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The Wilderness In John Steinbeck's The Maze Runner

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The novel,The Maze Runner,is set in a small plot of fertile land surrounded by a massive concrete maze,and in the small plot of fertile land there were boys that lived there who named themselves: The Gladers. The maze fills the nature archetype of the wilderness. The archetype of the wilderness suggests a difficult or trying time in the character’s life, where they are unsure of themselves and the purpose of their existence. The wilderness often takes form in a type of test that they must pass to get whatever they are looking for. In the novel, the Gladers remain trapped inside the maze without any memory of how they were placed in the maze and more importantly why were they were put in the maze.The maze is also a very mysterious landmark with
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