The City of Ember
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1) “They must not leave the city for at least two hundred years,” said the Chief builder. “Or perhaps two hundred and twenty.” (DuPrau 1)
I am curious about knowing why the people can’t leave the city of ember for such a long period of time. Furthermore, who is the chief Builder, and what takes place if the people leave the city before two hundred years? What would happen to Ember? What would the chief Builder do to stop the people from leaving out of ember, if there is a way? (Words: 66)
2) “In the city of ember, the sky was always dark. The only light came from the great flood lamps mounted on the buildings and the tops of poles in the middle of the larger squares.” (DuPrau 4)
I dislike the idea of not having sun in the sky. Living in a place where everything is dark and the light goes out almost all the time, would be terrifying. Not only is it depressing to be in the obscure, but you never again get to see anything in the sky but absolute darkness, which sounds like an alarming idea. (Words: 61)
3) “Lina knew about the generator, of course. In some mysterious way, it turned the running of the river into power for the city.” (DuPrau 15)
Everyone in ember knows where the power comes from in their own sort of way. Lina has never seen the river. She just knows that its water that continually flows and somehow is connected to electricity for the city. After Doon’s proposal of switching jobs with her, she suddenly realizes that she want the job of being a messenger rather than working in the pipework’s. (Words: 65)
4) “The mayor's office was in the Gathering Hall. And there were offices for the guards who enforced the laws of Ember, now and then putting pickpockets or people who got in fights into the Prison Room, a small one-story structure with a sloping roof that jutted out from one side of the building.” (DuPrau 32 )
Ember seems like it is a appealing peaceful place overall, but they still need guards in order to maintain the
Response
1) “They must not leave the city for at least two hundred years,” said the Chief builder. “Or perhaps two hundred and twenty.” (DuPrau 1)
I am curious about knowing why the people can’t leave the city of ember for such a long period of time. Furthermore, who is the chief Builder, and what takes place if the people leave the city before two hundred years? What would happen to Ember? What would the chief Builder do to stop the people from leaving out of ember, if there is a way? (Words: 66)
2) “In the city of ember, the sky was always dark. The only light came from the great flood lamps mounted on the buildings and the tops of poles in the middle of the larger squares.” (DuPrau 4)
I dislike the idea of not having sun in the sky. Living in a place where everything is dark and the light goes out almost all the time, would be terrifying. Not only is it depressing to be in the obscure, but you never again get to see anything in the sky but absolute darkness, which sounds like an alarming idea. (Words: 61)
3) “Lina knew about the generator, of course. In some mysterious way, it turned the running of the river into power for the city.” (DuPrau 15)
Everyone in ember knows where the power comes from in their own sort of way. Lina has never seen the river. She just knows that its water that continually flows and somehow is connected to electricity for the city. After Doon’s proposal of switching jobs with her, she suddenly realizes that she want the job of being a messenger rather than working in the pipework’s. (Words: 65)
4) “The mayor's office was in the Gathering Hall. And there were offices for the guards who enforced the laws of Ember, now and then putting pickpockets or people who got in fights into the Prison Room, a small one-story structure with a sloping roof that jutted out from one side of the building.” (DuPrau 32 )
Ember seems like it is a appealing peaceful place overall, but they still need guards in order to maintain the