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    The City Of Ember by Jeanne Duprau is a 270 paged book. The genre of the book are post-apocalyptic, science fiction, and children's literature. According to kirkusreveiws.com The cliffhanger ending will leave readers clamoring for the next installment. This books intended audience is ranged from 8-9 and up because it has a lot of words that may be hard for little kids to say and understand. The main characters of the book are Doon Harrow, and Lina Mayfleet. Doon isn't that much of a talkative

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    has been a lie. In the city of ember, she has been raised to know that there is nothing besides Ember. Everything beyond ember is just darkness. It is endless. Lina’s city is in danger though. Ember is starting to run out of everything, so she decides that she needs to do something about it as soon as possible. For her entire life, Lina has been curious. She has thought of lies past the city and into the unknown regions. She draws pictures of imaginary cities which she plans to live

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    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

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    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

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    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

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    The City of Ember are two amazing for readers who like novels with suspense. Many readers could argue that these books have nothing in common and show no relationship. Yes, the books show opposition in some aspects but that is what makes them unique. Other readers can agree on certain similarities between these books which reduces the spectrum of the difference that the opposing readers see. Although readers can pinpoint similarities and differences in the books, Dracula and The City of Ember have

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    All of the people in The City of Ember are stuck underground! The city is very dark and scary! They have never seen the sun before. Jeanne DuPrau really writes the book, The City of Ember, to make people thankful that they live in the real world and not underground. This is a really bad situation and Lina and Doon need to find a way out. The City of Ember has many similarities and differences between the novel and the film; however the movie was more entertaining experience. The book and movie

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    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

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    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

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    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

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