Imagine yourself waking up in a cell, a cell with metal walls, where it is dark and there are mysterious sounds that constantly keeps you vigilant. Finally, you see sunlight and about fifty people staring at you. They tell you, “things are going to change”, and they ask you, “Are you scared, cause if you’re not, you ain’t human.” You can’t remember anything at all, but your name, Thomas. The leader says, “Welcome to the Glade.”

The Maze Runner by James Dashner, is a book about Thomas, a teenager, who enters the Glade in the middle of an enormous maze. Like the other boys ditched there in front of him, he has no recollection of his past life. Thomas immediately becomes a member of the group and soon after demonstrating a different viewpoint