Ember Government

Author’s note:  This piece on how all the citizens of Ember feel about their government. 

Have you ever disagreed with a person who is in power?  In the novel The City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau, Lina and Doon the main characters in the book do just that.  They so strongly feel that the government is not right that they feel they need to take it into their own hands.  The government in Ember is appalling and all the mayors in the past have lead the city to disaster. 

In the book “The City of Ember”, the reader can discover that the government does not help and support the city.  A quote that helps support this though is "Something is going on that we don’t understand.  They say the builders made the city.  But who made the builders?  Who made us? I think that the answers must be somewhere outside of Ember." said Clary page 68.  This quote represents the troubles that Ember’s government has.  No one in Ember quite knows how the city was built or a way out of the city or even how they themselves were created.  Also Ember’s government lies about almost everything.  The Citizens of Ember never know whether the government is telling the truth or not.

Also "Some paper with writing on it.  I think it might be important." said Lina page 97. This quote also has to do with the government but more specifically the mayor’s of Ember.  This quote is referring to a piece of paper that has directions of how to get out of Ember.  Lina, one of the main characters, thinks that this piece of paper is very important however; she does not know what it is because her sister ripped it into pieces.  Lina tries to show the mayor but he doesn’t seem to care, neither do all the adults she shows.  The only people who care about this piece of ripped up paper are Lina and her two friends Doon and Clary.

Both of these quotes have an enormous impact on the novel in the sense of how the citizens of Ember feel about their government.  These quotes are a great example of how the citizens feel about their government.  The citizens in Ember don’t really know much about their history or how to keep the city running.  Also both of these quotes have something to do with getting out of Ember and the city knowledge about what is beyond where they live. 

The government in Ember does not have all the citizens to back them up on anything.  In these quotes no one knows what to do.  They have no one leading them and they don’t know much about anything outside of Ember.  All they know is what is happening now.  The mayor in the city could care less about helping anyone or giving direction on what to do with the problems in the city.  Overall these two quotes are great examples of how the citizens feel about their government.