On page 158 DuPrau states, “A few doubts about her plan lurked in the back of Lina’s mind. She knew Mrs. Murdo would worry about her. Poppy would miss her. And Lina didn’t really like Caspar, or trust him, and she knew that he and Maddy would probably be angry if they found that she had come along. It was a bit of a risky journey she was embarking on. But anything truly important involved risks, didn’t it? She had taken a huge risk before, in the last days of Ember, and it had been the right thing to do. So probably this was the right thing, too. She was so sure the city was their destination, and she was so determined to see the city for herself, that she turned her mind away from her doubts. It would be an adventure, she told herself. She would be fine.” This quote explains how Lina is very courageous to take on such a mission. …show more content…
When her five year old sister, Poppy, got severly sick, she helped and cared for her all day. On page 67 the author writes, “But she changed her mind when she went upstairs to waken her little sister. Poppy seemed so sick that Lina was frightened. She didn’t want to leave her.” Lina and Mrs. Murdo did whatever they could to nurse Poppy back to health and though she wanted to go to Doon she still spent all day with her ill sister.

Lina Mayfleet is a smart puzzle solver who solved a puzzle roamers and residents couldn’t understand for years. On Page 251-252 DuPrau wrote,“‘Come to light! We came up into the light! And we were more precious than diamonds and gold because they thought we might be the last people—the only ones left.” After she Maddy and Pelton talked she realized that the Emberites, her people, are the valuables because of the disasters. She embarked on the journey in hope of finding the city she believes the emberites are supposed to in-habit, but when she realized what it meant she ‘saw’ it from a completely different