Blog 15-Retorical Reflection, Notable Moment and Analysis: Lemony Snicket

Blog 15-Retorical Reflection, Notable Moment and Analysis: Lemony Snicket

Rhetorical Reflection
The Bad Beginning is the first book of thirteen in the A Series of Unfortunate Events. They are written by Lemony Snicket, and although I know little about the book itself, I do know that a movie was made over the first book. After reading the back cover, I somewhat gave a little chuckle. The back cover explanation of the book goes on to say how horrible the story will be in the book and how the three characters will have bad luck, and then at the end goes on to say that you could put the book down and choose a happier one if you prefer. Judging from that review I don’t know if I am looking forward to reading the book or and we will have to see it I enjoy it.

Notable Moment
After finishing The Bad Beginning, it is hard to find a moment that is notable in this book. All of the scenes end in something bad happening to the children, and it is hard to find a moment that is enjoyable for me a reader. After much thought, I decided that the moment at the end of the book when it had become clear that the once legal marriage is now illegal because Violet signed her name on the official document with her left hand instead of her right hand which is her dominant hand.

“Finally, she smiled. ‘If Violet is indeed right-handed,’ she said carefully, ‘and she signed the document with her left hand, then it follow that the signature does not fulfill the requirements for the nuptial law. The law clearly states the document must be signed in the brides own hand.”

The quote above, stated by Justice Strauss, shows the reasoning behind the marriage not being legal. This part of the book was probably my favorite at the time because this is probably one of the few happy moments that occurs in the book. Although this is not the point of the book, because it is all about bad beginnings, I enjoyed that the book did have some happy moments.

Analysis
A series of unfortunate events is a unique book in the way that it is written. The author makes the book educational in that words are introduced to the reader, and they are then defined. The first word to be introduced to the reader in the book is rickety, and following that it is then defined as being unsteady, or likely to collapse.

The uniqueness of the way the author does this subtly to introduce new words to the reader is very interesting. I have never read a book like this is way the author has written it, and the style that it is written. Because of this, I enjoyed the book, and thought that the way these words are introduced to the reader make the book easier to read also. This style was a nice spin on the book, and I thought it was a great asset to the book.