The Maze Runner as a Thrilling Dystopian Anecdote

The Maze Runner by James Dashner is a thrilling dystopian anecdote of trapped adolescents fighting to get out of a treacherous maze. This inexplicable maze is filled with teenage boys who have no recollection of their life before the maze. The boys have to figure out a way to escape the maze while being hit with fatal life challenges. The Maze Runner is a post-apocalyptic dystopian thriller that involves the unity of juvenile boys to escape the maze. The Maze Runner book and movie have similarities and differences which leads the audience to a preference between the book and movie.

The Maze Runner is set in a post- apocalyptic dystopian society. The Maze was created by unidentified creators. The creators trap a group of adolescent boys in this maze like domain with the only way out is to go through the maze. Inside the maze are these heinous man made creatures called Grievers. Grievers come out after dark and their purpose is to harrass or even kill the boys. The maze doors shut at sundown and the walls shift. There are these boys in the maze called the Runners.

Runners run through the maze and map the whole space. The keeper of the runners is Minho and he is 17. Alby is the leader of the gladers and is is approximately 17/18. Newt is second-in-command of the gladers and he is approximately 16/17. The protagonist Thomas is the creator of the maze and he is 17. Gally is the keeper of the builders and he is bordering on 15/16. Teresa is the only girl in the maze and she is 17. All of the gladers have an unambiguous job in the maze to make sure everything runs effortlessly. The theme of the book/ movie is persistence, bravery, friendship, order vs chaos and death. Despite having been trapped in the glade for over two years, the gladers do not give up on trying to solve the maze. Without the will to take risks, no progress is possible. In several occasions Thomas risked his own well- being to save another glader. Friendship is a necessity in the glade, without strong alliances the gladers would not have been able to survive. Order gives their lives in the glade regularity, hope and purpose. Unlike the glade the maze is very chaotic; there is no mercy. Overcoming the trepidation of death in the glade, becomes a key point to maintaining sanity and mental well-being.

The Maze Runner is a suspenseful novel. The detail in this publication is extraordinary. In the book all of the characters develop into a bigger, stronger version of themselves both physically and mentally. At the beginning of the novel, Minho and Newt were very strict and wanted to follow the rules and towards the end, they broke all of the rules to solve the maze. Teresa was very coy in the beginning and now she is very gregarious. Thomas was the only character that did not develop much; he became more brave on all accounts. The development and detail in the movie is very divergent compared to the book.The movie is very different than the book. The movie was not as meticulous as the book. The book used more description than the movie. The movie rushed and took out so much that you could not even enjoy it as much as the book. There are are many differences about the maze itself between the book and movie, for example, In the movie, instead of using an invisible Griever hole off of the periphery of the cliff, the producers used a big entrance in section 7. In the book, the code to get out of the maze was FLOAT, CATCH, BLEED, DEATH, STIFF and PUSH, while in the movie the code was the order the sections open.

The Maze Runner movie and book have a ton of similarities and differences, they shows the story in different ways. Teenage boys are trapped inside a precarious maze. The only way out is to go through the maze. The kids in the maze have a specified job that they need to do. The characters have developed and grown into the maze over the years. The message behind The Maze Runner is to be incessant and never give up even if a carcinogenic monster is trying to kill you.

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