The Glade

Character: Thomas arrives in the Glade, with no memory of who he is or how old he is. He only knows his name. In the Glade are only boys, Gladers, and they are all in the same situation as he is. They all want to find a way out. Thomas is very curious; he likes to know what everything is for and how everything works. He finds out he is in a place that is surrounded by a huge maze. Thomas is clever; he tries to find a way to escape. He knew he wanted to become Runner at a very early stage, that way

find out for yourself.The glade is a future dystopian with four walls that are open during the day and closed during the nights. In the glade there is a metal box that's actually an elevator used for bringing supplies once a week and once a month a person would come.The glade, it was peaceful place in the book. Dystopian literature is popular with teenagers today because it's the future, it's unexpected. But how does this place Mirror inner feelings of teens? Well The glade is a happy environment

Thomas: He is the main character of the story. He arrives to the Glade with any knowledge of who he is or was. He only remembers his name. Thomas is brave, loyal and clever with telepathic powers and very limited memory of previous knowledge of the Maze. Alby: He is the leader of the Gladers, he has authority of what goes on in the Glade. After being stung by a Griever, he becomes convinced that they shouldn't return to the outside world. But he dies during the escape attempt by throwing himself

teenage boys help him out of the box. He is in a huge field with four immense walls surrounding it, each one having an opening that leads to an unknown place. The boys are using an unusual vocabulary and Thomas finds out where he is is called The Glade. One person looks at Thomas like he wants to kill him, who is named Gally. Thomas is paired with a boy named Chuck,

SETTING The Glade is a strange new world that teenage boys are forced into. The Glade is surrounded by giant stone walls. Inside the Glade, the guys have built houses and even a kitchen out of wood from the small forest. Everyone who resides in the Glades, only goal is to escape through the surrounding maze. The Maze is a vast and eerie place comprised of long, seemingly endless corridors made out of stone and covered in ivy. The Maze at night is home to the monsters called grievers. The Walls around

the story took place in was the Glade. The Glade was a vast square courtyard and was surrounded by 100 foot high walls that were seemingly made of stone each wall is named by its corresponding direction (East Wall, North Wall, West Wall, and finally the South Wall). In some places the walls were covered in thick green ivy, and each wall had a opening that would open in the day and close at night, these walls connected the Glade to the Maze. Some places in the Glade includes the Box, a small elevator

Thomas discovers his telepathic power being able to communicate with Teresa. Thomas’ connection with the glade has always conflicted his mind. He becomes more baffled by Teresa, the only girl in the glade who also seems to have some type of relation with the glade. Thomas felt connection with her from the beginning of the story. When Teresa entered the glade, they both could somehow speak with each other telepathically. Thomas, bewildered, wonders how it seems possible. As time passed by, they started

“She is the last one ever.” is the note that was sent up with a girl to the “glade”. Every month for the last two years, one person has been sent up into the “glade” along with supplies. Everyone that has come up in the last two years has been a boy until now. One day a girl is sent up to the “glade” with a note saying “She is the last one ever”. After that, everything starts to change. The doors to the maze, that had once closed every night, are now open all the time and more people are getting

Thomas is a boy in a new world he does not know. He is unfortunate enough to wake up in a strange place called “The Glade”. He remembers nothing and must learn to survive. In this journal I will be predicting if Thomas will be a runner, questioning what the purpose of the Glade is, and evaluating Gally’s hate for Thomas. I predict that Thomas will become a runner because of the fortitude he showed in the Maze with Minho. Thomas was fast as a rabbit in the maze and performed great. Ever since Thomas

was put into the glade all he wanted to know was what was going on. All the simple questions he had were not answered. The rules of the glade were pretty simple, follow the rules and your time at the glade will be easy. Thomas’s thirst for answers was unquenchable, so he had to take matters into his own hands and figure out everything on his own. Thomas started as a whining greeny and grows to help everyone find a way out. Thomas went against all odds and most people of the glade just because of