Doon Harrow is caring and selfless. Right after everyone chose their jobs on Assignment day, Doon felt did not want to be messenger, and he explains the reasoning behind it and he taps Lina on the shoulder and says;
"Will you trade with me? he asked.
"Trade?"
"Trade jobs. I don't want to waste my time being a messenger. I want to help save the city, not run around carrying gossip." (Page 15) This shows that Doon is selfless because he wants to help save the city. He knows about what could be coming, and wants to help protect people from it. Further into the book Doon makes a selfless act that shows he is a good person. It says; Now he could see only two courses of action: he could give up and do nothing, or he could start to work on a different movable light. Doon didn't want to give up, so on his day off one Thursday, he went to the Ember Library to look up fire. (Page 117) This idnicates that Doon wants to help the city so that nothing bad happens. It also proves that he is selfless because on his day off, he did not spend it relaxing at home. He spent it looking for a solution for the city. Lastly, on page 82, we learn how other people really think of him. it says: "Lucky for you Doon Harrow was around," said Nammy Proggs, who'd been watching them with her sideways glare. "He's a good-hearted boy. Anything breaks at my house, he fixes it." This lets me realize that Doon is always there and happy to help. Nammy Proggs is elderly and she probably can't do as much now, but Doon helps her fix things.
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