Yet of the two of them, Minho had broken down and panicked, only to run off at the first sign of trouble.” Through out the novel, the Gladers put immense amounts of emphasis on the danger of the Maze. Thomas was a Newbie, just a few days in the Glade, a few minutes in the Maze. Minho was the veteran in this place, a Runner. “A sudden dislike for the guy swelled up inside him. Minho did not try to help Thomas at all, leaving him with no experience or advice. Minho told him it was pretty much fend for yourself and ran off, leaving Thomas alone with Alby. Later in the novel, Thomas is stuck in the Maze, at night, with an unconscious Alby, the Glade’s leader, and a panicked Minho, the Keeper of the Runners. They are learning as Thomas learns, and are feeling the same irritation and annoyance as him. That sentiment is a large part of the reason why the reader feels like they are a part of the story. He has to learn like the rest of them did. However, the Gladers are a very secretive group. At one point, the review states, “Thomas knew NOTHING and nobody would tell him what he wanted to know so I kinda ended up getting as frustrated as Thomas.” In the first several chapters of the story, Thomas is still learning and adjusting to the new language and surroundings. A review of The Maze Runner in The Guardian perfectly summarizes this. His age is only the tip of the iceberg when it comes to things Thomas and the reader have to learn about the Glade and the Maze. Logic tells the reader that Thomas has to be around the same as the rest of them, but since the story is told through what Thomas sees and thinks, it feels like he is older than he really is. Sixteen? He was only sixteen? He felt so much older.” Thomas thinks with the intelligence and maturity of an adult, yet all the boys in the Glade are just that, boys. “Thomas was so stunned he’d barely heard the last part.
Chuck answers the question somewhat blandly, not knowing how shocking the answer would be to Thomas. In the third chapter, Thomas asks Chuck, one of the other characters, how old he thinks he is. In the first two chapters of the book, the only thing Thomas knows about himself is his name. The use of Thomas’s 3rd person limited POV in this story allows the reader to feel like they are a part of the story, and therefore, more invested. Instead, the reader feels as if they are experiencing and learning everything with Thomas. Despite the the fact that Thomas is not telling the reader the story directly, there is almost no detachment from the story. It is written in the 3rd person limited, following the main character, Thomas. James Dashner’s The Maze Runner does not follow this convention.
Often, when the author wants the reader to connect with the main character better, the book will be written in the first person POV of the main character.
It determines how the reader feels about various characters, and what they know. Point of View, or POV, is a critical part of stories.
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