The Reptile Room | Themes

The Reptile Room Themes

Teamwork

As in the first story in A Series of Unfortunate Events, The Bad Beginning, the Baudelaire children realize the importance of working together to solve their problems. Each child has a particular talent that comes into use several times in this story.

At first, Dr. Montgomery needs the children's individual talents to prepare for their expedition to Peru. Violet, who is gifted mechanically, will need to repair the snake traps so that the snakes they find will be comfortable during their journey. Klaus is needed to research the indigenous snakes of Peru, making using of his reading skills. Sunny's talent for biting things is used to cut one long rope into several smaller pieces.

After the death of Dr. Montgomery, the Baudelaires are called on again to use their particular talents. Violet must invent a lock-pick to find the evidence that will link Stephano to Dr. Montgomery's death and prove...
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