Comparing The Novel ' Uglies ' And ' The Maze Runner '

My two novels, Divergent and The Maze Runner, have many similarities that I would like to discuss. Firstly, both novels focused on being thrust into a brand new world that the characters were not used to. Thomas(The Maze Runner protagonist)started off the book with him waking up inside of a cargo box, traveling upwards at an incredibly high speed, and with only the memory of his name. When Tris decided to join the Dauntless, she immediately had to adapt and change, from jumping from trains and buildings to fighting someone until submission or decommission. To add onto that, despite being both unfamiliar with their new lives, they were able to adapt fairly quickly with Tris being first in the second and third round of initiation, and

The short story ‘Harrison Bergeron’, Written by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. and the novel ‘The Giver’ by Lois Lowry both share a theme of forced equality and uniformity. Both stories take place in dystopian worlds. Woven throughout both of the stories are, authority is forcing egalitarianism onto citizens because they want an indefectible civilization. In the short story Harrison Bergeron, the world is ruled by Handicap General were in The Giver the world is ruled by the Elders, so that the community would be equal. But in both stories the protagonist goes against the community to break the peace and gain freedom and demonstrates how the authority always doesn’t know the best.

The one in which appears similar to today's society. Everyone thought Equality was cursed, but many people think and sometimes act the exact same way that Equality acted throughout the novel. When faced with being outcasted, people tend to be depressed. But, Equality persevered and was able to do great things for the better of his fellow man, even when they treated him like he was nothing but a peasant; a street sweeper. Just because society treats others who do not follow their trends like people who are weird and outdated does not mean that they can make a difference. It is because of innovators like Equality that the world even has a society to begin

The story’s settings of the novel, Anthem, greatly influences the plot. The novel’s setting takes in a Dark Age where there is no creativity, technology, progress, or optimism. The “society” is completely controlled and manipulated by a central group of leaders. The story primarily centers around a young man named Equality 7-2521 who is a street sweeper. This occupation does not offer him opportunities to expand beyond his small controlled world. Equality 7-2521 take his readers on an adventurous life journey as written in his own journal. Readers feel his oppression and personal desperation as they travel through the dark tunnel and live each day in the shoes of Equality.

In the books, Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury and Uglies by Scott Westerfeld they have many similarities and differences. In Uglies, Tally is anxiously waiting to turn 16 so she can receive the operation to become “Pretty”, this operation turns you supermodel gorgeous and launches you into a high class paradise where all you have to do is have fun. Shay, Tally’s friend is not sure she wants to become pretty, Shay runs away to a secret town on the outside and Tally has the choice to find Shay and turn her in or never become “Pretty” at all. On Shay and Tally’s adventure they realize that there may be more to turning “Pretty” than meets the eye. In Fahrenheit 451, Guy Montag is a fireman but nowadays they don’t prevent fires they start them, they burn all books and the houses that hide them because reading is now against the law. One day, Montag meets Clarisse and he discovers that there is more to living than just watching TV, he secretly collects books and reads them but when he is caught, he realizes these books are more than just pieces of paper; they mean something. These two books are both dystopian novels and share many of the same dystopian characteristics. For example, in the books independent thought is restricted, the people are engrossed in technology and the government is totalitarian and very controlling. However, they do the differ, in Uglies, the government is a lot harsher and the government has there entire life planned out for them and in Fahrenheit 451 the

Equality defines the state of being equal opening up many opportunities and rights to everybody no matter who they are. It can build a strong society if applied correctly. “Harrison Bergeron” by Kurt Vonnegut and “Al Roosten” by George Saunders are two short stories regarding the effects of varying levels of social equality, creating a negative response. Both of these stories demonstrate the effects of equality and the power it has to shape society and people. Harrison from “Harrison Bergeron” is found in a society with highly advanced equality whereas Al from “Al Roosten” is struggling in a society dealing with the opposite however, both characters and societies are struggling with the negative effects. The negative effects that come with

The book The Maze Runner and the book Anthem both show how much people will go through to escape something they hate. James Dashner writs on how much Thomas the main character wants to escape; Ayn Rand also writes how much Equality wants to escape to learn. Later on in the books both Equality and Thomas both feel freedom. Even though, the two books are similar in some ways the happy ending of Anthem is in contrast of the hanging ending of The Maze Runner

The Loyal Retainers in Tears of a Tiger and The Maze Runner “ This Code! It has to mean something!(Dashner 284). Teresa a new experiment in the glade came up with this theory to help Thomas the hero from The Maze Runner. Keisha from Tears of a Tiger and Teresa from The Maze runner are both trying to help the Hero in their stories they both see their characters go through the best and worst times. Teresa tries to help Thomas escape the glade easily without being a nuisance.

Leaders. They are bossy, tough, focused, and honest. In each society, there is one, and in each society, you need one. In both of James Dashner’s books, The Maze Runner and The Kill Order, there is an important leader that helps overcome many obstacles. In The Maze Runner, the main setting is in the center of a literal Maze (also known as Glade). This is the living space of gladers(boys), each month one more boy arrives, their memories are washed away, all they know is their name. Their ultimate goal is to escape the maze. When the main character Thomas arrives, he helps achieve this goal. Thomas is a the true leader of this story. The same situation happens in The Kill Order. In The Kill Order, the setting changes very often, this is because the characters are running away to get to safety from

For my reading for this trimester I chose to read Blindness.The book starts with a man suddenly going blind at a traffic light. From there everyone who comes in contact with this man becomes blind and then the people who become blind find that people they come in contact with also become blind. I had several connections with this book. In this paper I will talk about my connections with this book to other books I have read and this book to my life.

“The Maze Runner” is a four book series by James Dashner. Throughout the first book, “The Maze Runner” (Dashner), Thomas and a bunch of “gladers” try to escape a maze filled with terrible monsters. In the end, they complete the maze, but figure out that the maze was just one of many tests the group will have to go through to figure out Earth's major problems. Some people may never get out alive, but why must teenagers be, in a way, sacrificed, to figure out Earth's problems?

The films, “The Giver,” directed by Phillip Noyce, and “The Maze Runner,” directed by Wes Ball, use film techniques to evoke emotion and show common dystopian themes. In the first selected trailer, the main two significant aspects that contribute to the feeling of the film are the low/high camera angles and the dutch tilt camera angle in scenes from “The Giver”. In the trailer for “The Maze Runner,” the lighting of scenes and nondiegetic sounds captured the suspense of the scenes in combination set the tone for the rest of the film. These two movies use various visual and auditory aspects to emphasise some of the typical ideas critical to the dystopian genre. “The Giver” uses film techniques to present an example of a society where citizens

Popular literature often reflects society’s beliefs and struggles, and dystopian fiction is once again gaining popularity. From Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro to Hulu’s reimagining of The Handmaid’s Tale, written by Margaret Atwood, and all the young adult dystopias in between, one does not have to search far to find a unique dystopian read. While every dystopia is different, these novels have similar characteristics that define their genre.

Have you ever read a book then watched the movie and it's been completely different? That's quite like how The Maze Runner went. Though there were many differences there were many things that the movie got right too.

It is the 21st century and people continue to struggle for equality. We as society have failed and will continue to fail to acknowledge the rights each human deserves. However, during these difficult times, there are always writers and motivational speakers who inspires people to keep fighting for their rights. Some examples are Martin Luther King Jr.’s 1963 speech, “I Have A Dream” speech, Claude McKay’s 1919 poem, “If We Must Die,” poem, and Kurt Vonnegut Jr's short story from 1961, “Harrison Bergeron.” Although, these three pieces of texts are not current, all of the pieces of writing have created a massive impact for generations and continue to do in our generations.