What is the theme of the book The Bad Beginning by Lemony Snicket?

Question: What is the theme of the book The Bad Beginning by Lemony Snicket!?
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misfortune Www@QuestionHome@Com

This and many British Children's books follow the same basic theme!.!.!.Happy well-to-do children!.!.!.living with their happy well-to-parents!.!.!.la la la!.!.!.When the children's parents are tragically killed!.!.!.by some horrible (but not too horrible, don't want to scare the kids too much, means!.!.!.Crushed by a run away popcorn ball, run over by a heard of stampeding koalas, etc!.!.!.!.) The children are now sent off to be taken care of by some evil step Mom or Relative or Plotting evil doer!.!.!.The children go through some remarkable adventure, that in the end brings them back to happiness and sucess!.!.!.Really quite easy!.!.!.and cookie cutter in nature!.!.!.

Examples!.!.!.

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
James and the Giant Peach Tree
Harry Potter
Memony Snicket

Which is the same theme as the Grimm Fairy Tales!.!.!.
Snow White
Sleeping Beauty
Hansel and Gretel

Etc!.!.!. Good LuckWww@QuestionHome@Com

Antonio D, if you've ever read The Series of Unfortunate Events, you would know that the children in the story don't ever find real happiness, not throught all 13 books!. And in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Charlie's parents don't die!. So you have no idea what you're talking about!.

And I think that the theme would be misfortune, like someone above me said!.Www@QuestionHome@Com