Technology In The Maze Runner

The Maze Runner is an intriguing, dystopian fiction novel presented to the world in late 2009. The year 2009 introduced great advancements in the field of technology. Multiple Android phones, transparent toasters, Windows 7, and updates to the popular console, Wii, were all released. Our society today depends on technology. In times of distress, we revert to technology, in times of happiness, were revert to technology, when a problem is encountered, we revert to technology. In The Maze Runner, the only thing keeping the human race alive is technology. Also taken into consideration, is that people have become prisoners of their government. We believe that we are free and protected in our daily lives’. In reality, the government is aware of the communications between everyone because we possess an easy way for them to breach our security: technology.
Everyday, new routes are run and the maze is mapped out, but the puzzling maze changes all the time, making it nearly impossible to escape. On top of that, the maze closes every night and nobody has ever survived a night in the maze. Thomas, the protagonist, enters the Glade as the last teenage boy. Thomas creates havoc and disagreement for some of the “greenies” when he goes into the maze at night, which is against the society’s rules. Because Thomas is well-liked by the leader of the “greenies”, he is promoted to a runner. It is now his job to find a way out for everyone else. With the help of another runner, most of the “greenies” escape the maze. They soon realize that their brain functions were being monitored by an organization called WCKD. The group of kids were part of an experiment to find a cure to the flare, a deadly disease that attacks a person’s