What Are The Similarities Between Aunt Jurite And Aunt Mauriise In The Wide Window

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The book The Wide Window by Lemony Snicket consists many diverse characters. Including Klaus, one of the three Baudelaire, who is simply one of the smartest twelve year olds and the grammar obsessed Aunt Josephine who lost her “dear Ike” in a terrible leech accident. Both characters are somewhat important to the plot of the story and are involved into this particular book. These two characters can be alike in some aspects but are also very different at the same time. There aren't many similarities between these two characters, but there are some. Both Klaus and Aunt Josephine are intellectual in some ways. For example, Klaus knows a lot about everything. In the book he had noticed that Aunt Josephine made a lot of mistakes in her spelling

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