Book Report Paragraph 5: Conflict(s) and Resolution(s)

In my book, “The Series Of Unfortunate Events; Book 5 The Austere Academy”, there is only one major conflicts “What will Count Olaf do this time to the orphans, Violet, Klaus, and Sunny Baudelaire, to try to get the enormous Baudelaire Fortune?”

Count Olaf shows up one day at Prufrock Preparatory Boarding School. It was a normal day, just like any other day, for the three Baudelaire siblings. At lunch time Violet happened to look out the window, and noticed the children of Prufrock Preparatory Boarding School had a new gym coach. The Baudelaires did not have gym that day so they did not get to meet this new gym teacher. The next morning, Vice Principal Nero knocked on the door to The Orphan’s Shack. Violet, the oldest Baudelaire, opened the door to find Vice Principal Nero and Count Olaf, dressed up as a gym coach, waiting at her door. Count Olaf informs Vice Principal that “yes, these orphans look very fast. Orphans, you know, are very fast and have great legs for running.” Count Olaf introduces himself to the Baudelaires as Coach Genghis, their new gym coach. He tells them that he will be holding a very special gym class just for these three “special” orphans. This special class will be called Special Orphan Running Exercises, or for short, S.O.R.E. He also says that they will begin soon and he abruptly leaves, but not without flashing the Baudelaire orphans a look of his evil, greedy, little eyes. The next day at lunch, Carmelita Spatz, an evil little girl with bouncing blonde, spiral curls, gives a message to the Baudelaires saying that they are supposed to meet “Coach Genghis” out on the lawn immediately following dinner. The siblings follow her directions and when they get there our conflict is revealed. “What will Count Olaf do this time to the orphans, Violet, Klaus, and Sunny Baudelaire, to try to get the enormous Baudelaire Fortune?” He makes the orphans paint a giant luminous circle on the grass that will glow in the dark. Count Olaf tells Violet, Klaus and Sunny that they will have to run laps around this circle until he tells them to stop. Around sunrise Count Olaf eventually tells the Baudelaires to go to bed. Count Olaf makes the Children run S.O.R.E. for about a month. The Baudelaires get no sleep really and start to fall asleep in their classes. Since they are failing, Vice Principal Nero is having a very important exam for Violet, and Klaus. If they get anything less than 100% on these tests they will be immediately expelled from Prufrock Prep. The Baudelaires need to find time to study, but they also have to be at S.O.R.E. What are they going to do? The siblings’ friends, Isadora and Duncan volunteer to pretend to be Violet and Klaus and run S.O.R.E. for them. Violet and Klaus, with Sunny’s help, stay up all night and study for their exams. Bright and early the next morning the siblings take their exams. Both Violet ad Klaus ace their tests and think they are home free. Too bad for Violet and Klaus, “Coach Genghis” figures out that Isadora and Duncan were pretending to be Violet and Klaus. All five of the children are now expelled. The Baudelaires should be sad but they are really quite happy. They are rid of Count Olaf! For now at least.
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