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Plot Summary of The Wide Window
"In this third tale of the Baudelaire orphans they are sent to live with their Aunt Josephine. She is very nice but afraid of everything, including a door knob. She lives high above a cold dark lake on the side of a cliff. She tells the children there are leeches in the lake that killed her husband because he didn't wait long enough, after he ate, to go into the water and they could smell him. Although their aunt is a little strange and has an obsession with grammer she treats them well until they come upon Captian Sham. The children know this is Count Olaf again. He can't fool the children. Again he tries to get custody of the children with another elaborate plan."
Sherrie L. Jones, Resident Scholar



Review Analysis of The Wide Window
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Plot
Tone of book? - depressed
Time/era of story - present (2000-2010)
Kids growing up/acting up? Yes
Family, struggle with Yes
Struggle with: - Uncle
Family, loving relations Yes
Special relationship with - aunt
Is this an adult or child's book? - Age 11-14
Parents/lack of parents problem? - orphan story

Main Character
Gender - Female
Profession/status: - wealthy
Age: - a kid
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events? Yes
Ethnicity/Nationality - British
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - average physique

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male
Age: - 40's-50's
Profession/status: - actor/actress/producer
Eccentric/Smart/Dumb: Yes
Eccentric: - obsessed - eccentric - dumb
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - a moderate amount
How sensitive is this character? - mean, arrogant
Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - average physique

Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings? - 4 ()
Water? Yes
Water: - drowning - sail boat
Small town? Yes
Small town people: - dumb Rednecks, like Gomer Pyle

Style
Person - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - generic/vague references to death/punishment
Unusual Style: - a lot of flashback and forwards
Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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