The Glade

Thomas wakes up in a dark metal box with only the memory of his name. Doors open overhead to reveal a community of teenage boys living on a large farm land surrounded with very high walls. The boys call this place “The Glade”. On the outside of the glade, is gigantic maze that has monsters called Grievers populating it. Each month, a new boy arrives in this metal box to the Glade. Every weeks supplies is brought up through the elevator that Thomas rides. Thomas quickly learns that there are these Grievers outside in the Maze. If one of these monsters stings you, you will go through the “Changing”. This process is very traumatizing. Thomas meets the leader of the Glade and his second in command, Alby and Newt. He quickly befriends a kid named Chuck and begins a rivalry with a guy named Gally. Minho is the leader of a group called the “Runners”. The Runners are a small…

Summary: Only the lucky survive Thomas wakes up in a box with no memory of his past and the only thing he can cling to is his name. He is surrounded by strangers- boys in particular, who also have no memories of their pasts. Thomas finds himself stuck in a place called “The Glade”. The Glade is surrounded by a towering, boundless, transitioning maze which inhabits the terrorizing flesh-eating “Grievers”. The maze is the only way to get out- but no one's ever made it through alive. The boys in…

In James Dashner’s novel, the Maze Runner, the main character Thomas arrives in the Glade through The Box knowing nothing about his past life except for his name. After coming out of the box Thomas could see that the Glade was a large square surrounded by tall walls covered in ivy and in the center of each wall there was a door, which leads into the dreaded Maze. Although Thomas had just arrived and knew nothing about about his new home, it became obvious that he was meant to go out into the…

memorable to me because he is both curious and courageous. Thomas a character from the Maze Runner series, by James Dashner is a very courageous person in many ways. Immediately he finds himself thrown into a very confusing and scary place. He wakes up surrounded by faces he doesn't know, and in a place he's never been. Then he finds himself in the middle of a Glade. In addition this Glade is surrounded by four walls and each wall has a gate that leads into the Maze around the Glade. One…

Thomas, a young boy enters the center of the Glade, when entering he is greeted by a group of boys who have been locked up for years with no chance of escaping, or at least that they knew of. In the book the Maze Runner by James Dashner demonstrates the importance of sacrifice, taking risks and bravery when it comes to surviving, he does this by describing the characters. Thomas had the option to stay in the Glade and not risk his life, but he knew that when stepping into the maze he would have…

The Maze Runner, Minho first appears when Thomas sees him lying on the ground from exhaustion after running the Maze. •Gally-Gally is a Glader who was Thomas's first enemy in the Glade. ... In The Maze Runner film, Minho seemingly killed Gally with a spear; however, he was shown moving slightly (possibly breathing) after being impaled. •Teresa-Teresa Agnes, originally named Deedee, was a Glader and a creator of the Maze with Thomas. ... In the end, Teresa told Thomas that her original…

metal box, with no memory of who he is or how he got there, Thomas emerges into the blinding light of his new home, the Glade – a giant clearing flanked by four impossibly high concrete walls. He is met by a gang of hostile boys who all speak a strange kind of slang he’s never heard before. Quickly labelled the ‘Greenbean’, Thomas finds his introduction to life in the Glade abrupt and confusing, and no one seems to want to tell him what’s going on or why he’s been sent there. All he knows is…

The Maze Runner by James Dashner is a book you should read. It’s a book about teenagers being sent up in an elevator box (one every month), placed into the middle of a huge maze that changes every night, only remembering one thing, their name. The main character, Thomas, enters this place and becomes friends with Chuck. In this book, survival was on the minds of all the characters and allies needed to be made. By making friends, it allows the teenagers to have reliance on others to fill certain…

In the fictional story of The Maze Runner, Thomas wakes up in a familiar place. However, Thomas had no memory of who he was, he did not even know who his parents were. All Thomas knew was his name and that he was in a dark box that was moving. When he reached the top, the roof of the structure flew open. He was in "The Glade" as the boys who were there called it. The Glade was surrounded by an endless maze. Thomas was different from the other boys in The Glade. He had more memories than the rest…

himself trapped in the Glade, fighting to find the escape. He has no memory of anything, this makes him a very curious character. This is crucial to the story line, for he continues to ask questions. He arrives to the Glade scared and confused. Unlike the other Gladers, he demonstrates a strong connection to the maze that lies outside the Glade. He shows his confidence, fight, and braveness when he jumped into the maze to try and save Alby’s life. This was a very significant event for Thomas’…