City of Ember

government are one of the main reasons why societies fail. Lina and Doon have found many things in the City of Ember. One of them leading through the pipeworks, to the Mayors “Secret Hiding Place”. They had discovered that the Mayor had been stealing food from the citizens in Ember, when everyone else actually needed the supplies more than him. Jeanne DuPrau writes,“I’m worried because the mayor of our city is taking for himself the things that people need” (DuPrau 176). In the 1900’s during the

Set in New York City, Loud Awake and Lost is about the protagonist, Ember, navigating through her life after a car accident that left her forgetting everything that happened six weeks before the accident. The book opens with Ember leaving the hospital and trying to return to her life before the accident. Ember tries to figure out what happened in those six weeks before the accident, and little by little, she questions and uncovers things that surprised her. It is revealed that before her accident

The City of Ember is a stunning science fiction novel written by Jeanne DuPrau in 2002. Throughout the novel, Lina Mayfleet is helped by many extraordinary characters who went out of their way in order to help. Doon Harrow, Mrs. Murdo and Clary Lane all helped Lina Mayfleet in different ways in order to help her overcome many difficulties. First, Doon helped Lina put together and examine the ancient instructions from their city’s builders. Next, Mrs. Murdo took care of Lina and her baby sister

In The City of Ember, the lightbulbs symbolize hope and optimism in a decaying, underground world. (TR) For instance, the people of Ember are evolving into a petrified and nervous society that is surprisingly cognizant about their fate: the lights of Ember will vanish. (QI) DuPrau writes, “…someday the lights of the city might go out and never come back on” (5). (F) Ember experiences numerous blackouts where the city lights flicker, die, and flicker to life once again. However, the people of Ember

Doon is one of the main characters in the story, City of Ember. Doon’s personality is described as being very strong and serious, with dark hair and dark eyes. For example, DuPrau describes, “ His hair looked rumbled, as if he hadn't combed it for a while. He had dark, thick eyebrows, which made him look serious at the best of times and, when he was anxious or angry, came together to form a straight line across his forehead,” (page five and six). This quotation is used to describe how Doon’s outside

throughout the novel, The City of Ember. It first appears when Lina finds instructions, and begins to decrypt them. Giving readers their first hint of what might happen, DuPrau writes, “She stared at the very first word at the top of the page, ‘Instru,’ and she suddenly knew what it must be. She’d seen it often enough at school. It had to be the beginning of ‘Instructions.’” (95) Lina’s essential discovery is one of many events that foreshadow Doon and Lina’s escape from Ember, since in the prelude

published May 2007 by Yearling, an imprint of Random House Children’s Books. With 289 pages, this book is about the struggles people are facing in a little town when it seems war may come at any moment. The Prophet of Yonwood is the third book in the City of Ember Series. One interesting fact about the book is that most of the story takes place in an old mansion that two of the main characters live in. Jeanne DuPrau said she has “always wanted to live in a huge, mysterious old house...”. So she put it as

and where the lights always went out. The City of Ember is a novel written by Jeanne DuPrau. The City of Ember book was set underground and had a lot of information. The City of Ember movie had a little detail that compared to the book. Both the book and movie were really good. The City of Ember has many similarities and differences between the novel and film; however the novel was more entertaining experience. The similarities between The City of Ember novel and film are, Doon finds a room filled

is a giant mole, crazy water ride, and kids running from guards in the movie, City of Ember. City of Ember was written by Jeanne Duprau. The City of Ember book was about a city underground and it doesn’t have much light left. The city has blackout’s. The City of Ember novel and film have many similarities and differences; however the movie was a more entertaining experience. The similarities between the City of Ember novel and film include: Lina and Doon switch jobs, the mayor is corrupt, and

Reveling in Reading Eve and The City of Ember by Claire O'Donoghue The City of Ember and Eve are two novels written for a teenage audience that contain the common theme of adolescent existence. This theme can be investigated by looking at hope, love and questioning authority. In this way Eve will be seen as the preferred book. In The City of Ember, the hope of all of the citizens, including the two main characters, Lina and Doon, have the hope that there is an alternative place to live. This