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4. Why do you think the author decided to have Lina’s parents deceased?

Ankur: I think the author decided to have Lina's parents deceased because if Lina's parents were with Lina, then they wouldn't want her to get involved with the time capsule paper. (granny really does not get worried about Lina). Lina's parents would stalk Lina and make sure she would not go anywhere or sneak anywhere. The book wouldn't be that interesting like it is without Lina's parents.

I think they had Lina's parent deceased because possibly the parents might of not known that something was lost and then Lina would of never found the box and would never get out of Ember!
Diti: I think the author decided to have Lina's parents deceased because if they were alive, they would have not let Lina get in the big mess of searching for the way out of Ember. They would have looked at the box, glanced inside, and thrown it back with everything else. The author probably wanted more action and suspense in the book so she made Lina's parents die.

Ashley:
==== I think the author had the parents deceased because if they were around, they would never have let Lina get involved with the researching fo the escape. They would have helped Granny with the closet and have thrown out the Instructions without a second glance. Also, they wouldn't have let Poppy eat the paper that was the cause of the search.The author wants more drama and action. ====

Tracey: I think the author had Lina's parents deceased because maybe the author wanted to tell the reader that Lina is responsible. I also agree with Ashley too because they probably wouldn't let Lina go into the Pipework's with Doon.Or not even try to figure out the Instructions. Also, they could be careless and just throw away the Instructions while cleaning the apartment.

Matthew: I think Lina parents were deceased because in the beginning of the book it says Lina's parents came from somewhere else so her parents might've known the way out already. Jp I think that her parents are dead because if they found out what lina was doing with doon they woudnt beleive her so they wont let her go out anymore.thus they would never escape ember and eventually all humans would die of hunger loose hope which would lead to potential oblivian of the human race. all because lina's and parents were alive.