The other gladers we catch glimpses of in the trials are pretty much just subjects. He is a determined, brave boy whom group b is supposed kill. Detailed analysis of characters in james dashners the maze runner series. Thomas, the protagonist, was one of the last ones to be put in the maze, along with a girl named teresa, the only girl, and thats when things got strange. The boys and teresa are unsure of what is going to happen next. The maze was a horrific set of trials set up as a human experiment. Minho is the leader of the gladers in the scorch, as written in the tattoo on his neck. At the end of the novel alec contracts the flare and sacrifices himself by flying a. The scorch trials, a young adult novel, is the second installment in james dashners maze runner series.
The gladers have escaped the maze and are resting in dormlike chambers in the rescue facility. The scorch trials is a 2010 young adult postapocalyptic dystopian science fiction novel written by american author james dashner and the second book, fourth chronologically, in the maze runner series. The scorch trials major character analysis supersummary. She pretends to be a crank in the scorch trials to monitor thomas, to whom. A runner from the maze, thomas has the ability to communicate telepathically with teresa. The maze runner series character analysis course hero. The scorch trials character descriptions for teachers. Thomas is the protagonist of the series and of the scorch trials. A detailed description of the scorch trials characters and their importance. Character profile for jorge from the scorch trials the maze. Aris is the kid who takes teresas spot in the dormitories at the beginning of the book. The scorch trials study guide contains a biography of james dashner, literature essays, a complete etext, quiz questions, major themes, characters, and a full summary and analysis.
Thomas minho teresa newt brenda aris cranks jorge other gladers wicked. The scorch trials the latest maze runner movie succeeds well enough as derivative survivalhorroraction thrillers go, but makes for an unsatisfying, confusing. Main characters a young man who wakes in an elevator that brings him to the glade. I feel that the scorch trials didnt have as much going for it as the first book. A film adaptation was released on 18 september 2015 by 20th century fox. Similar to brenda, jorge is a crank who hasnt quite gone crazy yet. Learn everything you need to know about thomas, teresa, and more in the. Characters thomas teresa group a group b wicked kill order.
Thomas struggles with many conflicts throughout the book, such as. The novel was published on 18 september 2010 by delacorte press. Cranks are the citizens in the scorch who are slowly going insane. They are responsible for the death and destruction that so many of the teenagers face in the novel. He shows this by fighting a crank to protect another character. Fandom apps take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. It deals with the events surrounding the lives of thomas, teresa, and the other survivors immediately following the events of the maze in the first installment. When they make it through the scorch trials, thomas is separated from teresa, who attempts to. Thomas is the main character and principal protagonist of james dashners novel, the scorch trials. However, wicked believes that its actions are justified. It follows the maze runner, and is followed by the death cure. Mark, mark is the hero of the kill order, although he succumbs to the flare at the end of the novel. Thomas appears to be in his late teens, is unfailingly kind, gentle, moral, but is often prone to despair and unhappiness.
Minho is thomass best friend besides teresa and newt. Minho is the leader of the gladers in the scorch, as. Both jorge and brenda help lead the gladers through the scorch. The story picks up where the series previous installment, the maze runner, left off. Wicked has orchestrated the maze trials, and is responsible for the scorch trials as well. The scorch trials is the second book of the maze runner trilogy. The main character in the book the scorch trials is a boy named thomas. The scorch trials summary basically, people called creators put a bunch of boys whose memories were erased into a maze in book one of the maze runner series. David, david is the wicked pilot who forces thomas to choose between saving jorge or brenda in the scorch trials. This member of the gladers and survivor of the maze is trustworthy, friendly, and a good fighter. Thomas is also fast, he shows this by outrunning the group of cranks chasing him and brenda through the underground.