Chapter 49-52

In chapter forty-nine, at Gathering Thomas said that the Maze can’t be solved. He said that the goal of the experiment is that the survivors will do something important for them. He also explained that they were apparently above average people and that they were taken at a young age. Even their names are actually nicknames that the Creators made up an example of this would be Alby and Albert Einstein, Newt and Isaac Newton, and Thomas and Thomas Edison. The Creators also have had some of the Gladers mind altered. The only reason why the Creators had put a Maze there was to make the Gladers think about a solution that doesn’t even exist. Thomas also explained that the only way out is through the codes. Thomas also revealed his that the only reason why he remembered all this was because he was their while the Creators did this.

Thomas told everyone that Teresa and he were used by the Creators to create the Maze. He even exposed that Teresa and he are able to speak to each other in their heads. He did all that to make sure everyone is still on his side when he told them about the Final Test which is to go through the Griever Hole where there is a computer to punch in the codes.

 In Chapter fifty-one, Thomas reveals his secret, Alby accuses Thomas of being a traitor and that he is on the side of the Grievers, but Newt and Minho stood up for Thomas. Alby finally breaks down and confesses to burning the maps and make himself look like a victim. He explained that during his Changing he saw the real world and it was horrible, the land was burned and that there was a disease called the Flare. Thomas explained that it would be better to fight their way and survive the real world than to die in Glade knowing that they could have been free. Thomas Idea of escaping is that he plays bait while someone punches in the code and deactivates the Grievers.

 Newt led Thomas out from the Gathering because he wanted everyone to make their decision without Thomas being there. Newt said that he would stick up for Thomas and convince people to agree with his idea. While Thomas waited for the results he met up with Teresa and updated her with everything that has just happened.

In chapter forty-nine if I was one of the keepers I wouldn’t believe Thomas or anything he says because it was totally different from what anyone could reasonably guess. It’s just like the allegory of the cave where people who are so used to see the shadows as life won’t believe that there is life out of the cave. I can’t believe that Thomas actually told his secret about being able to talk to Teresa in her head. I would have kept that a secret because it’s something that only those two can do and people would act prejudice towards them. In chapter fifty-one I was surprised that Alby out of everyone would burn down the Map room because he was the one that warned Newt and Thomas about it.