Personal Narrative: The Maze Runner

My Uncle Bob lives on a horse ranch in a small town in southern Wyoming. Seldom do we visit our family out west, but for a couple weeks the summer I turned seven, we did. This was the first time I had been to my Uncle’s horse ranch ever since I was about four months old. When we visited before I was too young to ride them, so this was a whole new experience for me. I was fascinated with horses even though I had never been around one. I had seen pictures of horses and watched movies about horses, but I had never in my life ridden a horse or been close to one. Throughout our visit it was rainy almost everyday, but one day when I peeked through the blinds the sun was shining. I grabbed my aunt, my uncle and my cousins and told them that now was our chance to ride.

Dystopia in literature does not always pertain to a governmental standpoint. For example, Maze Runner, gives life to the struggles the teen populations endures in everyday life. To start off simply, It brings to light the difficulties of fitting in in new territories. A certain scene at the beginning of the book perfectly describes the feel of being “the new kid” in the crowd. Thomas, the main character, turns and looks around while the other kids “snickered and started ;some even reached out and poked him with a finger.” He experiences the struggle of being pushed into a new situation as a stranger and trying to find his place within a community. This situation being similar to the stress a teenager will endure when put in a new situation, for example, moving to a new area. Said teen is going to have to figure out how they will fit in and find their place among their school of community, much like how Thomas had to when first entering the glade.

The cashier went and got six tickets so the friends could enter The Maze. It took about a minute or two.

As I sat in the truck on the twelve mile ride I thought to myself this day has finally come I’m about to do what I’ve always wanted to. I didn’t know what to expect so I asked my cousin for a prep talk before the show. As we got closer and closer I got nervous and nervous, but I was ready. My cousin could tell I was nervous from all the moving and talking I was doing. Yay, we finally made it and its time to unload to horse and get them saddle up so this show can begin. With that being my first horse show I was proud of myself because I finish in 3rd place. To finally get the chance to do what I’ve being wishing to do forever made me feel like the happiest person in the

Around 9am, me and my mom arrived at an amazing equestrian facility around Fenton and Holly. Horses were like my thing when I was very little and they still are. The second we pulled into the parking lot I was about ready to burst open, I was so excited for this day to come! This day meant a lot to me because I learned so many things and that affected my future. When we walked inside the barn everything was calm and comforting, so we walked down to the lobby and looked at the activities that everyone (other kids) was doing. During all the looking around and seeing the activities we were doing I knew that by the time I left that barn I would know like 50% more than I ever did just in one camp. “Alaina are you ready to have some fun?” said my trainer, I was in a daze and then my mom said “Aren't you going to have fun Alaina?” I finally came out of my daze and I was just standing there like nothing happened, then I realized “Oh! Yeah I’m ready!”

In James Dashner “The maze runner” this book is filled with tons of action and adventure and can keep a reader attached for hours on end. I am typically not one to read or even like Reading, but this book was great and I know I will read the second book in the trilogy.

I'll say straight away that this isn't a bad film, there are definitely a lot worse and it isn't the worst of 2014 either. But it just isn't that good either, if i could've given this 3 and a half stars I would've, but we're stuck with 3. The Maze Runner didn't interest me when it was released in cinema, I hadn't heard the greatest reviews about it, just mediocre things, and seeing the trailer it didn't really stand out to me personally. For the record I haven't read the books either, so I can't compare book to film like a lot of people are able to. When walking around HMV, as I do, I saw it and thought I'd give it a try, and I'll say this, it wasn't as bad as I thought it was going to be, it's a lot better then the Divergent

The Maze Runner is a New York Times bestselling book made by James Dashner. The book has also been converted into a motion picture. Although the maze runner did add and remove many scenes from the book, it stayed with many areas that the book focused on. One, for example, is when Thomas finds himself in a cage going up somewhere, he is petrified and brainwashed, and all he can remember is his name. The movie goes along with this, but they execute the idea that Thomas remembers his name. Also in the book, Thomas is petrified of the gladers, but in the movie, Thomas attempts to run yet falls down, he then realizes he’s in the maze.

I woke up as usual a couple of years ago on September 20, I rubbed my tired eyes with my hands curled into fists. Uncovering my head from the large blanket I had, I was blinded by the brilliant light that hung above my head. A few moments later, after my eyes had adjusted, and my temporary blindness left me, I stumbled out of my bed and tripped to my closet, still dazed from just having woken up. Once I was ready I dazedly walked down the stairs, hanging onto the wooden rail tightly so I wouldn’t fall, though I almost fell more than a few times. My grandmother was sitting in her grey rocking chair, watching The walking dead, she heard me trip off the last step coming down the stairs and turned her head slightly to face me. She started to say

The Departed was made in criminal genre and it is my favorite genre of movies and books, especially when everything looks so logical and harmoniously. There are a lot of death and unexpected turns, what makes you worry every minute of movie. The Departed has everything for success, criminal authority, cops, unexpected turns and naturalness of

Once upon a time there was me Trinna the butterfly. I was going to the pool with my friends, Trinity the husky, Natalie the cheetah, and Kennice the dolphin. You could say this was not an ordinary day at the pool, it was an amazing day at the pool at least that’s what I say.

James Dashner and Suzanne Collins are two famous modern dystopian writers. Dashner is best known for his #1 New York Times Bestselling trilogy The Maze Runner. The Cybils Award for Fantasy & Science Fiction winner, The Hunger Games trilogy is Collins’s most illustrious novel. These two pieces are similar and are often confused with each other. However, with deeper consideration, their extreme differences include differences in the main characters, the setting in which the characters live, and interventions of the totalitarianism government.

omas is the main character of the book. He is an immune. He always tries to help his friends and he is really fast, strong and powerful. He loves his friends but he can do bad things to his friends when he needs to. He knows Newton, Minho, Gally and Alby from the maze. He knows Teresa before the maze although he doesn't remember all of it.

I looked out into the field at our four horses. Two of them were mine, the other two were my dad and brother 's. (Technically I didn 't pay for my two horses, but my dad lets me call them mine.) One was a tiny brown and white spotted pony named Stormy, my first pony, the other a mostly brown appaloosa horse with a white butt named Ziggy. Both have minds of their own, but how was I to know that Ziggy was going to totally lose his mind today. The only vivid memory I have of the rest of the day was walking out into the field to catch my

The novel, The Maze Runner, is about a 16 year old boy, named Thomas, who wakes up in a metal box that seems to be moving. As the darkness in the box starts fading, Thomas realizes that he must be in an elevator. He hears harsh sounds of chains and pulleys, which terrifies him on his way up. When Thomas reaches the top, 2 guys named, Alby and Gally pull him out of the elevator and greet him. This is where Thomas realizes that all of his memory was gone. Alby had told him that his name will come back to him within three days, meanwhile, he was called Greenie. This nickname "Greenie" was given to everyone who came up the elevator that did not remember their names. After, welcoming Thomas, Alby handed him over to this young boy named Chuck. Chuck was responsible to take Thomas for a walk and introduce him to the Glade. The Glade is an open area of land, which is located in the center of the maze. This is where the Gladers are forced to live and hang out. Outside of the Glade is the maze, which is full of huge walls and vines and is the only hope of escape for the Gladers. During the day, the doors to the maze open up, which allow the runners to go out and find an exit. However, during the night, the doors close and the Grievers come out, which are huge slugs, that harass and kill anyone that is trapped in the maze.