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Summary:
In James Dashner’s The Eye Of Minds, an alternate universe is showcased. Michael, a gamer is asked by an Agent named Weber to assist in stopping a criminal named Kaine from causing terror through the VirtNet. Kaine begins to threaten other players, and thus Michael is called to help stop him. Him alongside his two friends Bryson and Sarah enter the VirtNet in hopes to find Kaine, and encounter many other individuals on their journey, which both help and scare them. Suspense is created when the reader is craving to know whether the trio will survive till the end or not.

Science Fiction:
This book is a science fiction novel because of its futuristic technology. In this novel, the VirtNet is a alternate world in which any harm that occurs in this artificial game can be applied to real life. A quotation from the novel that helps prove this is “Finally, a light appeared before him and grew until it pulled him back into the full world of the VirtNet” (Dashner 138). This quotation proves that the VirtNet is a virtual world, one that currently is not present in society today. …show more content…

The right side, which is shown to be Michael, and the wrong side, which is shown to be Kaine are two opposing sides. Michael also goes through many other challenges to get to Kaine, and this can also be considered minor conflicts leading up to the main

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