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The Maze Runner Essay

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The Maze Runner
James Dashner is the author of the thrilling book The Maze Runner. It is the first novel in the trilogy The Maze Runner. The narrative centers on Thomas, a young man who has no memory of his history and wakes up in the Glade, a bizarre location. He quickly learns that he is one of several lads who have been taken to the Glade to look for a way out of the enormous maze that surrounds them. Thomas and the other Gladers must contend with the maze's hazardous inhabitants while they search for a route out. Thomas learns mysteries about his past and the maze's ultimate purpose along the journey. Not only does Thomas utilize these memories to help the gladers escape, but he endangers them in the end. The recurrent major theme of this …show more content…

A 16-year-old young adult awakens in an elevator he later discovers is known as the "box." He has no memory of his prior existence or of his family. All he remembers is his name, Thomas. He is surrounded by a group of people ranging in age from 11 to 18 when he exits the elevator at the top. When he is unboxed, he is called numerous strange titles like "greeny," "green bean," and "shuck face." He always hears the Glade, the name of the place he's at. A maze is outside the walls and high stone walls enclose the glade. As Thomas gradually wandered out of the packed erupting crowd, he stumbled upon a young boy that goes by the name …show more content…

The grievers were everywhere in the Glade. Then one griever climbed the side of the homestead and came inside and took a Glader. Which is when they find out that the grievers will do this every night until all the Gladers die or escape. When they leave the homestead the next day they are in shock at what they see. It was the map room someone had gone in and burned all of the maps. It was Alby. Luckily the day before, Newt and Minho moved all of the maps into a storage shed and replaced the ones in the map room with

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