The Maze Runner by James Dashner is about a group of teens put into a maze and need to find a way out to help save humanity. These characters encounter many problems that they must solve and need to learn more about themselves and their surroundings to help guide their way along these problems. In The Maze Runner by James Dashner, both internal conflicts, being man vs. self, and external conflicts, man vs. technology, are present. These different types of conflicts are directly connected to one another and are critical to each other. The internal and external conflicts are related to one another because, throughout The Maze Runner, the internal conflicts the characters undergo originate from the external conflicts they face, which will emphasize the similarities and …show more content…
Alby's internal conflict is different from the others because it is the Changing, and he was the first person to have gone through it that lived. Alby gets some of his memories back from the Changing, which causes him to go crazy and flame Thomas for where they are now. "I know who you are," Alby repeated slowly. "Seen it. Seen everything. Where we came from, who you are. Who the girl is. I remember the Flare" (Dashner 172). Alby's internal conflict is highlighted here because, from the Changing, he now remembers parts of the outside world and is dramatically affected by the information he holds. Because of the maze and the Grievers that roam it, which is the external conflict, Alby now knows about the outside world, which scares him and is part of the reason he eventually sacrifices himself so he will not have to see the outside world he remembered from the Changing. Without the maze and the Grievers, Alby would not have been stung and put through the Changing, which demonstrates the connection between the external and internal conflict in The Maze