Characterization

From the book: The Grim Grotto

By: Lemony Snicket

Lemony Snicket really brings some characters alive like the evil Count Olaf. There are some new characters like Captain Widdershins and Fiona who have a very distinctive attitude.He presents the characters by their actions or by another character's interaction. And each chapter we get to see more of what the character is like.

On page 2 , Lemony Snicket shows that Violet was an inventor who could get away of hard situations through out her miserable life. "Violet who was 15 years old and nearly the best inventor who had ever found herself trapped in the grey waters of the stricken stream, found her way out by using some tools she had early on." That explains that a girl so young had a brilliant mind, and yet could escape. It matches to the chart underneath hobbies, cause she loved inventing.

On page 3, Lemony brings Count Olaf's greediness to the page. Part of the sentence wrote, "the amount of trouble and woe these skills would bring him once he and his siblings met up with Count Olaf, the notorious villian who had been after the children ever since their parents had perished in a terrible fire." The fire was even done by him, so he could get his filthy hands on the Baudelaire's rich fortune. The author gave a hint with the keyword notorious villian, to show that he never did any good. It also shows how eager and desperate he is to get the money. It matches with number 9 on the chart.

On page 7, he brings out violet's inventing skills again with the quote, "and she looked at her siblings, who were waiting for her inventing skills to save them." Usually Violet was the one who saved them, so her unventions have to be strong to hold them all. They always relied and depend on her, but she didn't mind because she loved her sibling very much. This means she cares about them to love them.

Because of the different characters and the way he introduces them, I keep on reading his fantastic books!