Literature Analysis Questions #!

1.The Maze Runner is about a teenage boy who wakes up one day in a place called the Glade where he finds other teenage boys there as well. The Glade is a place in the middle of the maze or labyrinth that they are in. Thomas, the main character, and his peers do not remember life before they where put in the maze or why they were sent there. He has an urge to be a runner and help find a way out which his peers tell him is impossible.

2.So far, I think the theme of the novel is hope because Thomas has no memory whatsoever of anything before the glade and he gets frustrated how everyone is treating him. He feels as if life isn't worth while and especially when his peers tell him there is no way out. He still feels a bit of hope and an urge to go out into the maze regardless of what kind of creatures and dangers that his peers tell him lies ahead.

3. I think the author's morning routine is he wakes up early. "Common Greenie,"the tall boy whispered as he stood..,"Supposed to show you something before the wake-up." The wake-up is very early because all of them have jobs to do like farming.
The author probably goes for a run or jog. "He wanted to be a runner. He would be a runner. Deep down inside he knew he had to go out there, into the maze." pg. 46
The author eats breakfast. Most of the time is breakfast consists of eggs and bacon. "He pictured them in his mind as he picked at the eggs and bacon." p.40 

4. Literary techniques I've observed so far are as follows: imagery, flashback,
 onomatopoeia- "We live here that is it. Better than living in a pile of klunk... Klunk's another word for poo, Poo makes a clunk sound."
 setting- "They stood in a vast courtyard several times the size of a football field, surrounded by four enormous walls made of grey stone and covered in spots with thick ivy."
and  hyperbole- "Ah, man,"Thomas mumbled through a mouthful."I was starving".