Literature review: The Maze Runner

The book, The Maze Runner, shows the journey of Thomas finding out where he came from and how he got to exactly where he was. Thomas’s contact to adventure begins he 1st wakes up in a metal box in the middle of an enclosed forest exactly where he had began his new life. Obtaining his memory erased, he had no clue where he was, how to act, or even his name.

Subsequent, the refusal of the get in touch with, Thomas was in denial that he is now a Glader, an individual who lives in this tiny enclosed globe. Thomas was unwilling to adapting to the new planet he is in, scared of the surroundings. Thomas has numerous mentors that aid him transform Minho, Chuck, Alby, and Newt all acting as his guide to his theory of deciphering the not possible maze helped in his transformation. The crossing of the 1st threshold then begins, Thomas first methods into the maze to attempt to save Alby and Minho from the closing gate. In spite of the warnings of other, Thomas nevertheless went inside to support and save the two boys from death. A supernatural aid, is present when later in his journey. Thomas had voices guiding him and later learns the use of telepathy. The people who sent him to the maze are telling him what to do and general controlling him.

The Road of Trials, the hardest portion of the journey, starts when Thomas failed at the activity of slaughtering pigs and farming, not performing the jobs he was instructed to do by other Gladers. The Belly of the Whale Transformation happens when Thomas had a close to death knowledge with Minho and Alby in the maze. Grievers, or monsters that lurk in the maze at night, nearly killed him, Minho, and Alby. Thomas undergoes his transformation, becoming stronger than his emotional instability, general finding his new self. Thomas finds a really like that is potent and his adore that he gains had a substantial impact that Campbell portrays. The in search of atonement stage, aided in fighting creatures and his opposing forces. The Ultimate Boon happens following all the deafening of grievers, his purification in this step supplied him with self-assurance and hope for The Gladers, that they would make it out of the maze alive. His perseverance lead him to solve the maze and escape with the Gladers. Soon after escaping the maze, Thomas encounters his refusal of the Return, Thomas was wounded of this knowledge emotionally and physically. From seeing his close friends murdered to leaving them behind. Thomas had figured out a way to share his knowledge, strength, and wisdom of what he had learned throughout the quest to the Gladers and humans in the new world in which he has found.

By escaping the maze and discovering his new self, Thomas becomes the master of two worlds, Thomas has gained independence along with some of the Gladers. Becoming master of the now human planet and that of the Gladers. Thomas has officially completed his hero’s journey. He achieves freedom to live when he in the bus with adults who saved him from the creators of the maze. Thomas has then succeeded in his quest of escaping the maze, he could not bring everybody and that moment he wanted to sacrifice his own life to save the rest.