The main characters of “A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Miserable Mill” are Violet, Klaus, and Sunny Baudelaire and Count Olaf. Violet Baudelaire is the eldest of the three Baudelaire children and an amazing inventor. Klaus Baudelaire is the second youngest child of the Baudelaires and a genius at reading and grammar usage. Sunny Baudelaire is the youngest of the three children, who has stunning sharp teeth, and loves to chew on many different items lying around. Count Olaf is a menace, who tries to steal the Baudelaire fortune every time they move from place to place to escape from him. The Baudelaire children are the protagonists, who move from city to city and place to place to get away from the clutches of Count Olaf. Count Olaf is the antagonist, who will always try to get their fortune, but has not succeeded yet. They are important because the whole series and book revolves around the children’s miserable life and Count Olaf’s mischievous life. The author regarding Violet said, “The mill might have complicated machines, and you would find it interesting to study them." "That's true," Violet said” (page18). This shows that Violet admires machinery and building them too. The author writes about Kluas intelligence, “This time she probably meant something like ‘But Klaus reads many complicated books!” (page 7) This shows that Klaus Baudelaire must have high intelligence to be able to read difficult books. Sunny Baudelaire is attentive. The text states, “You're going to live here, at the Lucky Smells Lumbermill?" "Cigarn!" Sunny shrieked, which meant "Look at this note" ( page 22). This quote shows us that Sunny observant in what others say and responds to what they say, even though she can not truly speak English. Count Olaf is vengeful. The author observes, "This book was certainly helpful to you, orphans," Count Olaf said, holding Dr. Orwell's Advanced Ocular Science high in the air, "and now it will help me." With all his rotten might, Count Olaf turned and threw the heavy book right through one of the library windows. With a crash of tinkling glass, the window shattered and left a good-sized hole. The hole was just big enough for a person to jump through, which is exactly what the bald man did, wrinkling his long nose at the children as if they smelled bad. Count Olaf laughed a horrible, rough laugh, and followed his comrade out the window and away from Paltryville. ‘I'll be back for you, orphans!’ he called. ‘I'll be back for your lives" (page 188)! This shows that Count Olaf will do whatever it takes to get his revenge on the Baudelaire orphans and steal their fortune. The Baudelaire orphans, Violet, Klaus, and Sunny, are dynamic because at the beginning of the story they were discouraged and hopeless because their life so far had been miserable, but at the end of the book they realized they were lucky to be alive and were hopeful for the better. Count Olaf is static because his main goal throughout the whole book is to take the Baudelaire fortune away from the children.
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Meg Murry's feelings towards herself changes over-time. At the beginning of the story she expressed deep hatred of her flaws and herself. The author states, “- A delinquent, that’s what I am, she thought grimly“ (page 8). This quote shows that she knows she is calling herself names because she does not favor herself in any way. Another example is, - Why can’t I hide it, too? Meg thought. Why do I always have to show everything?” (page 9). This shows that she does not like her personality and her flaw in self-expression. Towards the end of the story, Meg begins to have a change of heart about herself and her flaws. The text explains, “Father said it was all right for me to be afraid. He said to go ahead and be afraid. And Mrs. Who said—I don't understand what she said but I think it was meant to make me not hate being only me, and me being the way I am. And Mrs. Whatsit said to remember that she loves me. That's what I have to think about. Not about being afraid. Or not as smart as IT. Mrs. Whatsit loves me. That's quite something, to be loved by someone like Mrs. Whatsit” (page 226). This quote shows that Meg accepted the challenge of loving herself and that she is not horrible because others actually love her, even though she has many faults. In addition, the text states, “She knew! Love. That was what she had that it didn’t have. She had Mrs Whatsit’s love, and her father’s, and her mother’s, and the real Charles Wallace’s love, and the twin’s, and Aunt Beast’s. And she had her love for them” (page 228). This shows that Meg changed her feeling’s towards herself and she was loved by her friends and family. Meg Murry’s feelings towards herself and her flaws relate to the GATE icon, change-overtime.
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