The lovely and talented Karen Stay took what must have been several long hours, and coded out this page, for which I am extremely grateful. let her know how wonderful it is.
I'll let Karen tell the rest:
Here, at long last is a graphical representation of the index of the Unauthorized Autobiography. It may be a little confusing, so let me explain how it works. Each entry in the index has a line and follows its path from right to left. Take, for instance, "Noble Causes." In the index, it says, "See also Necessary Evils" which says "See also Moral Uncertainty" and so on through "Villainy", "Conspiracies", "Overall Feeling of Doom", and "Doom, Overall Feeling of." To see that on this page, go to the Edit menu in your browser, and select "Find (on This Page)" or something similar. Type in Noble Causes and hit enter. It should take you to the first row with Noble Causes on it, and you can follow it all the way across to the end. A note about the colors: The ones in white have no other entry reference them. The ones in yellow are repeatedly referenced, and the ones in pink are just the first time they are listed, so that they stand out. I'm sorry about all the white space at the top and left, I couldn't think of a better way of doing it.
There are a few different tables on this page because not all of the entries interconnect. Most of the entries find their way back to "Doom, Overall feeling of" and are in the first, biggest table. The next table has the entries that find their way back to "Snicket, Lemony." Then there are a few random entries that hook to just one or two others. I've included these in the final table, because they fit in the lists so well (they're marked in pink). Finally there are the single entries that have no references at all to or from (except the couple in pink that I mentioned earlier). These I have arranged into logical categories as I saw fit.
I personally believe that we can infer relationships between entries that follow similar paths. For instance, there are several people, mostly Baudelaire guardians, who are listed next to "Lassez Faire Philosophy." These people are the ones who evidence indicates are members of VFD, but seem to not know or care what Count Olaf is up to. To me, it follows that instead of two factions splitting off in the Schism, there were THREE! The first is composed of the good guys -- Baudelaire and Quagmire parents, the Snickets, etc who oppose Olaf, and so are in most danger of fire. The second is the bad guys -- Olaf, Esme and their crew. The third group is made up of the fence sitters who don't want to offend anybody, and so don't work to actively oppose Olaf -- and perhaps are so out of touch that they don't know what's really going on.
I'd love to hear what you all think of this theory, what you think of this page, and what other thories it suggests to you.
I'll let Karen tell the rest:
Here, at long last is a graphical representation of the index of the Unauthorized Autobiography. It may be a little confusing, so let me explain how it works. Each entry in the index has a line and follows its path from right to left. Take, for instance, "Noble Causes." In the index, it says, "See also Necessary Evils" which says "See also Moral Uncertainty" and so on through "Villainy", "Conspiracies", "Overall Feeling of Doom", and "Doom, Overall Feeling of." To see that on this page, go to the Edit menu in your browser, and select "Find (on This Page)" or something similar. Type in Noble Causes and hit enter. It should take you to the first row with Noble Causes on it, and you can follow it all the way across to the end. A note about the colors: The ones in white have no other entry reference them. The ones in yellow are repeatedly referenced, and the ones in pink are just the first time they are listed, so that they stand out. I'm sorry about all the white space at the top and left, I couldn't think of a better way of doing it.
There are a few different tables on this page because not all of the entries interconnect. Most of the entries find their way back to "Doom, Overall feeling of" and are in the first, biggest table. The next table has the entries that find their way back to "Snicket, Lemony." Then there are a few random entries that hook to just one or two others. I've included these in the final table, because they fit in the lists so well (they're marked in pink). Finally there are the single entries that have no references at all to or from (except the couple in pink that I mentioned earlier). These I have arranged into logical categories as I saw fit.
I personally believe that we can infer relationships between entries that follow similar paths. For instance, there are several people, mostly Baudelaire guardians, who are listed next to "Lassez Faire Philosophy." These people are the ones who evidence indicates are members of VFD, but seem to not know or care what Count Olaf is up to. To me, it follows that instead of two factions splitting off in the Schism, there were THREE! The first is composed of the good guys -- Baudelaire and Quagmire parents, the Snickets, etc who oppose Olaf, and so are in most danger of fire. The second is the bad guys -- Olaf, Esme and their crew. The third group is made up of the fence sitters who don't want to offend anybody, and so don't work to actively oppose Olaf -- and perhaps are so out of touch that they don't know what's really going on.
I'd love to hear what you all think of this theory, what you think of this page, and what other thories it suggests to you.
It is quite a great graph, but I can't copy it, so here's the possible link:
http://web.archive.org/web/20041215032157/http://www.angelfire.com/ga2/LoneWolf/SnickStuff/LSUAIndex.html
http://web.archive.org/web/20041215032157/http://www.angelfire.com/ga2/LoneWolf/SnickStuff/LSUAIndex.html