Sunday, October 19, 2014

Summary and Point Of View

I am currently reading the book, "The Maze Runner" and so far in the book it's really interesting. Thomas was always so fascinated about the runners, and finally he became one. Thomas is a runner now, and he says that being a runner is hard and pointless. He said that it's hard for his because him and Minho, his partner, had to run all the way through the maze so they could get to the Glade before it became dark. Teresa, the last and only girl, can communicate with Thomas through their minds. They barley found out that they can do that. One day, Teresa woke up out of nowhere she said something to Thomas through their mind, which was "Tom, I just triggered the ending." They both think that she has something to do with this maze program, because how can she just say something like that through their minds out of nowhere. One day, the boys and Teresa were sitting together trying to figure out things about the maze. And then Teresa showed the boys something that had been written on her bicep, which read "WICKED is good". Thomas said that he had been having dreams that said those same words. They didn't know if that meant something good or something bad. They'll have to find out sooner or later. And I'm going to have to keep on reading to find out myself!

The Maze Runner is third person point of view because the narrator talks about everyone in the book, not just one person. The narrator uses he, she, them, they, etc. Those are some key words that I know of, that consider the book a third person point of view book. A sentence in the book that could be an example of third person point of view is "The boys walked back toward the Homestead." the author is telling us that all the boys are walking back to the Homestead and not just one boy. Another sentence in my book that shows third person point of view is "Thomas shook his head slightly, feeling like he'd been in a trance. His mind was racing, wondering what Alby remembered, what he knew, what he might say about him." I like third person point of view because it's like I know what everyone in the book is doing, or what they are thinking. I think it is more interesting reading a book in third person instead of reading a book with only the point of view of one character.

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