The Maze Runner by James
Dashner starts out with Thomas waking up in a dark elevator with no memory.
Once he gets to the top he is surrounded by people in what seems to be a field,
the Glade. He is told by one of the leaders of the group that they are in a big
maze, that changes every night, and they are at the safe area. At night walls
close around the area they are living in, and if you don't get back into the
area by the time the walls close there is no doubt the grievers will get you.
Now they are faced with the task that hasn't been completed in two years,
getting out of the maze.
Compare
this book to another book.
When I think of The Maze
Runner, it reminds me of books such as The Hunger Games and Lord of The Flies.
In The Maze Runner, kids are sent into a maze, or an arena, and have to
survive. These kids are alone and need to work together in order to survive.
They are put to tasks in order to survive, and had to set up leaders to rule
over these tasks.
Which
character is most important to the story? Why?
Thomas is the most important character in this novel. The
view is from a third person view, but it is always following Thomas. Everything
has always been the same in the maze, until Thomas showed up. One teen was
brought up in the elevator every month at the same time it was always a boy.
When Thomas showed up he was late. The day after Thomas showed up the
elevator had opened, this time with a girl on the platform. When the girl got
to the Glade, she told one of the leaders that “everything is going to change”
and handed the leader a note. After this, she freaked out. The note said “This
is the last one” and this caused many to freak out. Most of the other teens
were blaming Thomas, because once he came everything changed.
Discuss three reasons why this book is better than another book.
If I had to choose a book that
The Maze Runner was better than I would choose The Hunger Games. I believe The
Maze Runner is better because, the adventure of the book never has any dull
moments. In The Hunger Games some of the times where the story is transitioning
I fell as if it was just thrown in their so the story didn’t just skip from one
scene to the next. It did make those parts of the story boring and unnecessary
however. Another reason I would say The Maze Runner is a better book is, even
though many of its chapters end as cliff hangers, it makes you want to continue
to read the book. This also makes it so once you start to read again, you are
right back into the action, and there is never a dull moment. Finally, my last
reason on choosing The Maze Runner as a better book is, the plot of it tells
you the full story. In The Hunger Games, it starts explains it as this is how
we have always done it and it will stay that way. Whereas in The Maze Runner,
it explains that someone created this maze and it changes every day. The end
goal is to find the exit to the maze and get everyone out safely.
