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Why The Maze Runner Should Be Banned

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The Maze Runner, by James Dashner continued to capture my eyes attention as I continued to read this book. The next chapters of this book were very interesting and I learned a lot. My prediction from my last entry turned out somewhat true however somethings did not happen. The first part of my prediction was that the Grievers would go out and hurt more people. Actually, this did not happen. Secondly, I predicted that Thomas would go in the wall to kill the Grievers. Furthermore, Thomas actually went inside not to kill the Grievers, but to help Minho and Alby. However, Thomas and Minho actually ended up killing four of the Grievers. Lastly, I predicted that Thomas would find a way out of this place. This didn’t exactly happen. Minho found the …show more content…

Ben’s punishment was that he had to go in the maze with the Grievers and spend the night. There was no chance of survival. I used to think that the people here were very strict, but wouldn’t want to torture anyone, but now I’m realizing that the people here are really harsh and will put Ben in the maze with Grievers. Being that, Chuck said, “ ‘He’s being Banished. Tonight, for trying to kill you.’ ‘Banished? What does that mean?’ Thomas had to ask, though he knew it couldn’t be good if Chuck thought it was worse that being dead.” (Dashner 89). In fact, Ben had to spend the night in the maze. There was no chance of survival because no one has ever survived a night in the maze. Therefore, the Gladers have rules and if you break one, you pay for …show more content…

Everyone was arguing for either Thomas to be punished or to be rewarded. The main people who were fighting were Gally and Minho. Gally believed Thomas should be killed, while Minho said that Thomas should stay alive. In conclusion, the decision was made to for Thomas to spend a day in the slammer and then Thomas would be elected to be a runner. At the end, Newt said that he would make things change. I used to think that Newt wouldn’t actually make things different, but now I’m realizing that Newt is actually going to change things after Gally and Minho’s fight. As for that, Newt then said, “You’ve proven more in one night than most trainees do in weeks.” (Dashner 166). This shows that Newt is more toward Minho’s side, which is that Thomas is very brave and he has made a big difference at the Glade. Also, When Alby woke up he told Newt to protect the maps and then fell asleep again. Therefore, things are definitely going to change

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