Authors Note: This essay goes towards my book club speech for character and towards my goals of getting advanced in Idea development, word choice, and sentance fluency.
“Sometimes questions are more important that answers” ~Nancy Willard
Occasionally a person’s curiosity can make them find amazing discoveries, which could turn their whole life around. Usually, it’s completely unexpected, every so often you find the way out of the obstacle you’re dealing with in an absolutely opposite way than you predicted. In the novel City of Ember this happened to one of the main characters, named Lina Mayfleet. Not only does she find a breakthrough for her city, but she also learns that curiosity may just start out as one small theory, but if you follow your imagination and interests you may find a special wonder that could benefit everyone.
To her city, she was a normal resident of Ember, but little did they know that she could change the world as they know it. She didn’t just search; she also found a discovery from centuries ago. A document, used by the builders of their city was lying in an old closet of her grandmother’s home. It sat and sat back beneath all of the debris, until one day it was set free. Lina had trouble unraveling the sequence of the directions on the sheet, but with some help with her partner, Doon Harrow, they found exactly what they needed. The cities people didn’t realize it, but Lina and Doon were advantages to their city. They saved them from forever darkness and forever loss. Their importance to the story is impeccable; they’re the reasons that the people of Ember found survival.
Till this day, I’ve always been a curious person. I love to find things and figure it out. If I run across something that I don’t get, I never give up; I find the answers no matter what. That piece of my personality reminds me of the character Lina’s. In the story, she never gives up, even when her friends tell her it’s not important, or that she shouldn’t worry, or she shouldn’t get involved, she never gave up. In the story she was determined by a quote the mayor had told her, "If you have proof, you have to pursue it!" And she did. We relate in one word: Persistence. We both push forward and believe in our point of views. Lina could’ve decided to go on her own, as a normal messenger and forget about what she found and her thoughts behind it, but she didn’t. She knew there was something about the document that could help everyone, so she never gave up. We both connect with three characteristics, persistence, perseverance and determination.
“Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending.” Lina Mayfleet is a dynamic character. Throughout the whole story she’s a changing personality. Her first day of change is the first chapter of the book, assignment day, the day where she gets her job that she will have to fulfill for the rest of her life, her behavior changes. She was excited to see her new profession, but when she didn’t get what she wanted, Doon Harrow, out of all people, wanted to change with her, her thoughts change about her perspective on Doon instantly. The whole story people are telling her how to feel about the city’s darkness and all the dangers that could happen, but she decides not to be like them and wait for some miracle to arrive, she changes and goes to find it.
Lina Mayfleet sort of reminds me of the historical fiction book Sarah Bishop ‘s main character. Sarah and Lina are both put in grave danger and in that way they have a few resemblances. Even though Lina is in the danger of forever darkness and Sarah is in risk of sudden death from the revolutionary war, they both have the same angles of escape. Both girls are strong, confident and courageous. They believe that they will find the resolution to their predicament. The girls lack support from others as well. Lina and Doon are on their own, the city doesn’t believe them, and find them plain childish. Sarah was considered “just a farm girl,” none of the villagers believed that she would ever be able to escape the soldiers. Of course, the girls definitely proved all of them wrong as they followed their hearts and decisions and got to where they wanted.
Finally, it’s safe to say that Lina Mayfleet is a very important character to the The City of Ember. Not only did she keep the town out of natural disaster, but she also learned that she had to trust her instincts, and follow her imagination. Her confidence, bravery and courage were key characteristics of Lina. Without those she would’ve never been able to pull off what she did. All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them.
~Walt Disney
~Walt Disney
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