For generations the citizens of Ember lived in peace in their city of lights until the generator
powering the lights begins to fail. Doon Harrow and Lina Mayfleet are in a race against time to save
the city and if they don't make it in time, the city will be left in total darkness.
Conflict
Ember v. resources
People v. survival
Builders v. Lina & Doon
Theme
power
greed
teamwork
Characters
Doon
serious
helpful
curious
smart
Lina
fast
fearless
curious
creative
Connections
Text to text
Doon can relate to most adventure novel characters because of his determination
Text to self
I can relate to Doon and Lina because I like to question things and investigate deeper into things
Text to world
Ember can be compared to a third world country because of its lack of technology and its lack or resources
Mayor Cole can relate to some of the polititions that we have in this world because of his greed
Key passages and
quotations
"The trouble of anger is, it gets a hold of you. And then you aren't the master of yourself anymore."
-Doon's father
"Everyone has some darkness inside. It's like a creature. It wants and wants and wants with a terrible power"
-Clary
"She suddenly wanted those things so badly she felt weak."