James Dashner

Angela Park Humanities ½ January 16, 2015 Ms. Priest & Mrs. Gardon The Maze Runner by James Dashner Imagine that you are trapped somewhere for a long long time but can’t find a way out. In this story, the Gladers are trapped before the great Maze for years and years, longing to have freedom one day. They don’t remember anything about their past life, but only remembers their names. Until one day, a boy named Thomas came in the Glade through the elevator and changes everyone’s life.…

“The Maze Runner” is a teen dystopia set in the aftermath of civilization’s demise. Thomas, our main character, wakes up in an elevator with no recollection of his name or his past; trapped in an expansive maze guarded by bio-mechanical beasts called Grievers. He is tossed in with sixty other boys his age, with whom he must find a way out. Their civilization resides in a small glade in the centre of this maze, where they survive solely off of their own agriculture and supplies. They select their…

A major theme in the science fiction action movie, ‘The Maze Runner’ 2014, directed by Wes Ball, is dystopia. A boy wakes up inside an elevator with no memory of his identity. A group of male youths greets him in a large area called the Glade that surrounded by tall, stone walls. The boys, who call themselves Gladers, have formed a society without any adults but none remember their past. A few boys have the control about everything. Alby, he strongest and fastest boy in the group is the leader.…

Dylan Huffman The Maze Runner The Maze Runner is the first book of a multi book series. It starts out with the main character Thomas waking up in something he describes as a metal box, but he no memory of anything other than his name. While he is waking up he discovers doors that are starting to open. He starts walking towards the opening and realizes there is some sort of country/farm little village or something like that. He also finds a small group of boys around him. They start asking…

The Maze Runner is a book written by James Dashner. The book is about a boy name Thomas, who was put into a glade with boys. Later came a girl named Teresa. They later found out that Teresa and Thomas were apart the Keepers, which was what they call the people that put them in the glade. Thomas found a way to get out and asked everyone to come with him, some stayed and some when along with the plan. They got out of the glade and found that it was all-apart of the Keeper’s plan for the Gladers.…

reader confused and sometimes un-interested. The setting in The Kill Order, written by James Dashner, plays a huge role in the book. It communicates with the reader where these solar flares hit, and really how devastating they were. Dashner uses a really good sense of imagery to describe the setting in the book. Using this imagery it makes it easy to imagine what it would be like in the reader’s head. Dashner explained the setting clearly, and just enough to get to the reader. The Kill Order has…

When authors describe characters and settings, I can visualize the character’s appearance, how they move, and where they spend their time. While reading The Maze Runner, by James Dashner, I bring my imagination into play in order to immerse myself in the characters’ world. The characters in the story are able to force me to feel their emotions of fear and uncertainty. I feel as if I am living alongside the characters and going…

For my 2nd book report, I read the book called The Eye of Minds which was created by the author, James Dashner, who is known for creating the Maze Runner series. The perspective book is told in is third-person omniscient which uses no use of I and no reference to self which is the perspective Dashner usually writes in. The main characters of The Eye of Minds are Michael, Bryson, Sarah, and Kaine. Michael is the main protagonist of the story who is a gamer and is hired by the VNS to find Kaine…

name... Well that was what happened to Thomas, he arrived in a new place, the Glade. All starts with Thomas' arrival. Everything started to change, a girl arrived, but that's not all, the girl will be the last one ever. In the Maze Runners book, James Dashner, describes that an imagery dystopian society is as dehumanizing and as unpleasant as possible, by using setting, imagery, symbol and theme. In the book, the author represents friendship by theme, without a strong sense of community based on…

The Maze Runner is a novel trilogy authored by James Dashner. The genre of the movie is a young adult, post apocalyptic,science fiction. The novel was turned into a movie, which hit the theatres in 2014, directed by Wes Ball. Wes Ball is a visual effects and graphics artist, graduated from Florida State University College of Motion Picture Arts. The movie was highly anticipated at the time. The Maze Runner created a suspenseful ending that had many people wanting more as it ended in an…