Spring Assesment

 Don't Make That First Mistake

Imagine that frustrating place, you just can’t stand being there and you need to get out.  In the novel, The Maze Runner, by James Dashner, young adults are put into the situation of life or death and overcome fears and challenges that face us in life.  Dasher proved to readers that there are many challenges to face in life, and you need to approach those with great hopes of passing them.

A maze is a frequent connection in this book.  Many believe that life is a maze.  If you make one wrong move your life could be botched forever.  Plenty of teenagers each day screw up their life with that one wrong decision.  Most people don’t just go on a maze by themselves; pick friends to go with them.  Friends are one of your most important aspects of life and choosing the good friend over the bad friend is crucial in life.   When you chose wisely you will always get rewarded.

When you are rewarded you can become know for such as Jacques Marquette and Louis Jolliet.  These two chose wisely and decided to lead a journey down the Mississippi in the 1600’s.  Their trip was a maze, if they made one wrong move they could end up down a waterfall or down a dead end of a river.  As first time explorers such as, Thomas, the main character also was in the maze trying to get out but if he made on incorrect move he could be killed.  Same with Marquette and Juliet while they were moving down the Mississippi.

The Hunger Games also includes a maze type feeling because if you make a stupid decision you may also need to backtrack.  Dashner communicated with readers that you don’t want to end up in the situation that the characters were in.  Inside the novel you were able to tell that one wrong move can change your life forever.  Also in the short story, All Summer in a Day, there was a connection to being confined in a small space for a lingering time.  The characters were showing emotion in the story and told readers that there is always a way out.

While reading you can always learn new things such as cool facts or life lessons.  Readers learned a lesson here that when you are in trouble there is always a solution or a way to compromise.  You will face challenges in life; in the book, The Maze Runner, you are able to believe that you can overcome any challenge you have in life.