![]() ![]() Especially in the case of a highly contagious deadly virus like the Flare, everyone will try to find a safe place to live in without having to interact with people who might be infected, or even worse, might be Cranks and eat them alive. Every human wants to survive, and most people will leave even their closest friends behind if it means they can survive another day. 96īrenda here states the most important human instinct: survival. For Newt, living seems to be pain, both before and after he contracted the Flare. ![]() He hated the outside world, too, which was filled with Gone Cranks. With the burden of the Trials and the torture and friends dying, Newt once tried to commit suicide in the Maze–this is the reason for his limp. Even before Newt learned that he was not Immune, he hadn't exactly liked his life anyway. After learning that he caught the Flare, it is difficult for Newt to see what would make life worthwhile–especially since he knows he is going to become a deadly animal, with the disease eating away at his brain over time. Newt resembles the life of every human being living with the grim reality of the Flare. ".and living hasn't exactly been so great." Newt, pg. Fortunately, however, his fears in this case are unfounded. He can no longer take the pain of betrayal. Thomas thinks that Jorge, Brenda, Minho, and Newt are going to leave him with the pain of the launcher and escape WICKED without him, and this pushes him to the breaking point. All his life, Thomas experiences the deep pain of lies and their aftermath, not knowing whom to trust or whom to believe. Teresa told Thomas to trust her, yet she betrayed him and put him in a gas chamber with the help of Aris. WICKED promised him the cure, yet they betrayed him and put him into more trials. 90Īfter all he has gone through in the Scorch, Thomas is fed up with betrayal. Both of these "pasts" are times that Thomas does not particularly want to remember, so he is happy when WICKED removed the Swipe from Teresa so he could not talk telepathically with her anymore. This could also reference the time when Teresa went with Aris and locked Thomas in a gas chamber during the events of The Scorch Trials: she told him to trust her, but then she betrayed him. ![]() His past could be the time when they were with the original creators and were best friends with one another. Teresa was linked to Thomas telepathically, and her presence reminded him of his past. "She was a link to his past." Narrator, pg. The end/means is a dilemma that people still debate today. The question, posed rhetorically, suggests that it doesn't matter what you use, no matter how illegal or bad this thing is, as long as you get what you want with it, and what you want is a good thing in the end. He asks whether the end, or the cure, can prove that the means, or the Trials, were for a good cause, although they caused losses and they tortured the Gladers. Despite the death of so many Gladers and subjects, Janson still believes WICKED is justified in finding the Cure. The Rat Man, or Assistant Director Janson, asks this question when he is asked about the Trials. "Do you believe the end can justify the means?" Janson, or the Rat Man, pg. ![]()
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