Character Analysis
Sunny is only a baby when her parents perish in an awful fire, but she still has some adorable personality going on. Check her out:
She was an infant, and very small for her age, scarcely larger than a boot. What she lacked in size, however, she made up for with the size and sharpness of her four teeth. Sunny was at an age where one mostly speaks in a series of unintelligible shrieks. Except when she used the few actual words in her vocabulary, like "bottle," "mommy," and "bite," most people had trouble understanding what it was that Sunny was saying. (1.5)
Even though other people can't understand Sunny, her siblings always do. When Sunny gently bites Justice Strauss's hand, Violet explains:
"That means she likes you," Violet explained. "She bites very, very hard if she doesn't like you, or if you want to give her a bath." (3.29)
Because she just a baby, Sunny can't contribute much to the cleverness of her older siblings, though she's obviously on her way to becoming just as brilliant as both of them. She's very perceptive and notices things around her. She's the first one to see Mr. Poe coming toward the children at Briny Beach, and she also tries to tell Violet that she's about to be attacked by the hook-handed man during her rescue, but can't get the words out. Tape over your mouth will do that to you, no matter how limited your vocabulary.
Throughout the story, Sunny often plays the role of the victim. Count Olaf lifts her in the air and threatens to drop her when he's mad there's no roast beef, and he also imprisons her in a cage and nearly drops her to her death. The poor baby. As an infant she is the most helpless of the Baudelaire children, but that doesn't mean she's not just as charming and clever and awesome as the other two. We can't wait to see how her character develops as she grows up.
Sunny's Timeline