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Task One:[[image:200px-The_Maze_Runner_cover.png]]
> // Remember be creative, use color, images and sound! // > > 1. Setting- time, place, mood, and environment > > 2. Character List- make sure to list each main character and include a brief description and quote from the character
 * // For your first literature circles you will create a general overview of your novel. On this home page please create the following. //
 * Place: Homestead, The glade, The Maze, The Gardens, The Bloodhouse, The Deadheads
 * Environment: No rain, Nice weather, concrete+ivy everywhere
 * Mood: Mysterious, you don't want to know what is in the maze
 * Time: 50-100 years in the future

Thomas- Brave, dumb sometimes and very hopeful "

Newt- Caring, Hopeful, trusts Thomas "Order," Newt continued. "Order. You say that bloody word over and over in your shuck head"

Minho- Easy to give up sometimes, brave and supports Thomas "

Alby- Bad temper, caring even though it doesn’t show it. "

Chuck- The little brother, risks his life for Thomas "

> Some similarities include that un-experienced boys are placed in a confined space, in TGH it’s the arena, in MR it’s the Glade and the Maze. It’s also similar because there’s person that is placed in the space and turns everything around and starts to figure out how to put an end to all of it (Katniss and Thomas). A few more similarities include that it is in the future and there are lab-made creatures placed to kill the people in the arena/maze. THG is my favorite book series, I’m quite obsessed, so I prefer it much more than the MR. > > I think that Dashner wrote it this way because he wanted us to experience the eeriness and the confusion that Thomas and much of the boys trapped in the Glade felt throughout the book. It made us much more eager to find out who was in control of the maze and who had the power to erase the memory of the boys, and it gave us the feeling that we were trapped too. > Maybe the rest of the world is watching them, so before they were send to the Glade they might have known everything about who was in charge, and they could have been watching the older boys for the past year, and if they hadn’t wiped their memory, they would rebel and know how to get out of the maze. Also, wiping their memory gave the Creators respect and fear, everyone in the Glade and in the rest of the world knew their power. > The language used in the book definitely added to the feel and mood of it. It made the book feel more like you were living with teenage boys and their strange words. I think some of the worlds they developed where from what they heard, like klunk..? That’s gross but true. > They are responsible because they know that if they don’t have order, then they can’t survive. Everyone’s main priority is survival and escaping the maze. If they don’t have a group of people to whip all the boys and greenies into shape, then the Glade would be complete chaos and they would never find a solution. >
 * ==Task Two- Discussion Prompt 1==
 * 1) 1. The Maze Runner is often compared by critics to The Hunger Games. What similarities did you see between the two books? How were they different? Which book did you prefer?
 * 1) 1. The Maze Runner is often compared by critics to The Hunger Games. What similarities did you see between the two books? How were they different? Which book did you prefer?
 * 1) 2. The author gives readers information about life in the Glade very slowly and in small bits, keeping readers in the dark for much of the book. Why do you think Dashner chose to tell the story this way? Were you frustrated by the lack of information?
 * 1) 3. Why did the Creators choose to wipe the boys’ memories before sending them to the Glade?
 * 1) 4. Residents of the Glade developed their own, unique way of speaking over time. Why did they develop their own words to describe everyday objects and experiences? Did the Gladers’ language affect your reading of the book? How?
 * 1) 5. The residents of the Glade are teenage boys and they have no adult supervision, but they spend their days diligently working in their assigned areas. Why are they so responsible?

Slang: Shuck- profane word that rhymes with truck Shank-dude Greenie-newbie klunk-Poo/form of profanity good that- a term for agreement, "alright then"

Solemn- Queasy- Convulsing- Hallucinations-  Nonperishable- Proceeding Scenario Hoisted
 * Grave, sober, or mirthless person, mood, or environment.
 * Uneasy, feeling of nausea, or excessively fastidious.
 * To shake violently, spasmodic contractions of the muscles.
 * a sensory experience of something that does not exist outside the mind, caused by various physical and mental disorders, or by reaction to certain toxic substances, and usually manifested as visual or auditory images.
 * Not subject to rapid deterioration or decay.
 * Begin or continue a course of action: "proceed with the investigation".
 * Move forward, esp. after reaching a certain point: "the ship proceeded to Milwaukee".
 * A detailed sequence of events, imagined or projected.

Quiver Solidified Ponder Calculated
 * Raise (something) by means of ropes and pulleys.
 * Raise or haul up: "she hoisted her backpack onto her shoulder".
 * To shake with a slight, rapid, tremendous movement when afraid or cold.
 * Make or become hard or solid: "the magma slowly solidifies".
 * Make stronger; reinforce: "social pressures solidified national identities".
 * To think about something carefully, esp. before deciding or concluding
 * A mathematical calculation/carefully thought out or planned.