The Maze Runner (Part 2)

In The Maze Runner, Thomas was waiting in the Glades as the walls were shutting for the night. As he was pacing back and forth by one of the walls he saw Minho and Alby in the Maze. Thomas ended up breaking the number one rule, he went out into the Maze as the walls were shutting. He couldn’t just watch Alby and Minho struggle and not make it to safety for the night. Now Thomas must survive the night in the Maze. He must defend himself against the Grievers and make it to sunrise.

How would you solve the problem in the story differently?  Why?

If I had to solve the problem in the story I would do it somewhat differently. All of the Gladers know you can’t stop the walls from shutting. So, I would have still ran out into the Maze, there is nothing else to do to help Minho and Alby. Alby had been stung by a Griever so there was nothing he could really do. Minho knew the only way to survive through the night was to split up. Minho went through the practiced maneuvers for escaping Grievers in the Maze. The only problem was Thomas has never been in the maze, he wasn’t trained for the maze, and he doesn’t know what happens in the Maze. There was one other problem, he wasn’t going to leave Alby to be killed the Grievers. Thomas took Alby and tied him to the walls with the vines. He continued to climb and carry Alby up the wall tying him off with each gain. This is where I would have changed the solution to the problem. I would have tried to find a better place to hide then just scaling the wall. At any point the vines could have snapped and it would have turned out a whole lot worse. In the story a Griever comes and tries to chase Thomas. To divert the Griever away from Alby Thomas starts to run. He leads the Griever on a huge chase until he runs into three more Grievers. At this point he manages to get around the one Griever as it charges at him. As he continues to run down the long corridor of the maze he gets pulled to the side of one of the hallways. Minho had pulled him in and led him to the Cliff where they tricked the Grievers into running off into the abyss. This plan may have worked but I feel as if there were too many slim chances to take. I feel like there were easier ways to get the same result in this case.

Predict what might happen if _____________________.

If Thomas and Minho weren’t able to trick the Grievers into going off the Cliff I think they would have to continue running through the Maze until sunrise. The last Griever was just barely able to stop itself at the edge of the Cliff before Thomas and Minho kicked it off the cliff. If this Griever wasn’t close enough to the edge it could have chased them all throughout the night before they got to the Glades.