Discussion Questions – Sanan

1)Describe the Grievers. What purpose did they serve in the Maze?
the grievers were to keep them in the maze until everyone they wanted in the glade thethey dialed the grievers attack mode down so the gladers had a fair fight so to speak. The grievers kept the boys from escaping the maze.
2) Why did the creators introduce teresa?
Teresa has the dubious honor of being the only girl to ever enter the Glade. As such, she is treated more like an evil talisman than like a person for her entire tenure there. As soon as she arrives she is reduced to a piece of meat:
“A girl?”
“I got dibs!”
“What’s she look like?”
“How old is she?” (8.66)
Being the only girl thrust into the midst of sixty teenage, hormone-addled boys is dangerous enough. Throw their precarious situation into the mix, and the fact that her arrival triggers a mysterious set of events, and it makes her public enemy numero uno.
3) What was going through your mind while you read this?
Curious – bc its a whole new world that we havent experienced
Confusion ⬆️
Excited – the book has a lot of intnse sences, keeping the reader on edge and eager to know whats next

4) How did you feel while reading this part?
Chap 18 – it was alarming when thomas got to know about the grievers, and the hardship he faces helping his friend 5) Did today’s reading remind you of any real-life situations?
5) Did today’s reading remind you of any real-life situations?

6) Can you think of another short story or book that has a similar thing happen?
Hunger games
7) How did you feel when Teresa Arrives?
unusal- she was the only girl in the maze ,
8) What do you think about the way the author Introduces the theme of anticipation?
they were eager to know why they were there and the cause
9)What if Thomas didn’t run into the MAZE?
The group would not progress, fights wouldn’t happen,
10)What was doing the stinging in the mazing?
What were the boys getting stung by in the Maze Runner? They say multiple times that,
“No one has seen Griever and lived to tell about it.”
If that’s the case then what’s is stinging them? Also when Thomas and Minho return from a night in the maze, one of the boys says,
“Did you see a griever?” and Minho responds, “Not only did we see one, Thomas killed it.”
Implying two major events.

Someone has seen a Griever and lived
Someone has killed one of them

11) Why was Thomas sent into the glade in the Maze Runner series?
It should be noted that Thomas was always one of the subjects, along with Newt, Minho, Teresa, and the rest of the Gladers. You could say he was a High Ranking Lab Rat™ because WICKED/WCKD thought he was particularly useful, but he was always being tested just as much as the rest, even if he didn’t always realize it.

Wow Words

• swarm – a large or dense group of flying insects.
• clonk – an abrupt, heavy sound of impact.
• scrambled – make one’s way quickly or awkwardly up a steep gradient or over rough ground by using one’s hands as well as one’s feet.
• clank – a loud, sharp sound or series of sounds, as made by pieces of metal being struck together.
• klunk – means “poop” or “crap.”
• shuck – means “friend” or “fellow.”
• blister – a small bubble on the skin filled with serum and caused by friction, burning, or other damage.
• tinged – emit a sharp, clear, ringing sound.
• yanked – pull with a jerk.
• shank – a person’s leg, especially the part from the knee to the ankle.
• glade – an open space in a wood or forest.
• dazzled – (of a bright light) blind (a person or their eyes) temporarily.
• staggered – walk or move unsteadily, as if about to fall.
• swiveled – turn around a point or axis or on a swivel.
• sniggered – laugh in a half-suppressed, typically scornful way.
• vast – of very great extent or quantity; immense.
• ivy – a woody evergreen Eurasian climbing plant, typically having shiny, dark green five-pointed leaves.
• scratchy – (especially of a fabric or garment) having a rough, uncomfortable texture and tending to cause itching or discomfort.
• devoid – entirely lacking or free from.
• pudgy – entirely lacking or free from.
• salvageable – Something that’s salvageable can be saved or fixed. You’ll be dismayed if you drop your cell phone and the screen cracks, but you’ll feel better when you realize it’s salvageable. To salvage something is to save, preserve, or rescue it, and if you can successfully do this, you can say it’s salvageable.
• slopper – Sloppers are the Gladers who are not good at any of the jobs, so they help around The Glade mostly by doing the dirty tasks that other Gladers don’t want to do, such as cleaning up the Blood House, the kitchen, toilets, and showers.
• yapping – talk at length in an irritating manner.
• gawked – stare openly and stupidly.
• dilapidated – (of a building or object) in a state of disrepair or ruin as a result of age or neglect.
• gnarled – knobbly, rough, and twisted, especially with age.
• grove – a small wood or other group of trees.
• cripple – cause (someone) to become unable to walk or move properly.

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Why we chose this book

The Maze Runner is the perfect combination of good story-telling, imaginative plot-twists, and finger-biting twists all neatly packaged in simple language and short chapters that make you feel like you can read at the speed of light.

Young adults, like us, especially have very good reason to love these books. Life is hard enough when school feels like some elaborate form of psychological torture. Novels like The Maze Runner are perfect because they remind you that life could be worse. it makes you feel better about your rough times like at least you aren’t going through these things while fighting for your life in a post-apocalyptic wasteland.