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Authors Note: This is a Character Analysis of Doon and Lina the two main characters from the book The City of Ember, Where the both of them face ignorant adults and a greed ridden government. (The title is a combination of Doon and Lina’s name.)

                Doon Harrow and Lina Mayfleet are the main characters of the book The City of Ember. They are two young adventurous kids in a underground city where the ignorant adults think the kids are foolish. But Lina and Doon are different their curiosity of finding a new city lead them to find the Instructions left by the builders. With their advanced knowledge they are able to find a way out of the dying city and into a bright new world. Lina and Doon are dynamic characters because they changed in many ways, they learned to work together and become friends once more.

    

  First off, Lina Mayfleet is a curious and adventurous girl. She is a messenger for the City of Ember, she knows the ins and outs of the city. She is a dynamic character, she changed throughout the book in many ways, she was able to repair her friendship with Doon, and she became vocal in the possible solution to save the city. Lina was not only able to find the instructions out of the city; she was able to piece them together when her sister destroyed them. The she was able to follow the instructions out of the city. Overall Lina did not only grow as a friend but she changed into an intelligent young adult able to change the ways of an entire city.

Secondly, Doon Harrow is a smart and curious boy. He is a pipe worker for the City of Ember, he knows how the generator work and is curious to go into the deep passages of the pipes. Doon is a dynamic character because he was able to change throughout the story him and Lina became friends again and he was able to stand up for himself when he was treated poorly. Doon was able to figure out what the instructions were trying to say. Like Lina, Doon was also became vocal in front of the city, he was known around town as a shy person who spent his days in the library reading and thinking of ways to improve the way he lived. He was able to make sure they were able to get out of the city safe and sound.

          

      Finally I think that Harry Potter is a character that most resembles both Lina and Doon. He was quiet and shy when he entered Hogwarts. He then grew into the most popular wizard in the world just by being very vocal through his beliefs and being curious with what happens at Hogwarts.  He created a new world by defeating the evil dourer. That isn’t exactly what Lina and Doon did but they were able to defeat the crisis in the City of Ember by finding the new world.

          

      In Conclusion, Lina and Doon are definitely the only dynamic characters in the book. They were able to become friend again and through their curiosity they were able to save a whole city. Lina and Doon changed they grew and became closer to each other by traveling to the new world. Though they still have more to do in order to completely change the way of the city they might have a big role in making the new world more kid friendly.