THE PLOT OF CITY OF EMBER

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Read the plot of the film and then choose which character is described in every sentence

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CITY OF EMBER
In an underground palace, The Builders of the City of Ember put secret instructions in a metal box. The box will be opened again 200 years later, so they give the box to the Mayor of the city, who in turns, passes it to the next Mayor. But 47 years before it is opened, the Mayor who has the box dies suddenly and the box disappears under a bed. When the 200 years pass, the box opens again, but nobody can see its important secrets.
The people of the City of Ember live in an underground city with no natural light. They get electricity from a huge generator, but it is very old now and starts having problems. When the generator fails, there are blackouts which keep the people in darkness for some time.
Two students in the City of Ember, Lina Mayfleet and Doon Harrow have a very important day: Assignment Day. The Mayor of the city will choose the job that the students will have for the rest of their lives. Lina wants to become a messenger, and Doon wants to work in the generator to fix it, but Lina gets a job as a pipeworker and Doon as a messenger, so they decide to swap assignments. One day, Lina’s grandmother discovers the old metal box but she cannot remember its contents.Lina is curious about the secret message in the box and gets help from his friend Doon.
They realize that this message has the intructions that can lead to the salvation of the citizens in the City of Ember, so they must work together to find the missing information and ask different people for help: Sul, the old pipework technician who knows everything about pipes but not the generator, Clary, the black lady who grows food in her greenhouse and Loris Harrow, Doon’s dad, who is an inventor with a secret from the past.
Empowered by courage and hope, Lina and Doon, together with Poopy, Lina’s young sister, start to find a way out of Ember before it is too late. But to do that, they will have to confront the opposing team: Mayor Cole, his assistant Barton Snode, and the disgusting storeroom keeper Looper.
This journey will take them to fantastic adventures against corrupt politicians, a monster, dangerous underground tunnels and above all, darkness. Will they ever find an exit towards light?