by Jeanne DuPrau
Have you ever thought of a world with no sun or moon? A world where there is complete darkness with wired light bulbs? Well if not, then I will recommend City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau to you. It is a mind blowing book about two kids that find a way out of the city of Ember. In this essay I will write about my opinions, the plot, and the theme for Ember.
Ember is one of a kind. The setting is a place where two kids (the Pipeworks) find a door to another world with everything they ever dreamed. There are 2 main characters. They are Lina, and Doon. Ember is a city that doesn’t have a sun or a moon and is completely in darkness. Lina and Doon want to escape Ember and find a place that has a sun and a moon. In this book, there is a greedy mayor who would hide everything an Ember citizen needs to be optimistic. However Doon and Lina soon find a mysterious box in Lina’s closet which leads to instructions for a way out of Ember.
The theme of Ember is if you want to accomplish your dreams, you have to persevere. For example, in the part where Lina tells Doon that she thinks it’s a way out, Doon disagrees but Lina hangs on to the idea that there is a way to escape. Finally at the end, they find a way out because Lina does not give up.
In my opinion, Ember is a mysterious, funny, and sad book. It is mysterious because in the scene where Lina found the box, I was asking myself, What’s in the box? Could it be the instructions? It made me keep wondering for a few pages. Then, a few chapters later, I found out that it was the instructions! It is funny because in the part where they described the mayor, I laughed until I couldn’t breathe. It was sad when Lina got caught trying to deliver the letter but overall, it’s pretty good!
After all this writing, my most important idea of this whole essay is that Ember might be a sad, weird, and thick book but it is still an amazing book. I just want to tell you one thing, at first you see the book and think it’s a long and boring book but after a few chapters, you’ll see why it’s so interesting!
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