The antagonist in this book would defently be Count O'laf, he's crule, crude and murderous for too many reasons to count, he tries and suceeds in killing innocent people to get closer to the Baudalair fortune, he messes with the childrens minds, he puts the Baudalairs through the worst time of there lives.

There are multiple protagonists in this story, Klaus, Viliot and Sunny, each of them are trying to get a nice life with their unique foster parents without count O'laf trying to kill them and they are against him in every way possible.

Analyze: Realistic Character

The most realistic character in this novel would have to be Count O'laf, he has a strict relation to the Bauldalairs with his momentum to kill them and recieve the fortune of their dead parents. He plays more then one character in this novel, he is Count O'laf, and his disquise is captain sham whom he tries to be a nice forgiving parent just to get custudy of the children.

Predicament/Dilemma

The Baudalair family must choose between risking their lives between by stealing a sail boat from one of Count O'laf's hired henchmen to see their Aunt Josephine across the lake with lethal leeches, or, coming into town with Count O'laf and telling Mr.Poe their story which he might not even believe.

Tension

Lemony Snicket, the author, had the most tension in the novel near the end when the Baudalairs had to fight/run away from one of the terrifying henchmen of Count O'laf, example, "Without a word the mountainous person grabbed Violet by the hair, and with one swing of its arm lifted her way up over its muscular shoulder the way you might carry a back-pack" or "He felt somthing grab the back of his shirt, and began running down his back, and Klaus realized with with horror that the person was holding in his or her mouth!"

Key Words

Leech

Leeches roam the lake and eat away the Baudalairs boat and kill Aunt Josephine.

SailBoat

The family operate a sail boat to get to Curdeled Cave, the destanasion where Aunt Josephine is.

Wind

On the way back from Cudeled Cave, the wind stops and Count O'laf catches the Baudalairs and Aunt Josephine.

Message

In Aunt Josephine's fake suicide note, she writes a hidden message written with spelling mistakes.

Library

Aunt Josephine spends most of her time in her library, filled with hundreds of books about grammar.

Disguise

Count O'laf uses a disguise to kill Aunt Josephine and trick Mr.Poe.

Book

Klaus knows how to sail because hes read books about sailing.

Bite

Sunny bites multiple objects to foil Count O'laf's evil plans.

Ferry

When the Baudalairs try to escape from Count O'laf on the ferry, they find it closed.

Cliff

Aunt Josephine's house is on a giant cliff above Lake Laucharmose, her house ends up falling off the cliff when a hurricane hits.

Hurricane

A huge hurricane, hurricane hurman, destroys Aunt Josephines house and makes it hard to navigate in the Lake.

Captain Sham

This fake character is Count O'laf in disguise.

Curdeled Cave

Aunt Josephine retreats to this cave after faking her death.

Grammar

Klaus knows that Aunt josephine is absessed with good grammar and uses that to dedect a secret message in her note.

Count O'laf

Count O'laf is a character that pushes the story forward with his plans.

Violet

This character does not play a huge roll but helps invent contractions to evade Count O'laf.

Sunny

Sunny is just an innocent three-year-old character that bites ropes and things to escape Count O'laf.

Mr.Poe

Mr.Poe is the person who eventually saves the Bauldalairs from Count O'laf.

Aunt Josephine

A character that is terrified of anything that can harm her, she is the family's current foster parrent but ends up dead.

Brobdingnagian

The author uses this word to discribe the person protecting the sailboat keys. Means "Unbelievable Husky".

Quotable Quotes

'Her heart in her throat, Violet stood in front of the creature that gave her a fake smile'

'You cant lock up the barn after the horses are gone'

'Flying to the lake like a bird catching its dinner'

'Watching as if the hive on Violet's arm grew to the size of a soccer ball'

'The scenary looked as if it were painted'

Opinion

The writing style in this book is quite exaggerated, the author expands on little problems until you would think of them them as the main dilemma. My brain is full of creative images by the detailed discriptions in this novel and the emotions that the characters have when they realize somethings wrong. This is a reletively negative book, the Baudalair's are always losing anything that makes them feel relativly happy, which creats a bag of symbathy in the back of your mind.