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Rohit Passage Analysis Jeanne Duprau uses language to create a tone of anxiousness in this passage from __The City of Ember.__ The author uses language to show the anxiousness Lina is feeling. Lina couldn't sleep. The author says "her thoughts were tumbling around." This means that because of the announcement they had to make on the nest day and leaving the city, she was feeling nervous and anxious.She also use different words that mean the same thing to convey the feeling. "People would stream into the Pipeworks to see he boats," is a sentence she used, with stream probably there because of the boats and how the boats were what they would use while on the river The author also uses detail to convey this feeling. "the whole city would be an uproar," is detail showing that because of the problems in Ember, they would be happy to leave and get to another place, which ends up being Sparks. The author uses imagery in this passage to show the commotion that would happen if everyone found out there was an escape way. For example, the words and the way she writes the second paragraph makes an image in your head, you can almost see exactly what Lina thinks is going to happen the next day. Although the author does not use comparison, you can still tell what she is feeling This passage spoke to me because of the word choices and the scene that came into my head while reading this passage.
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Literary Letter Dear Mrs. Morgan, The novel __The City of Ember__ is a great novel. The book’s story sucked me in and the sequel should be just as great. The cliffhanger ending of the novel was a great way to end the novel. It was as good of a cliffhanger ending to be the end of a chapter, not the whole novel. Although it was not too long, it still made the novel seem longer because she went in a slower, smoother pace. She went slow, but not too slow. It wasn’t so slow that it would bore you, but it wasn’t so fast that you couldn’t keep up with the novel. Jeanne Duprau, the author, used a lot of symbolism in the novel. Although it might not have been what she was aiming for, it made sense to me. For example, in the scene where Poppy got lost during the longest blackout, she represented the whole city being lost, and it may have been foreshadowing also. The foreshadowing was when she was found, she was okay. The end of the novel was they had found the solution to how to get out of the city and to save the people. I like the way she put everything in the novel, especially the third section because everything is just put simply in order. Everything happens in a way so that once they find something, they will think about it, figure out what it is, and then find something new. Like the candles, the people in Ember had never seen some of the things and the way Lina and Doon figured out what they were was realistic. It makes sense that someone could figure it all out that way. The way they realized what a boat was and how it came down into the water with the rope also seemed very realistic. They are smart people and they could figure that out easily, just like they did. Even though my copy of __The City of Ember__ had the first chapter of the second novel, __The People of Sparks__, in it, I would say that the people of ember come to Sparks, which is a city like a normal one, and will live there. Because all novels have a conflict, I think the people of Ember and the people of Sparks are going to have some sort of problem. They could overcrowd the city, or the people in Sparks may have to teach the people of Ember how everything works, like modern technology or what certain animals are. Lina and Doon seemed confused in Sparks because of the sun, the birds, the cows, the chickens, and more. I can’t wait to get the next novel and see what happens.


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Dear Mrs. Morgan, I am really enjoying the novel so far. The end of the first section made me wonder what will happen. The beginning was interesting and the way they got jobs was also. The mayor would come to the school and make kids draw out of a hat. It was like a saying people told us as little kids, "You get what you get and you don't throw a fit." I'm not even sure if the trade that Lina and Doon made was legal.

The author said that she wrote this novel because when she grew up in the 1950s, people were worried that there was going to be a nuclear war. She said that this influenced the idea she had for the city, Ember. The city was to protect the world from a terrible threat. She said she was also interested in a city with no natural light, only electricity. She hoped that when she wrote __The City of Ember__, people would start to think about the environment.

Lina is a character who likes to run and deliver messages. Doon likes working and figuring things out mechanically. They are complete opposites but they turn out to be great friends and because of the different ways they think, they were able to solve the mystery of getting out of the city. This does seem realistic because in real life, it is also like that. The characters seem realistic too because people are like that. People are mechanically minded like Doon and people like to run and have big imaginations like Lina. Their strengths are that they work well together. They are completely different in every way but they work well together.

The author’s style of writing really pulls you into her novels. She said this is her first novel and I would like to read more. I would also like to read the sequel to this book, because of the way this novel has gone so far. Although the reading level is lower in this novel and she doesn’t use as much description as some other authors, the way she writes makes you want to keep reading. The description isn’t as much as other novels but it is enough to make you understand what is going on. She doesn’t make it confusing either, like some novels are so confusing that you have to read a page again and again to understand it. She keeps everything flowing smoothly in a not too simple but not too complicated sequence.

pg.68 " 'Take a lamp...Ember' " Passage analyzing. Jeanne Duprau uses language to create a tone of confusion in this passage form __The City of Ember__. In this passage, Clary is talking and asking questions. She is confused about the way the lights and the city, and just life. She is curious about what formed life.

The whole city is confused and the author shows it well in this passage. The author"s use of words show how confused the city is."But who made us? Who made the builders?" Clary asks these questions and is confused She wants to know how everything happens. She is confused about life.

The author also uses imagery to show Lina's imagination about the new city. She says that the "buildings are tall and sort of sparkle." Finally the author uses symbolism to show the confusion that is engulfing the city. Clary, who is confused about how life formed and asking questions, symbolizes the city. It shows that the city is having a problem, with no one to help or do anything.

The passage tells readers about why the people of Ember are confused. It teaches you to ask questions and imagine about getting out of all your troubles in life.

Prereading Why she wrote the novel 1. Duprau,Jeanne. "Why did you write The City of Ember." __Jeanne Duprau__. April 1, 2010. <[]> Jeanne said that she wrote the novel because when she grew up in the 1950s, people were paranoid that there was going to be a nuclear war and she wanted to warn people about the environment. Book Reviews 2. "The City of Ember." __Random House.__ May, 2004. April 1, 2010.<[]> 3. "Description." __Good Reads.__ May 2004. April 1, 2010. <[]>


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