The Maze Runner (Books)
James Dashner’s the Maze Runner trilogy is one of the more realistic successors to The Hunger Games series, set in a post-apocalyptic world laid to waste by a zombie epidemic called the Flare. Thomas, the protagonist, after traversing through a treacherous path paved by violence and betrayal, choses to forgo WICKED’s offer of retrieving his memory. Fearing a revival of his old self he breaks out of WICKED’s base with his bosom buddies, enlisting the help of the terrorist organization the Right Hand, creating the background for a brutal and beautiful conclusion to this series. The following contains spoilers. (8/10) Character Analysis Thomas is definitely one of the best characters crafted in this story, avoiding the trope of the Idiot Hero, endowed with both brains and brawn, and suffering from a serious trust deficit. Teresa being Thomas’s equal and opposite half, shares Thomas’s capabilities, but nothing else. She is vindictive and subtle, conveying the image of