Symbolism In The Maze Runner

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The symbol I chose to represent this book is a Maze. A maze symbolizes both chaos and confusion, as well as order. In The Maze Runner, the gladiators are trapped inside the center what seams to be a huge labyrinth. Not only that, but every night the maze changes and walls move, making the search for an exit even more challenging. However, like all mazes, it only appears confusing and random. Throughout the book the Gladiators learn to look at the maze with a new perspective. They look for patterns and repeating changes in the maze. They learn eventually that there never was a way out of the maze. The maze shifted every night to spell out a different letter, and every month the cycle repeated, spelling out a code. The maze shows how one thing