The Baudelaires and Aunt Josephine are hurriedly on there way back to Damocles dock. They are trying to escape from the mouths of the Lachrymose Leeches. These leeches will eat any food they smell, even food that has already been eaten by a human. Aunt Josephine had recently eaten a banana, so the leeches were chasing after them, trying to crack the boat and get to their prey. Violet Baudelaire thought of an idea to signal for help. Her idea failed on her first attempt at it, but her second attempt worked. The thing is, the person who saw her signal was none other than Count Olaf. It was both a blessing and a curse. He saves the Baudelaires and Aunt Josephine. When they were safely on the boat, Count Olaf walked over to Aunt Josephine, angry at her for not doing what he told her to do. He pushed Aunt Josephine off the boat and she ended up being eaten by the evil Lachrymose Leeches. This scene, on Lake Lachrymose is happening towards the end of the book. This scene is so important because it was a very scary scene and Aunt Josephine did end up dying, which was a surprise. The author made the reader think that this was it, the Baudelaires are going to die. But, the three children did indeed not die. He also made the reader think that Aunt Josephine would end up not dying and would care for the three orphaned Baudelaires. But, she did die and certainly would not care for the Baudelaires. It does not create the conflict. It shows the characteristics of Violet Baudelaire. The scene showed her inventive characteristic by having Violet invent a signaling device. It does not help create the theme of the whole book. Violet reacts very sadly that her first attempt to start a fire as a signaling device did not work and then she was very happy about her second attempt. On page 61 of the book “The Wide Window” it explains, "It's not working," she said again, and dropped the oar in despair. "We need a fire, but I can't invent one." Violet is unhappy that she can’t invent something to help their situation. She usually is able to solve their problem with an invention easily. She was then upset about Count Olaf finding them. On page 64 of the book “The Wide Window” it states, "If it weren't for you," Violet said fiercely, "we wouldn't be in Lake Lachrymose to begin with." Count Olaf wants to steal the Baudelaire fortune. Violet does not want to be found because of that. The point of the plot structure in this scene that takes place is falling action. Why did the orphaned children not attempt to save their Aunt Josephine?
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