Tuesday, February 12, 2013

James Dashner: MAZE RUNNER


One of the themes of this book is to trust one another.  When Thomas first entered Glade, Gally and Ben, who had gone through the Changing (a process which would heal somebody who was stung by a Griever while their memories will be bought back), both said that Thomas was bad.  Then, Alby was stung by the Griever and went through the Changing.  Actually, brave Thomas ran to the maze to help Minho and sick Alby just before the walls closed though he knew that he would be killed and would maybe be eaten by the Griever.  Luckily, they all survived and as Thomas was heroic, he was not killed, but was put in the Slammer, which was like a prison, for one day. 
            Also, I understand that co-operation is very important.  Like the last part when Thomas and Teresa need to go to the Griever Hole to type in the code in order to get out of Glade, all the other Gladers need to fight the horrible Grievers or even sacrifice themselves in order to help Thomas Teresa to get into the Griever Hole.  Alby, their leader is one of the greatest examples.  A few days before their escape, Gally came and said that the Griever would pick and kill one of the Gladers.  Alby thought that the Griever would just pick on one of them and let the others in, so he threw himself towards the swarm of gigantic Griever and just let them kill him.  Unluckily, he was wrong and at last the Griever killed half of them.  I was even shocked when Chuck, Thomas's best friend, sacrificed himself for Thomas when Gally threw a dagger towards Thomas.  Chuck was like Thomas's shield dived in front of him to protect him.  It was really touching. 
            This book is the best one ever.  I love it very much.  Every bits of this book contains surprises you will never expect.

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