Outside Of The Glade Character Analysis

A boy wakes up in an elevator surrounded in cold darkness with no memory. The only thing he can remember is his name, Thomas. The elevator is pulled up and opened by a group of boys. They tell him he is in the Glade, square shaped and surrounded by high concrete walls. The doors close at dusk. Outside of the Glade is a maze that changes every night. Runners have been trying for two years to solve it, but no one has ever made it through alive. In the maze, there is a half animal, half machine creature called a Griever. The day after his arrival, a girl arrives. Her eyes dart open and she says everything is going to change before falling into a coma. In her hand there's a piece of paper that says she is the last one ever. Thomas, the protagonist …show more content…
Gally and some of the other gladers don’t like him because ever since he showed up everything has changed. “There’s too many weird things going on, and it all started when this shuck-face Greenie showed up” (157). The gladers don’t trust thomas and want to throw in the box hole. Gally went through the changing and saw that thomas worked for Wicked. Gally thinks he is a spy and doesn’t think he can be trusted after only knowing him for less than a week. On the other hand, the rest of the gladers like Thomas and see him as a way to get out. “Half the Gladers think you’re God” (150). They see him as a hero because he survived the night in the maze. He showed them they can survive out there in the maze and beat the Grievers. The creators of the maze see Thomas and the rest of the gladers as an experiment so they can find a cure for the flare. “Everything you lived through was calculated and thought through. Catalysts to study your reactions, your brain waves, your thoughts. All in an attempt to find those capable of helping us find a way to beat the flare” (366). They were sent to the Glade as a test so the creators could see how they reacted. They only wanted the survivors so they could use …show more content…
Minutes later he sees Minho trying to carry Alby back but they aren't going to make it. “Thomas watched as Minho tried desperately to get him back on his feet, then, finally giving up, started to drag the boy across the stone by the arms” (112). Thomas has to quickly figure out if he is going to go in the maze and help or leave them out there. Without putting much thought into it, he runs into the maze to help them out, breaking the number one rule. As soon as he gets in there, the door closes right behind him. Thomas finds out that Alby was stung by the griever minho thought was dead. Minho panics and leaves Alby behind with thomas. Thomas is just a newbie and he didn't freak out and run away like the veteran did. “He couldn’t leave a friend to die” (120). He knew running away wasn't a good idea because he didn't want to leave Alby alone or get lost in the maze. Thomas was scared but instead of wasting time he quickly came up with a plan. He ripped vines from the wall and created a series of ropes with them. Thomas tied Alby to the wall pushing him up only a couple of feet at a time. As soon as he made himself up the wall, about thirty feet off the ground, A griever rounded the corner. “Part animal, part machine, The Griever rolled and clicked along the stone path” (126). The Griever spotted them and climbed the wall. He knew his only options left was to make a run for it to distract the