By: James Dashner
The book, which is the second of the Maze Runner, begins with the people believing that they were just rescued and are now free. But everything changes when they are sent to a phase two of the trials. The runners find themselves heading for a city in the middle of nowhere, and lose many group members along the way. When they reach the city, they run into a group of cranks lead by a guy named Jorge, accompanied by his assistant Brenda. Thomas persuades the cranks not to kill them, and Jorge and Brenda join the squad. After an attack Thomas and Brenda are separated from the rest of the group. After surviving multiple assaults, and being drugged, they find themselves back with the group racing against time, and the group 2 made up of girls, who have no mercy. As time winds down, they find themselves closer and closer to the end.
I chose to read this book, because I was really impressed with the Maze Runner, the first book of the series, and it left me really interested in what happened to all of the characters who thought they were free. I would recommend this book because it is just as good as the Maze Runner. The book has a great plot, and kept me on the edge of my seat the whole book. This was one of few books, which when I finish a chapter, I can’t help but read the next.
This book connects to American Culture, because the people with the flare, including the cranks want their freedom, as well as equal opportunity. They see signs around the town saying that Thomas is the leader, and when Jorge and Brenda here of this, they try to use them to escape the city they have been trapped in. This connects to American culture, because everyone wants to have their own freedom, even if they are different from other people. Both show the yearning of people with differences to have the same opportunities as regular people. In American culture, everyone wants to become financially stable, as not seen as lesser than others. The same goes for the people with the flare in the Scorch trials.
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