THE SUMMARY OF MAZE RUNNER NOVEL (James Dashner)

 

Chapter 1
The story starts off with a boy named Thomas who wakes up in a metal box, he does not remember
anything about his past or anything at all, except his name. When he steps out of the metal box he finds
himself in a strange place called the glade. There are about 50 other boys who have come to the glade
who also don not know about there past, who called themselves the gladers. He then meets the leader of
the gladers, a boy named Alby and another boy named Newt. Then there is Chuck, the last "newbie" to
come to the glade who becomes good friends with Thomas, at the time, the only friend he had.
 
Chapter 2
As time goes by, Newt explains why the glade was there and what its purpose was. The Glade is in
the shape of a perfect square forming a box around the gladers, and outside the glade is the maze. There
are keepers who are in charge of certain things around the glade. The most important people in the
glade are the runners, the ones who go out running through the maze. The Gladers' number one goal, is
to solve the maze, and find their way home.
 
Chapter 3
Their is one threat stopping them from figuring out the maze, one threat stopping them from going
out at night and from going too far into the maze, horrific animals that go by the names of grievers.
Giant bug-like creatures that are strongest at night. Thomas, on his first day, finds out that if get stung
by a griever you go through a process called the changing. As Thomas's experience continues, he starts
feel as if the glade is somewhat familiar, as if he has been there before, and out of the blue has a sudden
urge to become a runner. Then things start to change.
 
Chapter 4
One day after Thomas's arrival a new person shows in the metal box. The gladers expect a new boy
to come to the glade every month on the same day, so it was definitely a surprise to them. Not only did
the person come earlier than usual, but the new glader was a girl. At first the girl looked dead, but was
discovered that she was in a coma. When she woke up, she only opened her eyes for 3 seconds and
mysteriously said, "everything is about to change". She also came holding a message on a piece of
paper, it said, "she is the last one, ever".
 
Chapter 5
The girl is put into a medical room until further notice. The next day, Thomas finally got to meet an
actual runner, the keeper of the runners. His name is Minho, and he brought information on seeing the
first ever dead griever. Alby said they should go check it out and see what might have caused it, but
when tried to come back, Minho was pulling him, and Alby was not moving. Alby was stung by one of
the grievers, and Thomas decides to go out and try to help him, but they all end up stuck in the maze at
night.
 
Chapter 6
Minho ran away, completely abandoning Thomas and Alby who was still unconscious. Thomas then
tried to climb the wall, carrying Alby as well, he made progress by getting to about 30 feet up the wall,
but then grievers started to come. Thomas was forced to leave Alby on the wall, and had to run, or
swing, for his life. He out smarted a couple grievers, and when he found Minho again, they outsmarted
all of the grievers who came towards them into falling off a cliff. They ended up surviving the night,
the first people ever to survive the night, even Alby was still alive.
 
Chapter 7
The next morning the new girl woke up at last, and has a special gift, she can talk to Thomas in his
mind. Then things start to fall apart, the screen turns grey as if it were a screen, and on that night, the
gates did not close. The grievers had complete access to the glade, and attacked it. During the attack a
boy named Gally came to a place where a few gladers were hiding and said that the grievers would kill
one glader every night. After three days, three gladers died, and that is when Thomas came up with a
terrible idea. He would have to Get stung by a griever on purpose and go through the changing,get his
memories.
 
Chapter 8
Thomas's idea was a success and finds out very bad things about him and Teresa. Thomas and
Teresa helped create the glade and helped come up with the idea. He also finds out about strange things
like the glade is not outdoor, and that the gladers' names are not even their real names. Then he
remembered the most important part, how to get out. They would have to go through the griever hole,
the home of the grievers.
 
Chapter 9
Later that day Thomas and Teresa find a code hidden in the maps of the maze. That code was used
to escape the maze and kill every single griever there. Half of the gladers died that day, fighting for
their lives against the grievers. When they came face to face with the creators Thomas noticed that
Gally was there and he was forced to try and kill Thomas, and chuck sacrificed himself to save
Thomas. then rescuers bursted through the door killing the creators and saved all of the remaining
gladers. They now live in a world with the most horrible disease known to mankind. The Flare