... The Maze Runner, explains why he and his friends keep attempting to solve the maze. James Dashner, the author of The Maze Runner, portrays the characters in the novel as persistent people. In many situations in life, such as trying to solve a maze, those who are determined, who try, and try again will succeed. Dashner’s theme, persistence leads to success, becomes evident in Thomas’ painstaking efforts to escape, the dangerous risks he takes to save his friends, and the heart-breaking sacrifices his friends make. Dashner conveys his theme that persistence leads to success through Thomas’ painstaking efforts to escape of which some are successful attempts and others, agonizing endeavors....
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...It's like the landscape is an uninterrupted sentence, one side dangling in the air, unfinished, and the other, a completely different subject ." (Roth, 101). The setting of Allegiant reminds me of another book I read: Maze Runner. It reminds me of Maze Runner by James Dashner because both stories are during a futuristic time period after disaster struck leaving the cities in shambles. Also from what I can recall, both novels have similar descriptions of the world outside of theirs. The only major difference between the setting is that in James Dashner's book the city is not only in shambles but is scorching hot compared to Allegiant's setting. Science Fiction and Romance are two very strong genres in Allegiant. One of my favorite parts that highlight the romantic side of the book is when Tris and Tobias decide that they choose to stick together as a couple, not by default, but because she and Four mutually choose to. she states that " I stay with him because I choose to, every day that I wake up, every day that we fight or lie to each other or disappoint each other. I choose him over and over again, and he chooses...
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