Who is looper in the city of ember

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Symbols All Symbols. Theme Wheel. Everything you need for every book you read. The way the content is organized and presented is seamlessly smooth, innovative, and comprehensive. A young man a few years older than Lina and Doon who works in the storerooms and runs a shop. His sales technique is designed to make Lina feel anxious and bad about herself, and he succeeds in selling her two exorbitantly priced pencils.

Doctor Tower Amy Quinn Poppy Catherine Quinn Poppy Liz Smith Granny Becky Stark Song Master Myles Thompson Smat Laura Webster Townsperson Heathcote Williams Sadge Merrall Terry Bamber Third man in line uncredited Bernadette Dobbin Various uncredited Judy Donovan Mayor's Secretary uncredited Cathal J.

Street Sweeper uncredited Christopher L. Additional Voices voice uncredited Megan Riordan Believer uncredited Drew Thompson Other Believer uncredited Produced by Diana Choi Props painter Neil McNally Morreale Glenn Morris Michael Dobbs Mathews Bill Weston Merrell Richard Merrell Merrell Dean Morrish Layne Mcdonald Bob Beltz Cadiou Michelle Carew Schofield Morgan Cline Goetzman Kevin Curtin Hanks Evan Feuerman Physical Production Tory Haljun Goetzman Nora Henderson If he knows Ember is headed nowhere fast, why doesn't he try to help the city out, instead of profit off of its doom?

We first encounter Looper when Lina takes a short, cryptic message from him to the mayor. Later, Lina finds out from Lizzie that Looper who was two classes ahead of them, making him still pretty young, like fourteen or so works in the Supply Depot. It's kinda odd, then, that he'd have another job running a shop on Night Street, which Lina hears about from someone else.

This guy's got his fingers in a lot of pies. When Lina goes to his shop, to check out the rumor she'd heard that he was selling colored pencils, Looper is evasive, answering, "We have a few […] They are somewhat expensive. His profiteering is his most repulsive quality. We can forgive his not-so-good looks and his generally sketchy vibe. But making money off of other people's tragic suffering? That makes him bad news. Parents Home Homeschool College Resources.

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