The Maze Runner

BOOK CLUB SESSION 3

            This week our group held its third book club meeting. We continued to discuss The Maze Runner by James Dashner. As the book comes to end it keeps getting better and better. I am so eager to find out what happens at the end of the book. Will Thomas and Theresa start a relationship? Will they all get out of the maze and go back to the “real world”. Will the author show a glimpse of their home lives? I also wonder if one of the major characters will die to create some drama in the book.

            This week we talked about chapters 40-49. We continued to make text-to-text connections with The Hunger Games.  One thing we talked about for a while was the process of Thomas going through the changing. We wondered that if Thomas hadn’t done this would the rest of the crew be successful in trying to complete the maze. Every person that had gone through the changing has felt something different. As a group we were curios as why everyone who goes through the changing sees Thomas, but not Theresa. Why is Theresa not popping into everyone’s minds?

            I feel that Thomas and Theresa are able to talk to each other threw their minds to show that they are apart from everyone else. I feel that the author wants us readers to know that these two characters are special. I also noticed that everyone is starting to like Theresa a little bit more. Before she was hated by most. Since she has helped with the codes, she is trusted a little bit more. It was stated that the ones that survive would be used for something, but what?  This is a question that is pondering my mind.

            Something we talked about in class today was, processing. This is what you do as a group to help your discussion flow smoothly and be successful. It also is ideas that you use that enable everyone in a group to get along. I feel that my group has done a GREAT job. We have all kept up with our reading. I think it helps because we are all very interested in the book. We are all eager to find out what is going to happen. When we are in book club we provide a comfortable environment. We allow everyone to share their ideas and never judge or put down people based on their opinions. We try to focus on predictions and character development.

            This was a very short book club section but a lot of information was given. I

have a few ideas that I think may happen in the end, but I am not sure. Stay tuned!