Authors Note: This two paragraph speech is discussing the setting of The City of Ember, how it would be different, and how it would effect the character.
In the novel Cityof Ember, the setting is very different from the world we live in today. In this city, there is no sunlight. They live off of light bulbs for light, so if they run out of light bulbs, they will live in complete darkness. Having no sunlight definitely effects how the story was written because it would be a completely different storyline if for instance there was light coming from the sun.
Having sunlight would effect the characters because for example: Doon is a boy who believes there is a world that is full of bright light and wants to find something that will lead the people living in Ember to it. He also believes that Ember will run out of light bulbs within a matter of time. “The lights go out all the time! There’s shortages of everything”, is a quote said by Doon to the Mayor of Ember, which tells the readers Doon's beliefs about the light bulb situation. If there were light coming from the sun, Doon wouldn't be fighting the Mayor about shortages on everything because their problems would most likely be fixed.
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