a net after reaching Mount Fraught. Next, Count Olaf sneaks away from Violet, Quigley, Sunny, and Klaus by jumping on to the Snow Scout's net and calling eagles to fly them away. Since that day turns out to be False Spring all the ice and snow suddenly melts leaving the four friends swimming for their lives. Shortly after frantically swimming Violet, Klaus, and Sunny get to shore. However, their friend Quigley is no where to be heard or seen!

Characterization

Klaus Baudelaire is 13 years old and he has read the encyclopedia! Klaus is very smart, brave, and intelligent. Klaus is always coming up with ideas that have saved his siblings many times. Klaus is an excellent note taker throughout the story. Klaus is very resourceful because when he sees a piece of paper from the V.F.D leftovers he records it in his notebook. Klaus thinks quickly and saves the important things from the uncontrollable cart heading down the mountain. Klaus also saves a book full of important information about Count Olaf and V.F.D. Klaus may have been very resourceful, but he was also very brave.

Next, Klaus was very brave throughout the story. For instance when the snow gnaughts were attacking Violet and Klaus, Klaus remained brave as he headed up the mountain. Klaus also stood up to Count Olaf. Klaus remained brave as he and Violet hid under Count Olaf's car while talking to Sunny. If Klaus hadn't been brave, Klaus and Violet would never have found Sunny.

Finally, in the story Klaus shared all of his knowledge with Sunny and Violet. When someone asked what a word meant, Klaus would know right off the bat! For instance, when Violet asked what bugs were chasing them, Klaus replied, “Snow gnaughts, found in cold areas.” Another word Klaus knew was a word that started with x that had to do with personality.

Klaus answered, “How about the word xenial?” I don't know what xenial means! Last, Klaus figured out a very difficult riddle that I believed to be impossible for Klaus to solve. All in all, Klaus proved to be was smart, brave, and intelligent.

- Snape is in fact good not evil

- Dumbledore is not dead

(warning - this may spoil the fun of the next book!)

Heres the proof. (Only people who have read the books well and know it fairly well will be able realize i am correct)

Here is the story of Dumbledores death. The main thing is that where it seemed Dumbledore was dieing he was in fact

sleeping or falling asleep. ill prove it just stick with me. it is my belief that when harry and Dumbledore entered

into the cave (where tom riddle once visited) to acquire the Horcrux, and came to the bowl which Dumbledore drank from,

i beleive the liquid he drank from the bowl was a sleeping draught. Now considering this, think of how later when

dumbledore was confronted by Draco Malfoy. Dumbledore leaned against a wall, and was slipping down that wall as a

result of fatigue. after he was (supposedly - ill talk more about it later) hit by the killing curse he was flung

of the wall and when he hit the ground he lay there, and once harry had got down from the tower and took in Dumbledores

appearance, JK Rowling says how he was "so peaceful, almost as if he was asleep". Now that still leaves the fact that

he was hit by a killing curse and fell a long distance. read the following and consider

Now comes my evidence of Snapes innocence which will link to Dumbledores (supposed) death. In the fourth book,

when mad eye moody in his class talks of the unforgivable curses he says how the caster of the spell must really

mean it. In the sixth book snape teaches them about spells which can be thought and cast, rather than shouted aloud.

now considering these points, think about the scene on the top of the tower. Snape arrives and says "avada

kadavra". suppose he did not mean this curse and said expelliarmus in his head instead? still don't believe me?

listen up - hardcore evidence here - in the fourth book when Cedric Diggory is hit by the killing curse JK Rowling

makes it clear that he falls straight to the ground - no flying all over the place. So this proves the point that

snape did not kill dumbledore and in fact just stunned him. As for Dumbledores great fall, i believe snape cast

the same spell in which dumbledore once cast to save harry's life in the third book when harry falls from his broom.

And besides, snape left harry when he could have just killed him - i know Voldemont would like to do it himself

but that didn't stop Barty crouch junior in the fourth book meaning that though voldemort would like to do it himself

a faithfull death eater killing harry would do.

As for dumbledores funeral - JK Rowling made sure of the fact that dumbledore was not seen once during the whole

funeral. So who's to say that that wasn't a dummy or something which Hagrid brought to the white tomb?

And this concludes my idea of JK Rowlings plot and just to make it clear, it is just an idea it is not pure