How To Write An Essay On The Maze Runner

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Over the course of this term, I have read seven fantastic pieces of literature that just made me eager for the novels and growth to come. First of all, I read Champion by Marie Lu, which was a stellar dystopian fiction novel. Also, I read The Maze Runner by James Dashner. Next, I read Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green and David Levithan. This bestseller is a realistic fiction novel. Additionally, I read the fiction prose Magnus Chase: The Sword of Summer by Rick Riordan. In addition, I read The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling. This fiction book is just right. Also, I read Me, Earl and the Dying Girl, a realistic fiction and just right novel by Jesse Andrews. Finally, I read The Infinite Sea, a Rick Yancey fiction novel. All of these spectacular pieces of literature were just right for my …show more content…

The novel begins when Thomas wakes up in an elevator shaft with no memory of his past except for his name. After what seems like hours, it opens up, and Thomas is surrounded by boys who welcome them to the Glade. Their leader, Alby, gives him a tour and explains aspects of their society. Every month a new arrival comes up on the Box, and every week it brings supplies. However, his most prudent point is this: Never go into the maze. A maze surrounds all of the Glade, and is believed to be their way out. Only Runners are allowed to explore the maze. The instant Alby explains all of this to him, Thomas is consumed with this idea of becoming a Runner. For it is the major problem throughout the novel for the Gladers’ everyday struggle to try to escape. Before Thomas gets too wrapped up in becoming a Runner, however, a problem arises. A girl comes up in the Box, which has never happened before, says a very troubling statement before falling into a coma. She says, “‘Everything is going to change,’” (Dashner 56). For the next half of the story; change it

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