The Bad Beginning Essays

“If you are interested in stories with happy endings, you would be better off reading some other book. In this book, not only is there no happy ending, there is no happy beginning and very few happy things in the middle.” This is the first thing you read when you open up A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Bad Beginning by Lemony Snicket, a thirteen book series that essentially changed my life. The year was either 2007 or 2008. It’s hard to remember specifics. I was in the third grade at Hildebran

Shadow of a Doubt, a 1943 American thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, begins with Uncle Charlie lying on his bed in deep thought. The landlady informs Charlie that the two men waiting at the corner were waiting for him, and Charlie quickly gathers his items and flees. The two men follow him around corners and past alleyways. Once Charlie is sure he has lost them, he stops at a pay phone booth and sends a telegram to his sister in Santa Rosa, California, telling her that he will visit in

As the Baudelaire orphans rode into the beautiful sunset in the wicked Count Olaf’s car they thought to themselves many things….. “Is one of our parents actually alive” said Klaus. “What will Count Olaf do if he finds our parents” said Violet. Sunny which was not sitting with them thought when she is going to see them again. 10 hours pass and they get there. The got to the edge of the mountain. “It’s ginormous” says Violet and Klaus at the same time. As they rode up the mountain they saw it. V.F

Benetrice Though Beatrice and Benedick may be different, they are more similar than you may think. The conflict between Benedick and Beatrice is that they are too stubborn to realize that they are in love. This is resolved by Beatrice being told Benedick loves her by Hero and she realizes that she loves him too. In Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare, Beatrice is a foil character to Benedick, by which Benedick’s irrationality is illuminated through Beatrice’s reasonability; thus, interminably

us" (Snicket 57). This proves even further that Count Olaf is evil in how a little girl can even tell he should not go with them. We can infer that most people who are around the same age as Friday would probably not be able to tell between good and bad people, but because of the fact of how crazy Olaf was acting Friday was able to easily figure out that he is evil. Not only is Count Olaf evil and sinister, but also he is quite rude and greedy. One of the key reasons to why Count Olaf is greedy is

Olaf is a hard-working and witty cambist who has been successfully doing his job for years; he exchanges currency so that people may go about their business spending cash in different countries. One day he is facing a dramatic dilemma after Lord Iron brings Olaf an unfamiliar currency and seeks to exchange it to pounds. These strange and inquisitive bills were called Independent Protectorate of Analdi-Wat—a currency unfamiliar to the countries that surrounded Olaf. Olaf faces the challenge of adopting

Violet, Klaus, and Sunny Baudelaire are three young orphans who faced miserable lives after the death of their parents. One day, while they were enjoying their time on the beach, Mr. Poe a banker and a close friend of their parents, comes to them with bad news which made them cry and panic. The news was that their home was burned and their parents have died in a disastrous fire. No one actually knows the story behind the burning of their house and the murderer of their parents. Fortunately, Mr. Poe promises

Violet, Klaus, and Sunny Baudelaires are forced into going to Prufrock Preparatory School. They have a dreadful experience at the school and Count Olaf, a cruel and greedy man who wants to steal the children's enormous fortune, finds them. This is not a joyful nor a happy ending book but a book about the dreadful lives of the Baudelaires. I truly got into book, and I had this whole book in my head, imagining the whole story. I really enjoyed the book. The setting is the Baudelaires have arrived

his readings. He knew how to tell an alligator from a crocodile. He works with his older sister to figure out ways out of the bad situations they face. He was the one who figures out Count Olaf's criminal marriage plans by reading a book on nuptial law. I would like more of these characters in books because

Thanksgiving break has just ended, and now I’m back at school, that means I have to see Mrs. Gulon’s scary face again, and go to her classes, which are pure torture. Everyone thinks she’s an evil witch and I do too, her laugh sounds like an evil cackle, she has really dry lips, and yellow teeth, she has a big scar under her eye, and a big wart on her chin. Her classroom has a cellar in the corner that she locks kids in that angers her, I heard that sometimes she leave kids in there all day. Soon

Victor is hanging out with bad people instead of good people. This all add ups

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Shimmer muttered, “sounds like brainwashing.” Shimmer hadn’t meant for Shadow to hear that, nevertheless he did, and replied. “In a manner of speaking it is, but it must be done.” Luc interrupted. “Now, that all the excitement is over I’m going back down to the dock, Demi is waiting on the boat. We are going fishing; don’t worry Keen I’ll be back to relieve you at dawn.” Keen nodded his head. Shimmer was giving Luc a knowing glare. Luc smiled and mouthed, “Don’t worry.” Him and Demi had been pretending

his face and small build, but he was able to get past it and sacrifice his life to save the little kids that could have died if he and Ponyboy had not retrieved them from the burning church. This is good because without them saving the kids, other bad things may have

In February 2018, Justin Timberlake released his fifth studio album Man of the Woods. Throughout the years, Timberlake has maintained a clean cut, urban image that is reflected in his past work which led to his global success. In 2006, Timberlake released the album, Future Sex/Love Sounds which features “SexyBack,” one of the most popular songs of his entire discography. On the album cover, Timberlake is seen in front of a white background while wearing a sleek suit, tie, and dress shoes. Thus

about a young boy, Marley, who tells the story of Matt Kaizer, the Minister’s son. Matt is bad, and he’s proud of it. Even when his father repeatedly says “there’s goodness in everyone” he insists he’s not good. From picking up roadkill to watching gory tv shows, nothing is too bad for Matt. If he gets a dare, he will accept it. The gang (Cuck, Nick, Todd, and Marley) always pressure Matt to tak ebeing bad to the next level. And Matt could of gone living like that forever, if he had not met ill

Have you ever liked someone so much, that you feel you can never get over them? Too often a break up is made complicated as emotions too easily get in the way of properly dividing yourself from them. Breakups are never easy and it can really hurt a person’s self esteem but you should never let a breakup overwhelm. The only way of becoming at peace again after a breakup is to get over your ex and move on. There are six key ways to get over your ex which are: delete their number, delete and block them

“Man in the Mirror” is a song made famous by singer Michael Jackson. It was co-written with Glenn Ballard and Siedah Garrett and produced by the Grammy award winner Quincy Jones. When “Man in the Mirror” debuted in 1988 it instantly shot to number one on the billboard charts. One of the primary reasons the song rose to number one on the charts was because of its lyrical content. In “Man in the Mirror,” Michael Jackson takes a moment to stop and reflect on the state of the world around him. Upon doing

filled with crime, evil, and injustice, but do people have the desire to do bad things knowing that they are bad, or do they do them thinking that they are good? In this essay, I examine Socrates argument, found in Plato’s Meno, that no one knowingly desires bad things. If Socrates were right, it would mean that it is impossible for someone to perform a bad action based on their desire for that bad thing. Instead, all bad desires result from the ignorance of the person performing the action in falsely

placed into bad homes and had to go to multiple new homes until they found on that was good for them. Three kids in particular, had many not so good events and homes before they choose a family that was right for them. When you think of “not so good events” little things come to mind like your dog dying, losing a friends because of drama, or getting grounded. These things are nothing compared to the things that happen to Molly in the