“The Maze Runner”- James Dashner
In “The Maze Runner” by James Dashner there is a community of teenagers that are held captive in a place where grass and a maze with monsters known as Grievers surrounds them. These teens have arrived in the community with no memory and determined to make strategies for their escape. When Thomas arrives into the Glade, his world is beginning to fade away. The leader of the Glade, Ably treats him like he’s going through initiation for a job. As Thomas learns more about the community he becomes anxious about being a runner, whose job it is to run through the maze looking for a way out while avoiding Grievers.
In this story, there are certain individuals such as Alby that’s hiding something or after something. It seems like these teenagers are competing against each other to find a way to escape. While others such as Thomas want to find out about his past. Some may seem like they want to work together to escape, but they really act alone in the strategy process of finding their way out. In the story Alby the Glade leader was asked numerous times if Thomas knew anything, to me that means that something is being hidden from Thomas and the others.
As Thomas was able to think clearly about his surroundings, he began to wonder if they’re trapped in this community for a specific reason, “we live in a place that seems to have no way out, surrounded by bloodthirsty monster guards. Doesn’t it sound like a prison to you?” (64). In addition, when Ben had returned, he began to think that Thomas is bad news. For some reason Ben was able to remember his past about Thomas. But we know for sure that Alby and his right hand man Newt are acting alone in this situation
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