The Maze Runner Thomas Character Change

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In the book The Maze Runner written by James Dashner the main character Thomas goes through a rough Journey during the first book.He forgets a lot of things that the other characters also had a hard time remembering such as where they came from, their name and other things. The Story begins with Thomas appearing in the small village of boys where there were walls surrounding it.Throughout this story Thomas mentally and socially changes and becomes curious,brave, and a daring deed which are good character traits and changes for the obstacles he faces during throughout this journey but this is just the beginning.

To begin, the beginning of the book (the maze runner) you can say that this young man Thomas is very curious to learn since he is …show more content…

We readers can tell that Thomas has changed from the beginning because now he tackles the problem and tries to find a resolution.We see this when the book states “” (Dashner ).This shows that he has changed and became much more braver because he risked almost dying in the middle of them closing the gates to the other side of the wall and him almost being attacked. .To continue on we see the change of Thomas being much more brave when he disobeyes the rules of staying in the maze overnight and running in without knowing what some of the consequences and disadvantages are.We know that this act had happened because in the text it states “” (Dashner ). This clearly demonstrates the change of bravery that grew in Thomas because he risked his own life to run in the maze and spend a night with the grievers that are highly dangerous and tha could of end his life. This again overall demonstrates how the act of bravery changed Thomas in a positive way even though some people didn't see it in that

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