Study Guide By Theme The Search for Lost Memories and Identity The Importance of Friendship The Maze Runner Full Book Summary Previous Next Thomas wakes up in a swaying elevator, and the only thing he can remember is his first name. The elevator, called the Box, opens up, and a group of boys lower a rope for Thomas and pull him out. The Maze Runner is a 2009 dystopian novel by American author James Dashner. It takes place in a world suffering from a coronal mass ejection and whose surviving civilians fight to avoid an apocalyptic illness called the Flare.
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Storyboard Text "What. Where am I? Why can't I remember anything..?" AHH WHY! I'm coming!!! Don't come you'll kill yourself and us! Thomas wakes up in a mysterious elevator with no memory. Minho look! How did the griever go in there! Everyone who goes in to the Cliff dies Woah! Something's up and we need to find out what happens to these shanks. Welcome to The Maze Runner Wiki Nice to meet ya, shank. Welcome to the Glade. When Thomas wakes up in the lift, the only thing he can remember is his name. He's surrounded by strangers-boys whose memories are also gone. Outside the towering stone walls that surround the Glade is a limitless, ever-changing maze. The Glade is located in the center of the maze. Climax Thomas and the other glade members need to figure out out how to escape the maze. but they're faced with the maze's walls that constantly move and the grievers that roam within the walls ready to kill. Falling action Plot A teenage boy wakes up inside an underground elevator with no memory of his identity and is greeted by several male youths in a large grass area, called the "Glade", enclosed by giant stone walls. The "Gladers" have formed a rudimentary society, and each assumes specialized tasks.
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Minho is the leader of the Runners, the Gladers who go out into the Maze in an attempt to map it and find a way out. The day after Thomas arrives a girl is sent up into the Glade, the first ever. Her name is Teresa. Teresa tells everyone that everything is about to change. She then succumbs to a coma. It's one overarching story broken into three separate books, each with its own plot: The Maze Runner, The Scorch Trials, The Death Cure. The books center on Thomas, a 16-year-old boy with no memory of life before the Maze, the friends he makes in the Glade, and their struggles to survive a series of deadly tests and overthrow the corporation. Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2009 A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more. For select classroom titles, we also provide Teaching Guides with discussion and quiz questions to prompt student engagement. The Maze Runner (Maze Runner, #1), James Dashner The Maze Runner is a series of young adult dystopian science fiction novels written by American author James Dashner. The series consists of The Maze Runner (2009), The Scorch Trials (2010) and The Death Cure (2011), as well as two prequel novels, The Kill Order (2012) and The Fever Code (2016.
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Thomas risks his life by running into the maze when the doors were closing to help Minho and Alby. Minho gets mad at Thomas because he broke the rules by running into the maze. They survive the night in the maze. Novels The Maze Runner The Maze Runner is the first book in the series and was released on October 6, 2009. A group of teenagers, who call themselves "Gladers", are left in a strange place which they call the "Glade". The Glade is surrounded by four doors, leading to the Maze, that close every night at sundown and open in the morning.
Chapter 1 In the dark of an elevator, a teenaged boy awakes with no memories other than that his name is Thomas. When the elevator comes to a halt, the doors open and Thomas finds himself surrounded by around fifty teenaged boys. Their leader, a boy in his late-teens named Alby, welcomes him to the Glade. 1. Maze Runner (2014) Overview Release Date: October 10, 2014 Director: Wes Ball Budget: $34,000,000 First movie in the Maze Runner series released in 2014 was directed by Wes Ball. Thomas (Dylan O'Brien) is the protagonist of the movie, who awakens trapped in a maze with a bunch of other youngsters.
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Here's how to read The Maze Runner books in chronological order: The Kill Order (First Prequel) The Fever Code (Second Prequel) The Maze Runner. The Scorch Trials. Thomas's First Memory of the Flare (2011) (Short Story) The Death Cure. Crank Palace (Novella) The Maze Cutter. Summary Welcome to the LitCharts study guide on James Dashner's The Maze Runner. Created by the original team behind SparkNotes, LitCharts are the world's best literature guides. The Maze Runner: Introduction A concise biography of James Dashner plus historical and literary context for The Maze Runner. The Maze Runner: Plot Summary