Prompt: Describe the setting.
The main setting of the book is in a large maze. The people who come up into the maze come into an area called the glade. This is a huge area with trees and plants where the gladers are safe. They have food provided and are safe from the Greivers, large creatures who can kill the gladers. The Grievers roam inside the maze at night but cannot go into the glade because of doors that close at night. There is a forest in the glade where the gladers can get wood and other supplies. There is also a large grassy area where the gladers, the people who live in the glade, mostly live and build their structures.
In the forest there is a graveyard for the gladers that have died. There is also an area where the gladers get fertilizer for their crops. In the grassy area there are many structures there are the glader's houses and buildings. There is also the map room where all the maps of the maze are kept. This is also where the running shoes and weapons are kept. Also in the glade there is "the box". This is a metal elevator where new gladers come into the maze and suppies are delivered.
There are four enterences to the maze, one on each of the walls around the glade. Inside the maze there are eight sectors that are all separate. There is also the cliff, where the Grievers come in and out of the maze. Every night the maze changes and moves making it very hard to solve. The moving maze was important because it helped stop the maze. When all of the movements are mapped it spells out a word in each sector. When this was typed in to a keypad in the Greiver hole it shut down the maze.
I commented on Gabe, Diego, and Carlos.
First, just wanted to tell you, at the end of paragraph two you said, "suppies" instead of supplies. Just wanted to point that out.
ReplyDeleteOther than that, I thought you did a great job explaining all the different parts of the glade. You did it in a way that I could really "see" what it looked like. Great Job! :)
Ive heard from almost everyone that this was a great book. BTW, we could probably guess that the setting was in a maze if it's named "The Maze Runner", and the picture on the front is a maze.
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ReplyDeleteFrom other people's opinions, they said that the book is much better than the movie. Do you agree? (That is, if you watched the movie.) I really liked how you allowed the reader to use imagery to see what the setting looked like. Good job!
Steven,
ReplyDeleteHave you seen the movie to this novel? If so, did you think that the movie stayed true to the book? I think that you were very specific in your paragraphs that it made it really easy to picture this setting. Great job!
Steven,
ReplyDeleteGood job on your blog Steven. I have read this book before and I think you did a really good job describing the setting of the Glade and the Grievers. You should really watch the movie, it was almost as good as the book.
I heard that the movie is great, so I would imagine that this book is even more greater. When you mention the "gladers" it reminds me of a book I read that had the species called the "hollows". Are these gladers dangerous or they friendly? The explicit details you include about the maze makes me want to read this novel. Great Blog Post.
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ReplyDeleteHave you seen the movie? I heard it was quite good and I am now wondering if that it why you have been to read the series!I feel that the fact that the maze is constantly moving is something definitely horrifying the characters! Was the mission of the book to shut down the maze or do they do that periodically? Hope you are enjoying your book and great job!
-Maria