Klaus Baudelaire MBTI Personality Type
Personality
What personality type is Klaus Baudelaire? Klaus Baudelaire is an ISTJ personality type in MBTI, 5w6 - sp/sx - 512 in Enneagram, RCOAI in Big 5, LSI in Socionics.
I promise this has to do with Klaus; I just need a little exposition. I have had a difficult time determining my tritype, but eventually settled on 514 rather than 512. It took me some time, especially with stereotypes, but what helped me figure it out were the vices of each type. For 4, it’s melancholy, self-loathing, and envy, like Violet. For 2, however, it’s pride, and Klaus has shown us time and time again that he has a ton of it. I love him to pieces, but after reading the series so many times, it became very apparent that pride was his biggest downfall. In times of stress, his pride comes out. He brags to Olaf about figuring out what his plan is in the first book (to marry Violet), but he, if he hadn’t said anything, would’ve had time to tell Violet, determine Sunny was missing, rescue her, and run. However, he needed his bragging rights. I’m also still trying to figure it out, but Poe most certainly led to this plot point, and there’s a chance that Klaus may have contributed as well. One thing that I am quite certain of, however, is that his pride led to Uncle Monty’s death. Lemony details a dramatic scene with Klaus, Violet, and Olaf the day before. I believe with my entire being that Monty was trying to tell the children he knew who "Stephano" was and wanted to assure them that he wanted to keep them safe by ripping up the ticket. Now that I think about it, I think that he may have been alluding to VFD by saying that Stephano spy from the herpetological society. Anyway, Klaus tells Olaf that Monty ripped up his ticket so he would no longer be going to "Peru" (I fully believe that he was planning on taking them to the island). This is where things get bad; Olaf *has* to kill Monty to take his ticket and grab the Baudelaires. First, he tries to kill him with the lamp, and then when that fails, with poison. Violet normally manipulates these situations, but at this point in the story, there is so much nuance that no one could have truly known what Olaf was capable of. There are many examples of this throughout the series, but one that varies a little is in The Grim Grotto. Violet felt that something was off with Fiona (thank goodness because I did, too) and wanted to protect Klaus. Throughout the series, Violet is able to pick up on subtle cues and intuitively understand what could go wrong in their current situation. She knows when to get her younger siblings to stop talking to prevent situations from developing, knows when a person is "off," and knows how to keep Klaus and Sunny safe pretty much at all times. This is the one time that Klaus deviates from her, and I believe that it may be an issue of pride. Klaus is *angry* when Violet suggests that Fiona may have bad intentions. In the end, Violet was, of course, right about her gut feeling, and it completely crushed him. Violet would have no reason to lie to Klaus, especially when their well-beings are constantly at stake. If you have any thoughts on this, let me know. I am absolutely open to suggestions and ideas, and if I am wrong, definitely let me know; I'm still learning.
Biography
The middle Baudelaire and only boy, Klaus is extremely bookish and prone to using big words. The vast amount of things he's learned from his reading, as well as his research skills, come in handy.
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