I think that people did not act like Lina and Doon because they were still asleep, unable to see the true mayor, unable to wake up and see the real scarcity in Ember. For example on Assignment Day, nobody thought twice about the mayors reaction towards Doon's outburst. Suddenly Doon spoke up. "But Ember is not prospering!" he cried. "Everything is getting worse and worse!" "Silence!" cried the mayor. (13) Nobody really suspected there could be something more to it. Little trails the mayor leaves behind are not picked up by the citizens of Ember. They are just left there, but Lina and Doon look more closely at them and go deeper. Secondly, on page 85, the citizens of Ember are invited to a town meeting. He then, on page 87 says; "Slooshns!" he bellowed "Arbingfoun!" "Solutions,'' the people in the front called to the people in the back. "Solutions are being found?" Later, he does not answer what king of solutions. He just wants to cover up his tracks. These are things that Lina and Doon would pick up, but other citizens are unable to see. Finally, on page 156, Doon's curioustiy puts him in a position where the truth comes out. He is in the pipeworks when he notices a key in the door he and Lina were looking at. He then opens it. "On the table were dishes smeared with the remains of food, and in an armchair facing Doon was a great blob of a person whose head was flopped backbard, so that all Doon could see of it was an upthrust chin. The blob stirred and muttered, and Doon, in the second before he stepped back and pulled the door closed, caught a glimpse of a fleshy ear, a slab of gray cheek, and a loose, purplish mouth." This, we later find out is the mayor. Only somebody with curiousity like Doon or Lina would really get to the bottom of this. Also, you realize that nobody really second guessed the fact that the Mayor was bigger than the rest of the citezens.
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