In chapter nine, everyone is shocked about the girl, who arrives from within the box, and the message she delivers – she is the last one ever. This changes the dynamic of the Glades. Not only because she is the only female, but also because there will no longer be any one coming from within the box. While everyone is afraid and confused, a random character within the crowd screams out dibs on the girl. This is interesting and I wouldn’t blame him for his comment, because after all can anyone imagine being stuck in a village filled with only boys for two years? What seems strange is even though Thomas has no recollection about his past he still has a feeling that he has known this girl somehow. After all of the action everyone returned to what they were doing before and Thomas decides to take a shortcut to the Homestead (where people go to relax and sleep). On his way there he saw the beetle bug with green writing on its back saying WICKED.
In chapter 10, Thomas, for some reason, decides to run after the beetle blade which later on leads him to the graveyard section of Glade. There he notices half a tomb that represents that you cannot escape through the hole of the box which reminds him of that time with Chucky. Previously, Thomas was trying to figure out how to escape Glade and came up with some ideas like making a rope and going down the hole after the box. However, as he learned earlier, going down the box hole has already been attempted and resulted in the volunteer being cut in half.
In the midst of Thomas’ flash back he hears snapping of some twigs and yells out whose there and Ben showed up from the shadows. Previously in the book Ben was a Runner who was attacked by a Griever and as long as he was given the medicine he would be healed. In chapter 11, Ben seemed to be insane and pointed a knife at him. Luckily for Thomas, Alby showed up with a bow and arrow warning Ben to put the knife down and to step away. Ben doesn’t respond to the warning and Alby releases his arrow which pierces Ben in the head. Alby then recommended Thomas to go to Homestead and rest for a bit, but Thomas was still restless from the gory sight.
Chapter 12 begins with a dramatic scene of a person running into the Glade and starts screaming out Alby’s name. Thomas later learns that the person who was yelling was Minho who is the keeper of the runners. Keeper is a word that the Gladers made up meaning the leader of the certain type of careers that are in Glade. Once Alby and Newt have gathered around Minho, he begins to tell them that he has found a dead griever. This is an interesting end to a new mystery.
In these four chapters many things has happened to Thomas who is still trying to understand why he’s here and what everything is supposed to mean. Over all, in these four chapters I enjoyed how each situation builds and evolves the storyline. As I have noticed so far the story is growing more and more complicated which reminds of this saying “It’s all downhill from here.” I also enjoy how when Thomas thinks that he’s grasp some sort of understanding of the Glades he finds out he still doesn’t know everything. At this point of the book so far, it seems that all the main characters have been introduced and now the journey to the climax and resolution are just underway.
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