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Description Of Thomas In The Glade
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Thomas is the protagonist of the film. He enters the Glade with no understanding of who he is or who he was. Thomas knows nothing about his life until about a day within being in the glade, he remembers his name. Early in the film, he proves to be brave, loyal, and clever, soon creating an opportunity to become a runner. Thomas makes both friends and enemies after arriving in the Glade, and proves a leader among the boys. Alby is the leader of the Glade, he has authority of what goes on in the Glade. He is very hot-headed but as he has been in the Glade for the longest, he is experienced. Newt was first introduced as being second-in-command to the leader Alby. As Alby's leadership starts to erode due to illness, Newt steps in to
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There was about thirty teenage boys, all without past memories that were already in the Glade, who have learned to survive under their own set of rules. The Glade has existed for three years and every 30 days a new boy arrives into the Glade. Trying to find a way to escape through the Maze that surrounds their living space is their number one mission to free themselves and to live a normal life. The difficulty of the maze is not the only problem, every night the maze releases cyborg monsters named Grievers that patrol the maze at night and kill whatever comes their way. The group begins to give up on hope when an unconscious girl arrives with a strange note, which triggers problems between the people of the glade. Their world begins to change with the boys dividing into two factions: those willing to risk their lives to escape and those wanting to hang onto what they've got and …show more content…
The Glade is about the size of several American Football fields containing plenty of resources to survive (trees, water, and crops). Located outside the Glade is a maze that surrounds the world. It is a huge supernatural place that is comprised of long and endless corridors with tall walls covered in ivy. There is no actual exit, there is a constant threat of an attack by the greatly-feared Grievers. Everyone’s only goal in the Glade is to escape.
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The Maze Runner's main issue is being trapped in the Glade inside the dangerous maze. Most of the people have been stuck there for two years by the creators of the Maze (W.I.C.K.E.D.). The only safe place in the Maze is the Glade which by the end is not so safe due to W.I.C.K.E.D no longer shutting the gates. The Maze is filled with Grievers that can and will kill all the people they can, this makes the maze extremely dangerous and also difficult to escape.
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Manipulation - Everything that happens to the people in the Glade is a direct result of someone at one end pushing a button and then sitting back to see how they will all react. The variables in the experiment heir researches, whether is killing someone or simply moving the walls in the maze. Throughout the film, the characters are manipulated by an unprincipled system, leading the audience to wonder whether it will all be worth it in the

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