The Maze Runner Essay

The Maze Runner by James Dashner is a really good book. The genre is young adult/science fiction/post-apocalyptic fiction. The point of view is limited third person and the main idea is that a bunch of kids as well as teenagers are stuck in an ever changing Maze with monsters, also they need to find a way to escape it. The people who put them all in the Maze are the Creators. They are part of an organization called W.I.C.K.E.D. It stands for World In Catastrophe: Killzone Experiment Department. The story takes place around May 4th, 2031. The location of where the kids are living is called the Glade. The kids call themselves the Gladers. A quote describing the Glade is, “The floor of the courtyard looked like it was made of huge stone blocks, …show more content…
Alby gets stung by a Griever, so Thomas has to keep Alby as well as himself alive during the night, a girl comes out of the box, Thomas and Minho discover the portal, and when Gally is being controlled by the Creators so he kills Chuck. Then, Thomas beats Gally up. All of those events are important to the change of the book. When Teresa comes out of the box, she is the only girl. When Thomas keeps himself and Alby alive during the night out in the Maze, he shows the Gladers that it is possible to stay out in the Maze at night. When Gally kills Chuck, it shows how powerful the Creators and the W.I.C.K.E.D organization actually are. In conclusion, I think that the Maze Runner by James Dashner is a very good book and I would recommend it for an older audience since it has mild violence in it. I like that Thomas and Teresa can speak telepathically to each other. I also like that Thomas is the new kid and he is also the hero in the story. The way that all of the other characters kind of doubt him and Thomas proves them wrong by being the hero is really nice. The Maze Runner is one of the best books I have ever