Analyzing James Danshner's 'The Maze Runner'

Christopher Davami

Mrs. South

Language Arts Per 3

January 8 2015

An Excellent Book On a scale of 1-10, I would give it and 11. It is well thought out, part of an amazing series where each book gets better than the next, and readers would call it a "Can't put this book down to go eat dinner" kind of book. The Maze Runner, a scientific fictional book by James Danshner, it is an excellent book which I would recommend to many many people, as it is in fact already incredibly popular. It is a well thought out book that runs smoothly through its deluxe plot. In a good way, it seems to always have a plot twist right after the next. Even the ending keeps you into the book. The book leads off with a teenage boy stuck in an elevator. He has a headache

It is fast paced, uncomplicated, and straight forward. The story is packed with different plots and twists but the writing isn't complicated at all. The sentence structure is basic and most of the words in the story are very easy and in general everything is just simple, but in a good way. There are similes metaphors, personifications and other figurative language embedded in the paragraphs to make it more interesting. For example, the author describes Thomas' thoughts on being a Runner, " He wanted to be a Runner. He would be a Runner. Deep inside he knew he had to go out there into the Maze. Despite everything he learned and witnessed first hand, it called to him as much as hunger or thirst," (46) these are standard sentences in this book. The author does a good job making you feel like you are inside the book as well. He describes the setting and characters so that you feel how they feel. Some examples of character descriptions are Newt's, a major role in the story who is second in command after Alby, "Thomas reached out u the boy's hand-he seemed a lot nicer than Alby. Newt was taller than Alby too, but looked to be a year or so younger, his hair was blond and cut long cascading over his T-shirt. Veins stuck out of his muscled arms," (9) Chuck's, the boy who first befriends Thomas whom's character represents innocence, "Thomas turned to his right to see a kid standing nearby, short and pudgy, staring

They all believe he is a traitor who is trying to kill all of them. The gladers realize that this is there only chance and by working together Thomas managed to put together a small, pathetic army of 41. But, by working together they were able to fight off the horrible grievers long enough for Thomas to complete his task. Thomas definitely could not have done this alone. There are many other examples of teamwork in the book, such as when they were discovering the code to the maze, and how they all worked together in the glade to create a society with rules and guidelines, to make order in the horrid place of the