WICKED In Maze Runner

The wicked witch has no emotion. Instead of the wicked witch of the west showing emotion or grief for her sisters death, she goes straight to get the ruby slippers, because then she would behold the power

He wants to know everything but nobody in the glade did tell him what’s really going on and why they’re here. This is the beginning of the ‘journey’, because at that moment he realized that the walls of the maze were not just closing automatically, but that someone is controlling the glade and the Maze. 2) Chapter 22 page 139: ‘Because no one who’d been stung and didn’t make it back by sunset has ever survived, we just assumed that as the point of no-return – when it’s too late to get the Serum.’ Thomas, Minho and Alby were behind the close walls of the Maze.

They both are valuable to the program and will be extremely significant to the battle against the Buggers. Mazer Walk is just trying to get Ender to understand that it's all on him. Mazer is also trying to prepare Ender for the battle although he can be 100% like the buggers. Mazeris trying to help ender understand he’s the most valuable because he’s ultimately the one that is gonna finalize this program.

altered in our brains. (Dashner 303). " In this part of The Maze Runner, Thomas is talking to the keepers about what is going on inside of his head from the changing. This quote is an example of control through surveillance, because the beetle blades are spy's, or cameras from the people that sent them into the glade those beetle blades are how the people outside of the maze, see the people inside of the maze. These people can control these beetle blades, so that they can study the people inside of the maze.

First, an important theme in the novel is “The enemy is the only real teacher.” For instance, Mazer gave an important speech about the enemy to Ender. He said, “No one but the enemy will tell you what the enemy is going to do. No one but the enemy will ever teach you how to destroy and conquer. Only the enemy shows you where you are weak. Only the enemy tells you where he is strong.” (Card, 263). Furthermore, this quote

To begin with, the author foreshadows that WICKED was not done with the Gladers yet. “He knew these dead people. They were the ones who’d rescued the Gladers. Just the day before.” (13). This shows that they were not rescued. They were just taken to another part of WICKED. Also, “What had happened? How could everything be taken away from them so fast?” (14). This shows that the Gladers’ situation just got bad fast. The author is foreshadowing that they will still have to deal with WICKED’s trials. Thus, the author uses foreshadowing to keep people reading.

WICKED is GOOD. That is the enigmatic statement printed on the maze walls and all surveillance equipment. For all of the Gladers trapped in the maze without any memories of their lives before the maze and no identity aside from the name that may or may not even be their real name, their lives are defined by their struggle to get out of the maze. Thomas,the protagonist, is hauled out of a box without any memories of anything that happened before he got out of the box. The maze is not like the other mazes because of its sheer size and brutality.

They used the tool they got from the griever that they killed to find a way out the maze and get to rescue and to be safe. Also “Friendship is a necessity in the Glade. Without a strong sense of community based on personal relationships, the Gladers would not be able to survive. Relying on one another to fill certain roles allows for a functional society that is self-sustaining.” this explains how friendship is everything in their situation and what’s going on in the

to the older members of the Glade, usually involving going into the maze or other

It’s plot begins before and continues after Dorothy’s arrival in Oz from Kanas, and it includes several character references to the 1939 film and Baum’s novel. Wicked tells the narration of two unlikely friends, Elphaba (the Wicked Crone of the West) and Galinda (whose name later changes to Glinda the Good Witch), who battle through opposing personalities and points of view,

And not only does one need a fair amount of money to enter Whispering Glades, but one must also fit within the boundaries of the type of appearance accepted there. As Dennis talks to the Mortuary Hostess about arranging a funeral, she says, ‘“I presume the Loved One was Caucasian?” (40). And according to the hostess, the color of the Loved One’s skin is important because Whisper Glades is ‘“a restricted park. The Dreamer has made that rule for the sake of the Waiting Ones. In their time of trial they prefer to be with their own people”’ (40). Waugh uses such blunt language to capture the absurdity of the concept that people are different species based on skin color. If there were a place that deserved to be less segregated than others, it would be in death. And this point is precisely where Whispering Glades and heaven differ; all are welcome in heaven. And while heaven looks at how one behaves and who one is internally, Whispering Glades cares merely about the exterior of its occupants, an emphasis that comes from the modern day’s constant access to media.

Musicals were originally developed in the 20th century with the purpose to entertain, however, they have surpassed this and have accomplished to entwine with the emotions of an audience group through the manipulation of certain musical elements. One of the musicals that correspond to an unadulterated musical is The Wicked. The wicked is based on a book by Winnie Holzman with the Music and Lyrics written by Stephen Schwartz. The musical focuses on the basis of an unlikely friendship and who struggle with opposing viewpoints, personalities and rivalry. This friendship is shown through the pop melodies with an addition of sophisticated musical theatre song construction.

I had been wanting to read Wicked for a long time. I finally found a copy at a thrift store (must be everyone is hanging onto their copies), but had a list of other books to read first. With all of those out of the way, it was finally time to get around to Wicked. It seemed really strange at first with the weird names and the clock puppet with two *ahem* "thingies". However, once you get used to the format of it, it's really easy to get into. In all my years I never would have stopped to think about the past of the Wicked Witch of the West (or the East for that matter). Who would have thought that Glinda and the Wicked Witches were roommates at boarding school, or that the witch is so mean because her lover was killed? I sure wouldn't have thought that far into their backstories. I remember Richard Armitage saying in an interview that when he takes on a role, he writes a biography for the character to better become that person. This book takes on that ideal and really almost makes you more sympathetic to Elphaba than to Dorothy. It should be interesting to watch the movie again now that I "know" more about the characters!

The second reason why the novel “The Maze Runner by James Dashner” is related our society today the government is slowly controlling us but later in the future they will be the ones control everyone and everything. In the novel they controlled them but putting them in the maze and study their brains they would not let them out until they found their way back out. James Dashner states on page 177 “ But then again, no one’s ever tried to tell us what they remember during the changing. They always refuse. Alby tried to--- must be why he went nuts for a while. “ Thomas paused in the middle of chewing. Could the people behind the maze control them somehow? It was terrifying thought. “We have to

The Gladers show this by being in a tough situation, but making the most of what they have to exit the maze. Thomas, Theresa, and the rest of the Gladers could have given up when they began being attacked, but they made the most of it to make it out alive. Also this is shown when the rebels come and save the day. On page 361 when the rebels take the opportunity to save the Gladers they say, “Just follow me and run like your life depends on it. Because it does.” This part of the book allows the rebels to take their opportunity and save the Gladers.