The Maze Runner Chapter 35-49

Explain the effect of the following description: “The hopelessness in the room made Thomas feel as if he were walking through mud-thick water.”

• By comparing, using a simile, the hopeless atmosphere to “mud-thick water,” the author emphasizes the heavy, sad mood that the changes in the Glade have brought, making it difficult, like wading through mud, for the other Gladers to be energetic or happy.

• By using a metaphor, the author is comparing the boys disgust with Thomas as if it was like he was covered in mud, and ruining everyone else in the Glad.

• The author is using this paradox as a way to describe the uneasiness that the boys feel with the situation and how they can't help but notice Thomas is the reason for all of the boys negative reactions. If Thomas wasn't there, the Gladers would have solved The Maze on their own.

• This description is emphasizing how much hope Thomas has brought to the Gladers. Without him, they would never have figured out the maps were a clue.

What type of figurative language is "WICKED is Good"

• Paradox

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Simile

How do you think Teresa’s gender plays a role in how she is treated by the Gladers?

• Teresa's gender does not play a role in how she is treated by the Gladers. They treat all greenies the same, no matter what!

• The boys are eager for a chance to get to know Teresa, and do everything in their power to get close to her.

• Because Teresa is a girl, the boys are uncomfortable around her, and do not speak to her.

• Because Teresa is a girl, the male Med-jacks underestimate her, allowing her to escape.

What figurative language device does Dashner use when Minho indicates Thomas might be similar to Hercules?

• Paradox

• Hyperbole

• Allusion

• Alliteration

Explain the effect of the following simile: “Fear seemed to hover in the air like a blizzard of black snow.”

• By comparing fear to a dark blizzard, the author communicates how overwhelming and

  dismal the frightened feeling in the room is as the Grievers approach to take one a night.

• By comparing an emotion to the cold dead of winter, the author is showing how frigid the air is in the homestead now that the sun has disappeared.

• The author is comparing Thomas' emotion (fear) to that of the coldness of the Gladers, for Thomas angered them, and everyone was giving him the cold shoulder.

• Fear is how all of the boys are feeling now that the Maze doors do not close at night, so the author is comparing that fear to the fear of being trapped in a blizzard in the winter.

Gally sacrifices himself to the Grievers, how has his character changed over time?

• He went from being angry to scared.

• He went from being unobservant to hypervigilant.

• He went from being mean, to a hero.

• He went from being scared, to anger.

Minho has had a lot of character development. How has attitude changed from the beginning of the book to now?

• When we first meet Minho he is lightheartedly mocking Alby and the greenie, now there are no jokes, just anger at their inability to find their way out.

• Minho didn't trust Thomas in the beginning, and now he has let Thomas take the lead.

• Minho didn't care much about solving the maze in the first chapters, but now he has become overly competitive.

• When we first meet Minho, he is out of breath and out of shape, needing a glass of water. Now he is the fastest runner of them all.

What figurative device is used in this sentence? “Teresa’s scream inside his

mind was so loud it felt as if a dagger had been driven through his skull.”

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Paradox

• Hyperbole

What motif is Thomas' decision to get stung related to?

• Rediscovering his identity.

• Rediscovering order.

• Rediscovering how to be a hero.

• Rediscovering his will to survive.

What are the Variables in this experiment?

• The Creators gave the Gladers different problems, called Variables, to attempt to solve in

  order to analyze their reactions.

• The Creators gave the Gladers different obstacles in the Maze, to attempt to see how smart these boys were.

• Variables, were unfortunately the cost of a boy dying. Boys had to die, in order for them to see how to survive in the Maze.

• In this experiment, the variables were the tools that the boys needed in order to make their way out. Without the variables, they wouldn't be able to survive.