THE+CITY+OF+EMBER

//There is a group of people that fills a box (unclear with what) and the// //box will remain locked until two hundred years have passed. After 200 years the box will open and that year the earth will go under.// //The taught was that the box should pass to every mayor until it will open but one of the mayors died and someone else took the box and laid the box under the bed for several years and now the box finally have opened.//
 * //Explain the beginning and what is important with the box.//**

**//Where is the city and what is the problem that the citizens are experiencing?//** //The problem is that The City Of Ember is under the ground and the city is only there to save to human raze. They are really after in the development and the light is starting to collapse.//

**//What is assignment day? What is pipe works and what is a messenger?//** //It means that the children get a job and that job is what they are going to work with in the rest of their lifes. Wen you work at the pipe works you work in a mine and working with the drains and wen you are a messenger you are like a alive letter. You have to remember what the person said and then tell the reciver what the sender said.//

**//Who are the builders? What did they build? What part do they play?//** The builders are the one build the city under the ground. They are like creators and they are also like some kind of gods.

**What is going black for good and why**? The light is starting to collapse because the light comes from the generator and the generator is set to be up above the earth because 200 hundred years have passed. The taught was that The City Of Ember should be over the ground right now but everyone has forgotten about the box and the box do not belong to the mayor any more.

**Why does the Mayor seem afraid that someone will know about the box?** I’m not quite sure but I think his denying it because it will create problems. Maybe he is ashamed because he don’t have the box any more and it was really important that the box should pass to every mayor.

**What is happening with the food?** No food can grow in the city any more but I don’t really understands why. Maybe it is because everything is starting to collapse because it have passed 200 years.

**How can the granny know about the box?** Long time ago the granny had a relative that was the mayor. That mayor was probably the one who died. I think the mayors son took the box and the family passed further the box in many generations. The granny was strictly told to pass the box to her relatives but not she can’t remember what’s s important with the box. A bit later the granny died so she never told what was so important with the box.

**Explain what part her dead father plays in the story.** Her father taught it was a way out of The City Of Ember (witch it is) and he was determined to find a way out or a explanation why it is like it is. But before he completed the mystery he drowned and died. Now his daughter wants to follow her dads footsteps and figure out what so important with the box and if it is a way out from The City Of Ember. The mystery continues...

**Is the mayor trustworthy explain why or why not?** The mayor him self is kind of a mystery. He’s very sneaky and unpredictable. I would say he´s not trustworthy. Because he don’t act like a real mayor should do. Instead of fixing the problem he ignores the fact that The City Of Ember is collapsing and are making up excuses for the problems. The kids also found the mayor stealing food from the food source that was meant to use for the people wen The City Of Ember was on it’s way up to the surface (earth).

**Why are the mayors men searching for the kids?** The mayor knows that the kids have the box and he’s determined to get the box. I don’t think he want The City Of Ember to go up to the surface. But if he do he want to fix it him self.

**What do the kids' parents have in common?** Both their parents taught there was a way out of The City Of Ember. Together they builded some kind of truck. But before they found a way out of The City Of Ember one of them died and the mystery was never dissolved. So the ”truck” and the other tools was never used or tested so they are still hidden in some kind of ”cave”.

**Make a short summary of the ending.** The kids found their parents tools and the ”truck” and in that way they escaped from the mayors mens. They planned to get out of The City Of Ember so they picked up Papi and went down to the pipe works. They had some troubles to find the exit but finally they did. They exit was a big progress and they encountered some problems on their way BUT they came out. But wen they came out everything was covered in darkness. Of course they was really confused and disappointed but the next morning wen they wake up and the darkness gone. It was morning! They got overjoyed and started to look around. They saw a big hole in far down there they saw The City Of Ember. With a paper and a stone they threw dow the instructions and explained everything (how the people would get out of The City Of Ember) and with some luck the paper ended with the boy’s dad.