The Glade Runner

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Thomas wakes up in a dark metal box with only the memory of his name. Doors open overhead to reveal a community of teenage boys living on a large farm land surrounded with very high walls. The boys call this place “The Glade”. On the outside of the glade, is gigantic maze that has monsters called Grievers populating it. Each month, a new boy arrives in this metal box to the Glade. Every weeks supplies is brought up through the elevator that Thomas rides. Thomas quickly learns that there are these Grievers outside in the Maze. If one of these monsters stings you, you will go through the “Changing”. This process is very traumatizing. Thomas meets the leader of the Glade and his second in command, Alby and Newt. He quickly befriends a kid named Chuck and begins a rivalry with a guy named Gally. Minho is the leader of a group called the “Runners”. The Runners are a small group of Gladers who go out into the maze and try to map it and look for a way out. Only a day after Thomas arrives a girl is sent, the first one ever. Her name is Teresa and tells everyone that everything is about to change. After this she goes into a coma. She will be the last one sent up to the Glade. Thomas feels as though he has a connection with her, almost as if he knows her and is captivated by her. Thomas decides he will be a Runner as well because he is so drawn to the role but he has much to learn. After this decision, Thomas is attacked by a boy named Ben, who was stung and had began to go through the Changing. Ben says that he remembers who Thomas was and that he knows who he really is. Alby banished Ben for trying to murder Thomas. While he is exploring the maze, Alby is stung by a Griever. …show more content…
Minho tries to get him to the walls of the Glade before they close for the night, but it just isn't possible. Thomas sees them and runs into the Maze to help, breaking one of the few important rules they had. He manages to get himself trapped outside in the maze with them. The Maze is most dangerous at night because that's when the monsters that live inside the maze are the most active. Even though he is the most experienced, Minho freaks out and runs when the Grievers approach. Thomas wouldn't leave Alby and he saves Alby and himself. The three of them manage to survive the night in the Maze, something no one has ever done before. To some people Thomas is a hero, but it also leave people a little suspicious. Thomas gets in trouble for breaking the rule and is sentenced a day in the Glade’s jail. Minho give Thomas the position of a runner after his day in jail, but Gally questions whether or not Thomas should stay in the Glade at all. He accuses Thomas of being a spy of whoever put them in the Glade. Alby is currently recovering from the Changing and soon believes that he has seen Thomas before. He believed that Thomas has some part in helping the creation of the Maze. When Thomas visits Teresa, who is still in a coma, she starts to communicate with him telepathically and Thomas leaves to escape her voice. She tells them that they had part in the creation of the Maze. After Thomas’ day in jail, he starts to train under Minho. He learns how the Runners map out the maze, by searching for patterns as the walls change every night. They don't find anything interesting or new, but that night Teresa tells Thomas that she has begun the end. Thomas realizes that the Glade is completely fabricated when the sun disappears and becomes a dark, dull sky. The sky was never even real. Teresa also tells Thomas the the Maze is a code. Teresa wakes up and her and Thomas meet for the first time in the wood section of the Glade. Thomas is immediately attracted to her and he feels connected to her as if they had a history. However, Alby and Newt are suspicious. The doors of the Maze do not close

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