The Griever

When I was reading the Maze Runner I made some connections. When Thomas went out into the maze, why would he do

Thomas is a very strong character. He does not accept that he is just to do what is told. He knows that there is more to his existence, although he does not know what. When Teresa, he knows that he knows her, and that there is something he must find out. In order to find this out he allows himself to be stung by the griever, even though the sting could prove fatal. When he recovers from the sting, he knows what he has been missing. He knows details about his life prior to the glade and he is not afraid to take charge and lead a group out of the maze. Thomas shows incredible courage. It would have been easy for him to just accept his new life, but rather that accepting it he explored the unknown and discovered what the maze was really about. He was everyone’s

Thomas, voluntarily saves one of the Glader's who was injured coming back from the maze. Consequently, in the time he saved him, he fails at getting him back home.

In the movie, after the gladers got out of the maze, Gally, a glader, shows up and is holding a gun. It says that they are not supposed to leave. He was aiming to shoot Thomas, but Chuck, a glader, jumps in front of the bullet. Gally gets stabbed by a sharp wooden stick by Minho, a glader. A group of people enters and takes the gladers away by a helicopter. Though, in the book, after the gladers come out from the maze, into a building, they meet a woman from the creators of the Maze starts talking to them. Then suddenly Gally comes out and throws a knife at Thomas, but Chuck jumps in front of Thomas and gets stabbed instead of Thomas. Thomas breaks down and cries, because of his promise to Chuck that he will get him out of the Maze. He Knocks down Gally. The rescues come, killed the creators and told the gladers to run out of this room. They all rush into the bus. Before moving, the woman, from the creators, stands in front of the bus, and tries to stop them from leaving. The driver ignores her and drives over her. One of the rescuers explain to Thomas why they were put in the Maze, and what happened to the world. He introduced the disease that hit Earth called the

Teresa is a teenage girl who mysteriously arrives in the maze a day after Thomas. She tells everyone that everything is about to change in the maze, before slipping into a coma. Thomas is sure that he knows Teresa from before, but can’t remember. Later, it’s

By following the map’s directions, they come upon a run-down restaurant owned by the treacherous Fratelli family. They make their way down to the basement after the Fratelli’s leave, and discover a counterfeit machine, a murder victim, and a passageway to "One-eyed" Willy’s underground tunnels. By this time, two of Brandon’s friends (Stephanie and Andy) show up and join the group on their adventure. Chunk is somehow left behind in the restaurant and is sent to find help while the others travel through the tunnels searching for the treasure.

The mirror maze is impossible to get out of and someone has to rescue you if you go in alone.The boys have to save their neighbor Miss Foley from the maze.

After finding out that there was a way to leave the Glade and into the maze, which he had dreamed of doing since he descended into the maze, Thomas wholeheartedly accepted the commitment and responsibility to join it, to be a runner, to run into the maze during the day memorizing the movement of the walls and mapping them out to find a solution to destroying the maze. Before proceeding into the maze, Thomas reflects on his decision: “Thomas swallowed, wondering how he could ever go out there. His desire to become a runner had taken a major blow. But he had to do it. Somehow he knew he had to do it. It was such an odd thing to feel, especially after what he'd just seen . . . he somehow felt it in his bones. But nothing about this place made any sense. Except for one thing. He was supposed to be a Runner” (Dashner 39). Even after seeing the maze and experiencing it first hand through a full in the night, he puts his fears aside and take on this responsibility that he feels. Thomas feels that that he has an obligation to join the Runners, regardless of the dangers that come with running the maze. Unlike the other Gladers, Thomas wants to make a difference. The boys definitely see him as different, Chuck even explains to Thomas why that is, “oh gee let me think. First you go out in the maze when you’re not supposed to, at night. Then you turn into some kind of freaky jungle dude, climbing vines and tying people up on the walls. Nect you become one of the first people ever to survive an entire night outside the Glade, and to top it all off you kill four grievers. Can’t imagine what those Shanks are talking about” (Dashner 148). Most of the Gladers don’t trust Thomas because he’s different than they are, he doesn’t just accept what the other Gladers accepted. Thomas brings new skills and ideas to the Glade that they didn’t have before. He was unique and

The story indicates from the beginning that"Nobody talked to Thomas anymore because he told the same damn stories over and over again, " (Alexie 280). The last vision the audience knows is to when he is with Victor's father. Thomas goes with Victor on his journey in the hope that by completing his previous vision job he can experience new visions. On achieving to help Victor on his journey Thomas, "… heard a new story come to him in the silence afterward," (Alexie 286). Completing Thomas's last vision gave him his new vision because his previous visions. Thomas resentment towards Victor for what he had done but helped him because of the promise to Victor's

Thomas seems to have a gift in his storytelling, they may seem like crazy stories he tells over and over but his stories may carry some kind of meaning. “We are all given one thing by which our lives are measured, one determination. Mine are the stories which can change or not change the world.” (Alexie P. 518) His stories about Victor’s father are why he went out of his way to help Victor. It took Victor a trip to Phoenix to see that Thomas was there for a reason, to help him because they were cousins.

Thomas is held prisoner in WICKED headquarters, but is then eventually released by Janson, who tells the Gladers and Group B that there’s a cure for the Flare. The Gladers were forced to retrieve their memories and remove the tracking devices from their heads. “I’m afraid we don’t have much of a choice, the time for lies are over. Nothing’s going to work with you three still in the dark. I’m sorry. We need to do this, [...]” (Dashner 46). Thomas, Minho, and Newt were the only ones who chose not to undergo the procedure because they didn’t trust WICKED. Without the devices, the WICKED headquarters wouldn’t be able to track where the Gladers are. All three of them escaped before having their tracking devices removed, with the help of the Right Arm.

When Thomas arrived at the glade he was dazed and confused. He had no idea where he was or why he was there. He was still baffled because he couldn't remember anything.

Although this leaves Thomas feeling oddly exhilarated, while he's lying in his sleeping bag in a meadow near the gardens, he returns to feeling sad and curious. Thomas tells Chuck that he wants to become one of the Runners, even though he still doesn't really know what they do. Chuck just laughs and says whatever because being a runner is one of the hardest jobs in the glade.

Thomas was a very naughty child. He used to always get into trouble for misbehaving such as the time when he set his father’s barn on fire. He was only six years old when this incident took place.