The Scorch Trials

Moodle Entry:

April 29, 2012

Pages 169-362- The Scorch Trials

The Scorch Trials continues to provide suspense to the reader.  The horror continues for the Gladers in this sequel.  Molten steel balls kill characters in the book.  Deaths also continue from the Flare.  The author enters characters that try to befriend the main character Thomas.  As the reader, I remained perplexed on whom to trust.  I can’t imagine how Thomas felt.  Survival in this crazy plot kept me intrigued with the novel.  The main characters Thomas and Teresa were tested on their trust and friendship.  Throughout the novel it seems like characters survival depended on their intelligence and instinct.  The author leaves the ending open to the reader’s imagination.  This writing style keeps you fascinated and eager to read the next novel in the series.

Although this is a fiction, some of the events can be correlated to decisions we make in real life.  Thomas went with his instincts on Teresa.  I believe that I demonstrate this same behavior in real life.  I also relate survival in sports to what Thomas faced.  You can’t think about things to long or you will over think a situation and make mistakes.  Although I would never relate the life or death situations faced by the characters in this book, there are some concepts and reactions that parallel what I go through as a young adult.