Thomas In James Dashner's The Maze Runner

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

This book The Maze Runner by James Dashner is a great book to read. Thomas is the main character of The Maze Runner. Thomas is brave, smart, and is very influential.

Waking up not knowing anything or anyone is one of the scariest thoughts a human brain can conjure up, but what if this turned out to be a reality for you? How terrified would someone feel? Then you find out you were taken by a mysterious force along with about fifty to sixty other people. Well this turned out to be a reality for Thomas in the book The Maze Runner, by James Dashner. In this book, Thomas faces the challenges of trying to fit in with the other boys, faces the challenge of trying to follow the rules, and faces the urge to become a maze runner. All of these reasons show how Thomas is an outcast archetype.

Thomas wakes up in a metal box that rises him up from the underground to the land above known as the Glade. He has no memory of anything, anyone, or even where he is. The only thing he remembers is his name. Thomas, once discovering where he is and who these boys are around him he comes to the realization of who is in charge of the place. It is led by two of the elder boys; Alby, the leader, and Newt, the second-in-charge. Every week the box in the middle of the glade surfaces from beneath the ground to supply the boys with new food, tools and weapons. But every month a new boy with no memory arrives in the metal box. Outside of their cozy glade surrounded by the wall is a maze, a labyrinth filled with mile high concrete walls that change every

Very brave.” The quote shown demonstrates how there’s a traditional feel with Thomas’ story, with a hint of modernization. Lastly, Thomas’ compassion is shown after he and Victor have finished searching Victor’s dad’s trailer. Thomas states that he only “came because of your father” Thomas is portraying his feelings and thoughts when he says this, revealing how he cared for Victor’s father. Thomas still felt attached to Victor’s father, and in turn Victor saw how much Thomas truly cared.

His need for tradition can be felt in the words he utters. Throughout the story at many points Thomas feels alone and abandoned by his own people and past friends. For

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.

Thomas enters the Glade the same way a baby is welcomed into the world. They come out with no memories of the womb and they do not know anything, not even their name. Therefore, they are confused, like Thomas and just want to cry. Slowly, however, they are taught things until they can function on their own. This helps show that one of the symbols in The Maze Runner is the maze itself, as it symbolizes life and how complex it is. As life does not follow one rule but instead has many obstacles and Unforeseen events which is like the twists and turns in the maze. In life there are the nice straight paths these are when nothing is wrong and life seems easy. Then there are times where there are twists and turns, this is when in your life a hard

The Maze Runner, by James Dashner continued to capture my eyes attention as I continued to read this book. The next chapters of this book were very interesting and I learned a lot. My prediction from my last entry turned out somewhat true however somethings did not happen. The first part of my prediction was that the Grievers would go out and hurt more people. Actually, this did not happen. Secondly, I predicted that Thomas would go in the wall to kill the Grievers. Furthermore, Thomas actually went inside not to kill the Grievers, but to help Minho and Alby. However, Thomas and Minho actually ended up killing four of the Grievers. Lastly, I predicted that Thomas would find a way out of this place. This didn’t exactly happen. Minho found the

“Harsh sounds of chains and pulleys, like the workings of an ancient steel factory, echoed through the room, bouncing off the walls with a hollow, tinny whine. The lightness elevator swayed back and forth as it ascended…a smell like burnt oil…” (Dashner 1). To be awoken in an elevator; an unknown place with no memories, not recalling anything, or the purpose of being in the maze would have driven anyone insane. In the novel, The Maze Runner, the main character Thomas is thrown into the Maze along with a group of sixty or more boys, and all of them have severe cases of amnesia.

In the beginning, the main character, Thomas, has his memory wiped so he doesn’t know anything. Over time though, he begins to accept where he is (the Glade) and that the people in the Glade have nothing but each other. Thomas also adapts to the Glade’s slang, and talks like a Glader. He also saves the lives of some Gladers who are his friends, such as Alby. At the end Thomas became a sort of leader, trying to make the best decisions when the rest of the Gladers didn’t know what to do. Thomas talks to the other Gladers like someone would talk to their friends or family, and Thomas does his best to help protect the Gladers. Thomas is hard and cold to the people from WICKED, as at the end one of their workers kills Chuck, one of Thomas’s

He decides he will find a way out of the maze and he will confront those who are watching and directing everything good and bad that happens, or die trying. For instance, when Thomas is revealing his plan to get out of the maze he surprises everybody by saying, "It doesn't do the creators any good if we all die... I think we finally know for sure that the Grievers are programmed to only kill one of us each day. So somebody can sacrifice himself to save the others...

Thomas is trying to make a point with the last words he takes at the end of the film. He is making us see that we can really forgive. At the end of the film, we see how Victor finally forgives his father and starts making progress with Thomas. He does not feel the anger he felt because of his dad, he sees that his father loved him, and that he only went away to stop hurting his family. He sees that he always cared about them and that the love for his family never ended.

With the trust and support of people, you will be able to accomplish many of your ambitions. Trust can also be used as a dangerous weapon used to backstab your worst enemies. This book well demonstrates how trust can be used in both scenarios and taught me the strengths and risks of trust. Through their short conversation, Thomas was able to earn the trust of Jorge and Brenda, bonding them with the Gladers. Through this bond, the Gladers were able to help and get help from the two, ultimately allowing them to get through the heath of the Scorch. Originally, the Gladers planned to travel solo, and Jorge and Brenda decided to stay in the Scorch till death. Neither expected cooperation from the other, but by building these bonds of trust, both parties managed to profit and achieved an otherwise unreachable goal. On the other hand, Teresa Agnes built a strong bond of trust with Thomas, but used that trust to completely betray him. In the first book The Maze Runner, Thomas was the only Glader who trusted Teresa enough to talk to and to help her. While everyone else despised her, Thomas was willing to talk and assimilate with her. They slowly built a strong bond between themselves, aided by their telepathic capabilities. Undeniably, Thomas has fallen for Teresa and felt extremely close to her, making him feel guilty for feeling close to Brenda. Claiming to have been controlled by

Thomas gradually discovers that the Glade is run by two boys, Alby and Newt, who maintain order by enforcing strict rules and keeping all of