Quotations

Theme	Importance in the story	Quotation
Confusion	- Thomas first appears inside a metal box with only one thought in his head, his first name	“’Hope you enjoyed the one-way trip, Greenie’ Thomas was his with a wave of confusion”’Ch.2
Trapped	- All of the Gladers are trapped inside the Glade - They try to escape by going through the maze - If they weren’t trapped then there would be no story	The walls were closing. The walls were really closing-trapping him inside the Glade.” Ch.4
Rebellion	- From the beginning Thomas doesn’t follow all of the rules - The number one rule in the Glade is to never go into the maze unless you are a runner; Thomas broke that rule	“Thomas knew that he had no choice. He moved. Forward. He squeezed past the connecting rods at the last second and stepped into the maze.” Ch. 17
Locked Out	- After being trapped inside “The Glade” for several days Thomas has found a way to be locked-out - No one who has been locked out has survived until Thomas and Minho who hadn’t only survived a night but save life and killed four Grievers, deadly monsters	“Whatever, dude. Break the Number One Rule, kill yourself, whatever. Ch.17
Homesickness	- All of the Gladers have been taken away from their families without any memories of them - They want to have a family or at least remember them	“Thomas, I’m kinda messed up man. It’s weird to feel sad and homesick, but have no idea what it is you wish you could go back to, ya know? All I know is I don’t want to be here. I want to go back to my family. Whatever’s there, whatever I was taken from. I wanna remember.” Ch. 30
Memory-Loss	- All of the boys in the Glade can’t remember anything about their lives before - After trying to remember information for countless hours, there is never any success	“My name is Thomas…that was the only thing he could remember about his life.” Ch. 1
Sadness	- No one in the Glade is really very happy throughout the book - Their lives are dedicated to finding a way out and escaping - Many people are generally sad after looking for so long without any hope	“But happiness had been ripped from their lives. Love had been ripped from their lives” Ch. 30
Hopelessness	- Further into the novel things begin to fall apart - Most people thought that it was bad before but it was just the beginning - Many people lose hope and give up but then there were some that always had some hope	“Closet I’ve come so far,” Newt was saying, “to hangin’ it all up. Shuck it all and kiss a Griever goodnight. Supplies cut, bloody gray skies, walls not closing….” Ch. 38
Fear	- Everyone in the Glade is scared of something whether it’s the maze, or the rules, or even just being in the Glade itself - No one knows if everything will be okay so people are scared of what might happen and what will happen	“Filled with terror at the consequences that might be” Ch. 17