The Glade

where the book is set. Surrounded by the maze at the very center is a place known as the Glade. The Glade is grassland with scattered forests inhabited by the Gladers. The Gladers consists of orphans, teenage boys, who have created a complex society with their own social classes based on their experiences in the Glade. The Glade was surrounded by high walls, covered in ivy and vines, which separated the Glade from the rest of the Maze. Out in the Maze, there were many creature like-killing…

were both considered the outcast of the Glade. Chuck in many ways was seen as a chubby, naïve little boy who had big hopes and dreams for the difficult situation they were in. These hopes are what inspired Thomas to escape the maze, and promise Chuck to make his dreams reality. At the end of the book, right after they had escaped the maze, Chuck sacrifices himself and jumps in front of a knife to save Thomas’s life, therefore completely changing…

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.…

traits. These traits shape him into the character that he ends up becoming later in the book. His personality eventually helps his friends get out and survive the maze. Thomas, ever since he came up in the box, has always been curious the about Glade, the place boys were sent to with no memory of their past life. Thomas is informed that they were in the middle of a maze, and that they could not find a way out. This only increased his superstitions. Thomas has thought about why they were sent…

fiction; to me this book is a roller coaster of emotions and a constant pressure of the ongoing climax. This dystopian novel starts off with a young boy called Thomas who wakes up on an elevator box and has no idea of what’s going on. He wakes up to see Glade, a large area of land that’s closed by high concrete walls. What is he doing here? Why is he here?…

in the maze. There are obvious trust issues from the start, with the protagonist showing up remembering his name and having a girl appear a few days later. The plot also shows suspenseful moments throughout the story, such as losing members of the Glade and showing fear in the characters. The Characters. There are several characters in The Maze Runner, the protagonist Thomas, and his friends Minho and Newt. Thomas plays a major role in the book by having us see everything through his…

In the story, there is a boy named Thomas, who wakes up in a dark elevator. To his surprise a bunch of teenagers rescue him from the elevator and welcome him to a place called the glade. In the story Thomas is the main character. When he gets out of the elevator he has no recollection of what had happened and why he randomly showed up there. All he knows is that his name is Thomas. Once he comes to the reality that this is actually happening, he looks around and sees that he is surrounded by…

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 strongest and fittest comrades to run the maze during the day, attempting to find a way out. It has been this way for years.…

days. Thomas the newest boy, needs to learn to adapt, but strangely only a day later a girl arrives through the same process that Thomas and the other gladers did. Thomas and the girl seem to have a connection. The original group has been in "The Glade" for three years, trying to find a way to escape through the Maze that surrounds their living space. They have begun to give up hope. Then a comatose girl arrives with a strange note, and their world begins…

In the book “The Scorch Trials” by James Dashner is the second book the Maze Runner series. This book takes place in the future, the world is a desert and the narrator is a sixteen-year-old boy name, Thomas. Thomas is not so specific about his location. He tells his story in the third person. Thomas and his friends he called The Gladers have this sickness called the flare. They all have two weeks to travel 1000 miles North. The book starts with action when Thomas’ good friend Teresa gets taken…