This is my 2nd blog on the Maze Runner. This book is getting more and more interesting every time I pick it up to read it. Throughout this book you can really see the development of all the characters and how they react in certain situations. After finishing this book I am excited to see what James Dashner has to offer in the rest of his series.
The point in the book where I last stopped was when there was a new girl that came in the box (if confused read previous blog of Maze Runner first). The book has gone a long way since then. The main character Thomas, along with two other characters gets trapped in the maze. Who got him stuck in it? Does Thomas survive? Do the others survive? Or do they all die from the grievers? The grievers are these scary creatures that come out mostly in the night time in the maze and no one has ever survived being trapped in there with them through the whole night. This book is post apocalyptic meaning it's like a sub-genre of science fiction that is concerned with the end of human civilization. So basically something terrible has occurred in human society and hundreds of boys have ended there in "The Glade." And now since the main character has arrived things are changing. The first girl has arrived, the Grievers are dying. Read the book to find out why all of this is happening.
The memoir that I am reading right now is Orange is the New Black by Piper Kerman. A brief summary of this book is basically this women in her late thirties gets caught for a crime she committed involving drugs 15 years before she went to jail and this book follows her around during that 1 year of her life in prison. You have probably heard of the NETFLIX original series Orange is the New Black which is based off the book and is an extreme exaggeration of everything that really happens.
The central idea of this memoir is don't be deceived by your feelings. This idea is very prominent in the beginning of the book but then towards the middle it fades then is brought up again toward the end. Basically this girl Nora gets Piper (her girlfriend at time) involved in a crime that later she rats out Piper for. "No matter how badly things had turned out between us, I never dreamed Nora would turn me in to try and save her own skin." (Kerman 22). She thought she could trust her and I am almost positive if she was in Nora's place she would never rat out someone and ruin their life unless there was an actual reason other then saving her butt. This central idea also occurs in our life.
Looking at the picture I added below of the book cover you can see that before reading it you know its about a women's year in prison. I also attached a link to an article with the highlights of the interview with Piper Kerman word for word.
Link to website with Piper Kerman's interview
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| Original book cover. |
