City+of+Ember

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**     Title City Of Ember AUTHROR:Jeanne DuPrau. EXPOSITION: The book takes place under ground in city called Ember, however the generaor that keeps the lights on in the city is starting to stop forever and only a few people care about fixing it. Luckily the generator is underground and Doon works down there so he might be able to save it. Doon is one of the only people that care about saving the generator along with his friend Lina. But on the day of the town's singing when they all get together and sing the songs of the city, the lights went out. However the day before Doon and Lina found a secret room by the river which contained candles and matches, and now he's going to back to the river to find a way out of Ember. ****   Characters:The two main characters in this story are doon and LIna.They are the only people that actually care about fixing the generator and saving the city from total darkness.The secondary characters of this book are... Granny,she takes care of Lina and her little sister Poppy. Mayor Cole, he is the leader of Ember but he's taking all the good things from his cities storerooms. Mrs.Murdo,after ranny died she volunteered to take care of Lina and Poppy until Lina's old enough. Captian Fleery, she's Lina's boss and the head messanger. There is also Lizzie she's Lina's best friend, but she is having her new boyfriend stealing stuff from the citie's storeroeoms that contain's all the food. Finally there is Clairy she is the head gardener of the greenhouse's and is one of Lina's friend's. Internal Conflict: The internal conflict in this book is that Doon and LIna ha found the way out of Ember but hey don't want to leave he city that they were born in. However if they stay Ember then they'll never know what was beyond the river. External Conflict: The external conflict in this story is Doon and Lina are trying to tell the people of ember that they've found the way out but the gaurds are trying to arrest them because they said that the Mayor is stealing from the storage rooms, and eating all the good food and keeping all the light bulbs and clothes. Climax: The climax of The City Of Ember is when Lina found the message intructions. When Lina found the instructions the words in the message were cut of because her little sister Poppy chewed on the message. Lina had to figure out what words go where so that the message would make sense. At that time Lina and Doon were mad at each other so she couldn't really figure it out as quick as possible. When Lina was trying to figure out one of the line one of the lines one of the words was "pipeworks". After Lina figured that out, she went to the library and was trying to find Doon because he goes there often.. Theme: the two main theme's of this story are hope, because they always believe that there's is a way out of the city and that that the lights will keep coming on even after a long blacout. The other main topic of this story is trust. This is because Doon and Lina trusted all these people about this major secret of how to get out of the city, and they trusted their friends and told them about the mayor and his gaurds stealing from the storerooms. If you find this book interesting then the next book in the series is called People Of Sparks. It's wriiten by the same author and it continues doon's and Lina's adventure into the place that they've discovered. If you also like fantasy then some other books you might like would be the Cirque Du Freak sereies it has violence betrayal and some family. ** ======