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2. //Character List- make sure to list each main character and include a brief description and quote from the character//
====**Thomas-** Thomas is the “Newbie/Greenbean”. He arrived in the Box, and wants to be a runner. “Somethin’ out there....Feels familiar. “what do i have to do to become a runner?” ==== ====**Chuck-** Chuck was new to the Glade before Thomas. He is young and sensitive, and becomes very good friends with Thomas. “quit complaining. accept it and don’t think about it.” ====

**Teresa-** Teresa is the last person who will enter the glade, she is also the first girl. “Tom...I just triggered the Ending.”
====**Gally-** He doesn’t like Thomas because he knows that he was the creator of the maze. “I know you, I went through the Changing, and I’m gonna find out what you are. “ ====

//Task Two- Discussion Prompt 1 //


====** 1.The Maze Runner is often compared by critics to The Hunger Games. What similarities did you see between the two books? How were they different? Which book did you prefer? **====

==== The Hunger Games is a book about a game show of teenagers and kids killing themselves for everlasting glory. The Maze Runner it is about some boys that have been put in the “Glade” and there is a “Maze” surrounding them full of monsters. The similarities is that the people have to find a way to survive, and they are constantly trying to figure a way out. We like the Hunger games better because it has more action, and it has more of a connection with the characters. ====

==== **2.The author gives readers information about life in the Glade very slowly and in small bits, keeping readers in the dark for much of the book. Why do you think Dashner chose to tell the story this way? Were you frustrated by the lack of information?** ====

 If the boys remember then they will be able to get out of the maze and then there will be no challenge. It was wiped on purpose.
====** 4.Residents of the Glade developed their own, unique way of speaking over time. Why did they develop their own words to describe everyday objects and experiences? Did the Gladers’ language affect your reading of the book? How? **====

==== By creating their own way of speaking it made them feel together, more like a community. You need to understand the context of the words, and why they use them. The language is hard to understand at first, but during the book you start to understand what it means. ====

====** 5.The residents of the Glade are teenage boys and they have no adult supervision, but they spend their days diligently working in their assigned areas. Why are they so responsible? **====

====The main reason why they are so responsible is because the main and most important rule is order. If this rule is broken, the boys will be put into the maze during the night and fed to the Grivers. “Order” includes doing your job regularly, not entering the maze unless you’re a runner, to not harm each other and to you can’t steal. They also elected a leader to look after the gladers, they are in charge of all the rules and choose the punishments for the people who break the rules. ====

=Discussion Prompt Two: =

1. <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"> **In a book dominated by male characters, the arrival of the female character seemed a hugely important plot point. What did you think about the girl’s role in the story**

Weak at the start, but towards the middle she wakes up and that is when she thinks that she and Thomas have a connection. There has never been a girl before so all the guys are interested in her.

<span style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">2. What was Thomas’ connection to Teresa?

He thought that he knew her, from someplace else, he can talk telepathically to her. Teresa consider's him as a friend, and calls him Tom.

<span style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">3. The Runners continued to explore the Maze every day, despite the fact that they hadn’t found a way out in over two years. Why did they keep running the maze and making maps?

Because they always keep believing that they can get out, and that they can escape.

<span style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">4. Describe the Grievers. What purpose did they serve in the Maze? They are half organic, half metal green creatures. Their purpose is that they are variables, things in an experiment. They inject the boys with a substance that makes them remember things.

<span style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">5. What happens during the Changing? How are the victims different once they’ve been through the Changing?

The victims remember things from before they were sent to the Maze. They all remember Thomas, and what he did. But if they try to tell others what they have seen, they die.

<span style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">What did Gally see during his Changing?

He saw Thomas, and what he did with the Maze.

<span style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">6. Do you think the memories the Grievers’ victims recover during the Changing are true? Why or why not?

Yes, because they can never really forget, and when they reach the WICKED lab they found out that everything they "remember" is true.

<span style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">7. .What were the Creators hoping to accomplish with the experiment? Were their actions justified by the circumstances caused by the Flares?

The experiment was to test the boy's physical and mental abilities. We think that the experiment was to find a cure for the Flare.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14px;">Slang:

> ==== ==== > > > ** Solemn- Serious, grave ** > > ** Queasy- Feeling ill or sick ** > > ** Convulsions- Twitching, shaking violently ** > > ** Hallucinations- Seeing images inside your head, that no-one else can see. ** > > ** Nonperishable-Can not be destroyed ** > > ** Proceeding- An action that comes after another ** > > ** Scenario- <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">an outline of the plot of a dramatic work  ** > > ** Hoisted- to pick up something, especially mechanically ** > > ** Quiver- to shiverin a rapid motion ** > > ** Solidified- Making a solid ** > > ** Ponder- to deeply think through something ** > > ** Calculated- arrived or determined math calculation ** > > >
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14px;">Shuck-face-dummy
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Shank-dude
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Greenie-newbieklunk-Poo
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14px;">Med-jacks-Nurses, medical help

**Themes:**
Thomas wants to be a runner, he had this weird feeling that was destined to be a runner. He went inside the Maze to rescue Ably and Minho when he wasn't allowed, and yet he made an amazing escape.
 * Always trust your instincts:**

The boys always know that they will find a way out of the Maze, no matter what. In the end they do find it.
 * There is always a way out:**

Towards the end the boys think its hopeless, and that they will all die. But they decide to all go into the Maze.
 * Never give up:**

The sun turns off, and Thomas and Teresa are the last people to arrive. Ever since Thomas arrived the boys know something is up, and then everything goes wrong.
 * Expect the Unexpected:**

If the sun wouldn't have switched off and the walls wouldn't have stayed closed, then the Gladers would never had worked extra hard to try to escape the glade. Thomas wouldn't have gone through the changing to work out the code to escape and about the griever hole.
 * Unexpected is good:**