The Reptile Room Summary

The Reptile Room begins with the three Baudelaire orphans, Violet, Klaus, and Sunny. The became orphans do to a very sad event. This sad event started with a fire that burned their house down and killed their loving parents.After, they were sent to a distant relative named Count Olaf. Count Olaf is a greedy man that wants the Baudelaire families’s fortune. He was caught, but escaped. They are now traveling to their new guardian's home along Lousy Lane. Dr. Montgomery turns out to be much more than the children expected. He works as a herpetologist. Dr. Montgomery picked a job for each of the children to do. To help him get ready for their expedition to Peru, to find a certain type of snake. The Reptile Room is where Uncle Monty keeps all of his species.
The joy of being safe doesn’t last long. Then Uncle Monty's new assistant arrives. His …show more content…
Lucafont comes to examine the body of Uncle Monty and says the the death was a result of snakebite. However, the children knew that this wasn’t true. The orphans try to reveal the true killer of Uncle Monty. The orphans go to work, Klaus researches the type of snake that Dr. Lucafont says killed Uncle Monty, and Violet tries to find some evidence that will link Stephano to the crime. In, the end they found that the crime was not an accident and this wrongdoing was done by Stephano. Violet is also able to prove the true identity of Stephano by revealing that he has covered his telltale tattoo with makeup. Once Mr. Poe figures it out, Count Olaf begins to plan his escape. Dr. Lucafont offers to take Count Olaf to the police, but Sunny reveals Lucafont's true identity before they can leave. Dr. Lucafont is the hook-handed man, one of Count Olaf's accomplices.
Just when the children seem to have bested their nemesis, Olaf manages to escape, and Mr. Poe refuses to follow him. Once again, the children will be transferred to a new guardian, always fearing that Count Olaf will be lurking in the shadows, following their every