The City of Ember

The City Of Ember “The City Of Ember”, the first “Book Of Ember”, was written by Jeanne DuPrau and published in 2003. This is a “science fiction for those who do not like science fiction” (Voice of Youth Advocates, Starred). The story was about Ember, a city underground that is running out most of energy and supplies. Ember is covered by the darkness and colorlessness. In the city of Ember, Lina Mayfleet and Doon Harrow are trying to find a new world that has light. Following the Instruction of

The title of the book is The City of Ember, because the story is set in Ember, a small underground city. The city runs on light bulbs, because no natural light reaches the city. These lightbulbs represent ember, creating light in the dark. I think the author intended both children and adults to read The City of Ember. He wrote the story to inspire anyone to explore their world, and find ways to make it more efficient. Also he wanted to show that even children could make a tremendous difference

in the present. Two well-known young adult science fiction books are The Giver and The City of Ember. These 2 books have something going wrong in society and people go through challenges. In The Giver and The City of ember, there are 3 main elements for comparison. They are the Exposition, Community, and Resolution. In The giver when kids turn 12 they have a ceremony and get assigned a job. In The City of Ember they get their job by picking from a hat and don’t have a ceremony. They can not pick

The City of Ember is an underground city that has problems with their society. Doon and Lisa are two of many people in the city. They are both 12 years old and they want to help the city by being electricians and Messengers. The cities lights are going out, so they want to help fix the power. But they both have struggles that are in there way of succeeding in the goals. The themes in the City of Ember is that when change happens, we have to adapt. And in hard times you have to find hope. The first

deeper meaning in a story. “Jeanne Duprau”, the author of “The City of Ember” emphasizes darkness vs the light throughout the whole book. The author does this because the symbols hidden in the story, has a huge impact and role throughout it. In the story, the author uses both symbols light and darkness. The light represents life and hope for another world, while the darkness symbolizes fear and death. In the book, “The City of Ember,” the author uses the symbol light to show life and hope for another

you do, then The City of Ember is the book for you. The City of Ember is about a girl and a boy named Lina and Doon who were not friends at first, but then became best friends. Then they found a set of instructions to get out of Ember and figure the the words out because their city was dying. After, they find a huge room full of boats to ride down the river to get out of Ember. At the end they get out of Ember. First I thought that The City of Ember was about saving the city, now I know it’s

have your own back “The City of Ember” by Jeanne DuPrau is a post-apocalyptic sci-fi children's story about two main characters; Lina and Doon who have just graduated from school and began working jobs to keep their society going. The story deals with many complex issues in which the society begins to collapse; but the theme that fits “The City of Ember” the best is “In negativity, there is always positivity, as long as you remain positive.” This theme fits “The City of Ember” because there are many

Insightful questions: Why don’t the students get their own choice of jobs? The City of Ember isn't a well-developed city, if you compare Calgary to the City of Ember they don't have many jobs or crops because there's no sunlight or fresh air coming in the city. The types of jobs they have are jobs that help them survive or updated to the news around them such as the Messenger since they don't have computer or emails like nowadays they have people going around telling each and every address different

The City of Ember and Eve are two novels written for a teenage audience that contain the common themes of hope, questioning authority and love. The idea of hope is explored more extensively in the city of ember as the two main characters search for a way to escape the city and look for a better place to live. In the novel eve the main character begins to question all that she believed in and was taught by figures of authority at her school. The idea of love is a common theme in both books, however

Irony clutters the pages of The City of Ember. For instance, in the middle of the novel, Doon and Lina discover that the mayor has a secret storeroom full of supplies in their quest to save Ember. In her novel, DuPrau states, “‘A room? What’s in there?’... ‘Everything’… ‘And someone was there, in the middle of it all, asleep.’... ‘The mayor!’ Lina whispered”(158). When the storeroom plot twist arrives, it becomes clear what had been going on. Lina had been carrying messages between Looper, a