Running away like a rabbit from its predator. Feeling as if all oxygen has flowed of the tank called lungs. There is no where safe, and home is but a dream people fantasize about. This is a normal day in the maze. Where runners risk there lives to finding a way out, and people gather in fear of what surrounds them. In the book Maze Runner, written by James Dashner, boys go this sensation of fear and unawareness all the time. They have no memory to look at mom and dad. All they have is the maze, walls that surround them yet endanger them, and each other. Throughout the story, there is a continuous display of manipulation and fear using numerous figurative languages. The Maze Runner is a story that has a higher power than the one presented
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Throughout his story, he uses the words “WICKED- World In Catastrophe Killzone Experiment Department”(Dashner 214). This is used to spike up fear in the gladers and to give the reader something to contradict too. The word “WICKED” is a symbol of the higher power or authority Thomas and the other gladers must face. The theme of bravery and its many forms are illustrated throughout the story of "The Maze Runner". Many times in the book, Thomas has to overcome a frightening situation. Many Gladers question him, but by his bravery, he proves most of them wrong. The Gladers are all incredibly brave though, having gone through many scary and strange things. By the end of the book, the Gladers who are left are all extremely courageous to make it so far, although many boys who did not make it to the end were equally as brave. Chuck, for example, demonstrated a heroic act by sacrificing himself for Thomas. "With unexpected speed, he reared back and threw the knife at Thomas. As he did so, Thomas heard a shout to his right, sensed movement. Toward him. Then, inexplicably, Chuck was there, diving in front of him. Thomas felt as if his feet had been frozen in block of ice; he could only stare at the scene of horror unfolding before him, completely helpless." (Dashner
Throughout his story, he uses the words “WICKED- World In Catastrophe Killzone Experiment Department”(Dashner 214). This is used to spike up fear in the gladers and to give the reader something to contradict too. The word “WICKED” is a symbol of the higher power or authority Thomas and the other gladers must face. The theme of bravery and its many forms are illustrated throughout the story of "The Maze Runner". Many times in the book, Thomas has to overcome a frightening situation. Many Gladers question him, but by his bravery, he proves most of them wrong. The Gladers are all incredibly brave though, having gone through many scary and strange things. By the end of the book, the Gladers who are left are all extremely courageous to make it so far, although many boys who did not make it to the end were equally as brave. Chuck, for example, demonstrated a heroic act by sacrificing himself for Thomas. "With unexpected speed, he reared back and threw the knife at Thomas. As he did so, Thomas heard a shout to his right, sensed movement. Toward him. Then, inexplicably, Chuck was there, diving in front of him. Thomas felt as if his feet had been frozen in block of ice; he could only stare at the scene of horror unfolding before him, completely helpless." (Dashner