The very bad beginning

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The very bad beginning

• Lemony Snicket

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Main idea
Count Olaf wants to get the Baudelire fortune.

• Count Olaf wants to get the Baudelaire fortune
  their parents left behind.
• The Baudelaires parents die in a fire.
• Mr. Poe comes to get the children.
• Count Olaf comes to get the children to take them
  to his house.
• Count Olaf makes the children do a lot of nasty
  chores.
• The 3 children escape from Count Olaf and his
  men.

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Theme

• The lesson I learned from this story is to never
  trust strangers.

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Plot

• The 3 children where outside when they heard that
  there parents had been killed in a fire.
• The 3 children went to live with Count Olaf.
• Count Olaf made them wear itchy clothing and made
  them eat cold porridge for breakfast.
• Count Olaf traps Sunny in a bird cage.
• Violet is forced to marry Count Olaf so he can
  get the fortune.

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Setting

• This book has a lot of settings.
• The first setting was at a beach were the 3
  children were looking at the water.
• Mr. Poes house.
• Count Olafs house.
• A stage.

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Characters

• Count Olaf- has one eyebrow,1 one shiny eye, very
  dirty finger nails. He is very mean. Olaf is very
  mean to children.
• Violet is the eldest Baudelaire, she loves to
  make inventions, she was 14 years old. She is
  brave. She protects the children.
• Klaus was the middle Baudelaire. He loved to read
  books, he is the smartest of the children. He
  gets the children out of trouble.
• Sunny was the smallest of the Baudelaires she
  loved to chew on things. She is very brave. She
  protects the children by biting on things.

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5 Words I did not know

• Figuratively- they escaped from count Olaf and
  their miserable existence. I think it means
  literally. Dictionary definition representing by
  a figure or resemblance EMBLEMATIC b of or
  relating to representation of form or figure in
  art.
• But we dont have any kerosene I think it means
  explosives. Dictionary definition a flammable
  hydrocarbon oil.
• What are polygamist? I dont know what it
  means. Dictionary definition-people who marry
  more than one.
• And embraced her. I think it means hugged.
  Dictionary definition- to clasp on arms.
• He provided us with hideous clothes. I think it
  means gave us. Dictionary definition- to give.