The mayor himself is also a citizen of Ember, and, um, he's not exactly doing his best. Seems like he's leaving himself out of that statement, though. Ember will prosper if all… citizens… do… their… best" (1.47). When Doon displays anger at being given a worthless job on Assignment Day, the mayor reacts by glaring at him and saying, "Disgraceful… A childish display of temper! Students should be glad to work for their city. On top of that, the mayor is mean, hypocritical, and abuses his power. Not to mention he's at a higher risk for cardiac arrest. That must be a crummy way to live, enslaved to your own greed. It made him forget everything else" (13.9). Lina even feels a little bad for the mayor: "His hunger had grown so big it could never be satisfied. When we think about it in those terms, yeah, it is kind of sad that the mayor has lost the fight with the selfish, greedy side of himself. I'm sorry to know that the worst side of him has won out" (13.8). He has always been foolish, but not always wicked.
Here's how Clary puts it: "I remember when the mayor was first starting out. But all this doesn't necessarily mean the mayor is evil, though-just that his greed has gotten the better of his judgment. We can't really argue with Doon's assessment of the situation, sadly. All he cares about is his fat stomach!" (12.22). He gets everything he needs, and we get the leftovers! He doesn't care about the city. It's a solution for him, not the rest of us. He rants about it to Lina, saying, " That's the solution he keeps telling us about.
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This, like many things, makes Doon go into full on Hulk-mode. While Doon doesn't get a clear view of the person's face, he sees enough to catch "a glimpse of a fleshy ear, a slab of gray cheek, and a loose, purplish mouth." (12.5) Guess who fits that profile? Yep, it's the mayor. On all sides were crates and boxes, sacks and bundles and packages On the table were dishes smeared with the remains of food, and in the armchair facing Doon was a great blob of a person whose head was flopped backward, so that all Doon could see of it was an upthrust chin" (12.5). One door is almost always locked, but when Doon finds a key in it one day, he opens it to find "a brightly lit room, whose size he could not guess at because it was so crowded with things. Why does he look like that? Well, it turns out he's been hoarding food and other supplies-chowing down on his own time while his citizens starve.ĭoon is the one to discover this, when he's exploring roped off parts of the Pipeworks. For one thing, it's suspicious that he's overweight in a city full of skinny, deprived people: "The mayor was a vast, heavy man, so big in the middle that his arms looked small and dangling" (1.11). The current mayor of Ember is one sketchy dude.
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