Voices from another World

Authors note: The author’s purpose for writing this is to show you an extended scene from the book “The City of Ember” after Lina’s grandmother had past on.

Have you ever thought about what might have happened between scenes? In the story “The City of Ember” Lina’s grandmother past away after a dreadful night. Lina and her baby sister Poppy were left without any family, no one, just each other. Lina soon realizes what she must do in order to saver herself, Doon, Poppy, and the other citizens of Ember; she must unscramble the secret note with the instructions on how to escape Ember. If these instructions hadn’t been found, well that just might have been the end of mankind. Although Ember is a satisfactory living area, it’s time to leave the city and go back to Earth, the place where the people before them had come.

That night that I had fallen into a deep slumber, I heard a voice from yonder, from a great distance away. It sounded like someone trying to contact me. If so, it must’ve been important. The voice was vague and scratchy. I couldn’t quite make out the words. As the time past while I was in this extraordinary exquisite world, I could hear this voice getting clearer, and clearer, and clearer, until suddenly, I could hear what this voice was saying. It sounded like granny trying to contact me, but how? Was this even possible? No, it couldn’t be, there’s no way, granny is dead and this is just a dream, so it mustn’t be real.

All of a sudden, the voice calling out to me was telling me to leave Ember, to find the way out of the city before the lights went out forever leading them to eternal darkness. I responded to this drastically odd voice saying, “Who are you?” “Why are you telling me to leave Ember?” There was a delayed reply from this mysterious voice calling out to me saying that I must leave now before horrible things occur. I started to see a weird figure appearing before my eyes. The figures image grew stronger until almost perfectly visible by me. I knew who this was; it was my grandmother without a doubt. I focused in on what she had been saying. The voice was clearer than a window that had just been washed.

Suddenly, the voice spoke and said, “Lina, figure out the secret message quickly, it will show you how to get out of Ember!” I listened to what my grandmother had said and followed her instructions very precisely and did as she said. I decided to make a plan, but I had to do this when the time was just right. Since the instructions had something to do with the pipe works, I would ask Doon Harrow for his assistance and to come with me and Poppy on our voyage to leaving Ember. We must act quickly though, before someone gets on our case. I shall now run to Doon and inform him about my plan as soon as I’ve fully figured out what is going to happen.

As you can see, this clearly creates a well fitting scene in the book the City of Ember. Lina had heard this voice for a reason and must use it to her ability. The voice she had heard of her granny was the key to escaping Ember, Lina knew how to get out and how to flee the city, but she would need help from Doon. If Lina hadn’t figured the instructions out as soon as she had, I don’t think she would’ve escaped Ember soon enough before the whole city’s power had gone out. Although Ember is a satisfactory living area, it’s time to leave the city and go back to Earth, the place where the people before them had come.