Thomas Wasteland Quotes

I rate this book a 9/10. It was so amazing and I learned so much from this novel. I definitely recommend this book because it really opens your eyes to the troubles of this world, and families who are breaking apart. The reason why I didn’t give it a perfect score was because, at times I would get confused by the dialogue because the author didn’t fully write who was talking in a conversation. Other than that, it was a heartbreaking story that gave me a bigger perspective of this

This book is great for people who enjoy gore, suspense and a little romance. If you love to see good character cooperation and the characters in a lot of life or death situations where you really don’t know if they’ll make it or not this is the book for you. This books also shows that even the underdogs can still make a difference, and that gives us hope in life when there seems to be nothing left. Again if you love gore, suspense and a little bit of romance this is the perfect book for you, you won’t be

“Emptiness stretching for miles, the sense of space, the vastness of the sky above, passing no farm or cottage, no kind of dwelling house at all in three miles. All was emptiness.”

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

Here is how the imagery of the poem develops the meaning of the poem. First of all, Thomas convey resistance towards death with images of fury and fighting, as in "do not go gentle." With images of "good

of everyone in this book is because Thomas is a character who believes in himself, he

"He that flings dirt at another dirtieth himself the most" Thomas Fuller. Thomas was a mental calculator and while being a slave he was the most valued. He then demonstrated that blacks aren't lower in rank than the whites. The, author is trying to portray that by hating someone, it's just making yourself look bad and a worst person. You, are just defeating yourself and there's no point of hating on someone because it doesn't make you a better person.

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 character is being a HERO and a VERY INTELLIGENT PERSON. He was a really good doctor for THOUSANDS of BABY’S because he was the one that saved them all. At the beginning of the story

Jim Casy is the companion of the protagonist, Tom Joad, who desires to no longer be referred to as a preacher. Upon being invited to attend breakfast, “An’ it on’y got unholy when one mis’able little fella got the bit in his teeth an’ run off his own way... An’ then I got thinkin’ I don’t even know what I mean by holy... I can’t say grace like I use’ ta say.” (Steinbeck 81)

8. The Wasteland – Often a desert, the wasteland represents an emotionally/physically barren place or time in a character’s journey. A character is usually cleansed of fear or doubt and reconnects to his/her sense of faith or inner strength. Characters usually emerge from the wasteland stronger and more focused. Occasionally the wasteland wins and a character emerges from the wasteland insane.

"Thomas leaned back against the rough rock, overcome by disbelief at what he had just done. Filled with terror at what the consequences might be." (Dashner). He ran outside the Glades knowing he only had seconds to come back in until the thick, humongous walls closed shut for the night sealing the three Gladers outside. What is worse is this is at night, one extremely tired, one with an injured arm, and Thomas, an inexperienced Glader. They have no idea what they were going to expect. Thomas might have not know it, but he's crossing his very first threshold in the story.

When Thomas comes to the maze, no one knows him. He has to try to make friends. In the beginning, when no one knows you, it is hard to make friends. He only makes one friend but he still seems like an outcast. His one friend isn’t very popular so that doesn’t help thomas. The author uses dialogue to show that no one knows him. The author also uses dialogue to show his

The book had a lot of hard times in the middle of the trouble like when the dome first came down the family's that had lost love ones. Page 80. A man had lost his wife from the dome coming down on the middle of the garden and right on her fingers. She could not get help because all the doctors where busy with other people in the time she died because lose of blood. In the beginning of the book junior went and killed Angie out of rage. Page 42. The people in the car wreck in the dome where running from the cops. Page 33. In the middle the people started to turn and kill for the resources to safe there live page 200. The people started to trust the people that they have never know before like the two people that showed up right before the pink stars. Page 333. I like the book because of the faith that they had to have to get through the hard times in dome. When they started to trust big Jim witch was not trusted with the Important thing for the dome. I like when they had to choose sides if they go with the two girls or not in the book. Page 350. I like the fact that they got out of the dome after a lot time of suffering and little resources to use. Page

Text to Text connection: The book "Q & A" by Vikas Swarup is about a young boy named Ram Mohammad Thomas who was arrested for answering all twelve questions correctly on the show "Who Will Win a Billion?" (Similar to "Who wants to be a Millionaire?"). He was accused of cheating because as a poor orphan who has never gone to school, how is it possible that he knows about the planets? Thomas takes the audience back into his past before each question is revealed which explains how he was able to answer such questions.