City Of Ember Setting Analysis

In City of Ember the setting depicts a bleak, dystopian world. Ember experiences many blackouts, which get worse each time another occurs. DuPrau writes, “Everything is getting worse...the lights go out all the time now”(13). The blackouts start when the generator is beginning to break down. This happens due to the fact that they are all underground for an extraneous amount of time. However, Ember starts to fall apart as a result of it being colorless and dark. In fact, Ember is now lacking supplies for its citizens causing them to worry about which would come first, the eternal darkness or the pain of having no supplies to live. Sadly, Ember even made jobs that involve sifting into trash to find what still can be useful. So naturally, various