How would you feel if one day you awoke in a strange society with no memories of your past? That is exactly what happened to the character Thomas in the Maze Runner by James Dashner. In a dystopian future, a group of teenage boys is placed in a concentration like camp, where the only way out is through a labyrinth that changes every night. Faced with the impossible task of navigating the maze, Thomas manages to show extreme leadership and analytic skills which results in escaping the Glade. Throughout the book, Thomas progresses from a shallow, single-minded boy to a confident and respectable man. In the beginning Thomas is very simple and comes off as whiny because he is so persistent with his questions. He pursues his answers about the Glade
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The biggest rule is not to venture into the maze unless you are an appointed runner, and absolutely do not go into the maze at night due to the fact that no one has ever survived because of the Grievers. But because his curiosity gets the best of him, Thomas breaks both of these rules. He sees a chance to go into the Maze when Alby was stung by a Griever and unable to walk. Thomas enters the Maze at the last second to help Minho carry Alby to safety: however, just as they approached the exit it closed and they were trapped for the night. When the sun rose the next morning, and the door opened, and all three emerged from the Maze alive. Consequently, Thomas becomes the talk of the Glade but is not surprised. His friend Chuck has a lot to say about it, “‘Oh, gee, let me think. First, you go out in the Maze when you’re not supposed to, at night. Then you turn into some kind of freaky jungle dude, climbing vines and tying people up on walls. Next, you become one of the first people ever to survive an entire night outside the Glade, and to top it all off you kill four Grievers. Can’t imagine what those shanks are talking about.’”(Dashner, 148). Instead of being placed in jail Thomas was assigned to be a
The biggest rule is not to venture into the maze unless you are an appointed runner, and absolutely do not go into the maze at night due to the fact that no one has ever survived because of the Grievers. But because his curiosity gets the best of him, Thomas breaks both of these rules. He sees a chance to go into the Maze when Alby was stung by a Griever and unable to walk. Thomas enters the Maze at the last second to help Minho carry Alby to safety: however, just as they approached the exit it closed and they were trapped for the night. When the sun rose the next morning, and the door opened, and all three emerged from the Maze alive. Consequently, Thomas becomes the talk of the Glade but is not surprised. His friend Chuck has a lot to say about it, “‘Oh, gee, let me think. First, you go out in the Maze when you’re not supposed to, at night. Then you turn into some kind of freaky jungle dude, climbing vines and tying people up on walls. Next, you become one of the first people ever to survive an entire night outside the Glade, and to top it all off you kill four Grievers. Can’t imagine what those shanks are talking about.’”(Dashner, 148). Instead of being placed in jail Thomas was assigned to be a