And to correlate that with events in A Series of Unfortunate Events: the Bad Beginning, what constitutes being happy for the Baudelaire children would be to be a part of a family again. In other words, when it seemed as if having an ever-present parental figure in place of their birth parents for the Baudelaire’s life was enough to fulfill their need of an ideal childhood, as the story progressed, the Baudelaire had to learn the hard way that the pursuit of true happiness goes beyond just having a parental figure in and around them. In fact, it takes a careful and constant process, where it is not just about fulfilling the outer happiness (imaginary) in the presence of a parental figure, but also about fulfilling the inner ones (real) in the
