Given that he could've gotten stuck in the Pipeworks, we can't blame him for smiling. Chet's obviously happy to have it: "his wide face broke into a smile" (1.27). He gets electrician's helper, which is one of the city's better jobs. One of Lina's classmates, Chet is among the first few to pick a job on Assignment Day. We have to imagine that Ember is a tiny enough community that everyone is all up in each other's business, like it or not. Polster, which Lina carries on her first day working as a messenger. Annisette LafrondĪnnisette is the unfortunate recipient of a scolding message from Mrs. Apparently these are some of the most popular food items in Ember, even though they're on the bland side. He wants extra crates for his order that day: "two of potatoes and two of cabbages" (4.40). This vegetable seller runs the Callay Street Vegetable Market and asks Lina to deliver a message to Clary in the greenhouse. She's competent but not necessarily friendly, which seems to be a bit of a trend with Pipeworks laborers. Doon gets paired with her on his first day of work, and she shows him the ropes. She doesn’t care about anything or anyone’s problems, except her own.This "short, delicate-looking girl with a white-blond braid down her back" (3.5) is actually an expert in the Pipeworks. She can run as fast as her, and talk three times faster. Lizzie is one of Lina’s closest friends, probably her best friend. But as soon as Granny passed away, she led the girls move in with her, with their own room, and plenty of food, they were in a happy place. She is the one that took care of Lina, Poppy and Granny. And finally, he lies about Ember’s situation to the citizens (unlike Doon). On top of that, he abuses his power, he is mean and hypocritical. He always wants more “His hunger had grown so big it could never be satisfied” said Lina when he wanted to describe how greedy and needy for attention he is.
Lemander Cole is the Mayor of Ember, he is the most powerful figure in his city, making all the decisions to be around him all he does is putting his needs and urgencies before the health and care of the citizens, which makes him the greediest character of the novel. His anger makes him destructive, not only with tangible objects but with people’s feelings. But one of his mayor flaws, are his pride and anger, his biggest dream is to achieve great things and be recognized as the “hero” of his city. And his love for nature, may get Lina, Poppy and him out of Ember. But Doon isn’t all about technology (trying to build a movable light, and trying to figure out how the radiator works), he loves nature too. But he is also willing to help others and he is very kind, also he likes to tell the truth, no matter how hard it is he tells Ember’s situation as the Mayor should have. Nevertheless, he is very serious, always focused of more important tasks. Although, some people in the pipeworks doesn’t accept his curiosity. Lina is twelve, which means she is old enough to work, and support her little sister, Poppy.ĭoon is very curious, he wants to know how and why stuff works. Her drawings, are mostly of her city of her dreams the one she dreams to live in. She also loves to draw even though Ember doesn’t have all the resources like (colored pencils, paper). All her life, Lina wanted to be a messenger which shows she is really visually oriented. Since she’s constantly delivering their messages, she gets to know the citizens in every corner of the city. Her love for running connects her with the people of Ember. On the other hand, Lina loves to run through Ember delivering messages. She is known for being very creative, dreamer and smart. She is the main character of The City Of Ember. When we wrote this, we took into account every chapter of the book, analyzing their behavior in front of others and themselves. In this section, you can find the personality and physical traits of each character.
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