The City of Ember relates to our present day world in many different ways. To begin, one of the similarities between Ember and our world today is that we both rely on electricity on an everyday basis. Whether it is renewable or nonrenewable energy, electricity is essential to our lives. Ember decided to live in a city underground powered by a hydroelectric generator to avoid an upcoming natural disaster. Their main source of energy was electricity. But in the end, the city realized that they could not live and strive with only one source of energy. If our world went into a crisis like Ember’s, we would not know what to do. Our ignorance would really show through and we would not fully understand the situation. The world would be in panic …show more content…
For example, if our only source of energy was the sun, we would not exist because of the chemical energy we need in our bodies. The sun provides us with thermal, radiant, and electrical energy which are essential for us. But, it does not provide us with the chemical, potential, gravitational, and kinetic energy that is also essential for us humans. Another similarity between our world today and Ember is how we are both running out of resources that are available to us. Ember’s hydroelectric generator is slowly starting to decay and age to the point where it is starting to turn on and off consistently and for long periods of time. Without this generator, Ember’s city would live in complete darkness and without any source of electricity. However, our world is running out of fresh water rather than electricity and food. To prevent the world from going scarce with the resources available to us, we need to make sure we use them properly and to its full capability instead of wasting it. We also relate to Ember because we are both trying to change the way we use our resources. The Earth is being intoxicated by fossil fuels and many scientists are insisting for