Alex+R+survival

Culminating Project-marking period #1

‍Theme: Survival
//__**The Maze**__// __//**Runner**//__ by James Dashner //The Maze Runner// is about a boy who wakes up in an elevator, he doesn’t remember anything except his name; Thomas. He is then pulled up and out of the elevator into the Glade. The Glade is an area where 60 boys live and work. Every month, a new boy is delivered into the Glade which is protected by four walls that close every night to protect the inhabitants from the horrors on the outside; Thomas learns that the Glade is in the middle of a huge maze, the way to get out has not been discovered yet but the maze runners carefully calculate their routes every day. Thomas has a serious case of déjà vu while shown the maze and knows that he must be a maze runner. The very next day, an unexpected delivery is made from the elevator; a girl. She brings a message that changes everything. The need to solve the maze has never been so important, and Thomas is the key to solving it.

The survival lesson I learned from this book is to go with your gut instinct. Thomas knew that he had to be runner, he also knew that he couldn't leave his fellow gladers out in the maze at night to die, or when he found a secret passage way. He trusted his instincts, and even though he got into a lot of rough patches along the way, doing something benefited him greatly, instead of just sitting around and doing nothing.
 * Survival Lesson Learned**:

reviewed dlj 11/15 50 points

I think this book sounds really interesting and i would like to read it sometime. I like how it differs from a lot of other book plots. -Aimee November 18th