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Feb 19, 2019 · Why was [Thomas] sent to the Glade? Thomas was sent to the glade because: He betrayed Wicked to the Right Arm, a military group opposed to WCKD. The Right Arm is much smaller than before. Since he's immune to the Flare, they thought he'd be more useful in the Maze than dead.
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Thomas wakes up in an underground lift without his memories, being sent to the Glade, a place full of teenage boys. Gally is the first to welcome him and pull him out of the Box. Thomas meets Alby, the leader of the Glade, and Newt, the Second-in-Command. Chuck, the last Greeniebefore Thomas, sticks to him, clearly looking for a friend. Thomas finds himself in a large square clearing, surrounded by gigantic walls. In the middle of each wall, there's an opening as high as the walls themselves....
In a flashback set before the film adaptation of The Scorch Trials, Thomas is being dropped off by his mother and taken in by Ava Paige and WCKD. Thomas snaps out of this flashback-dream when Minho yells at him to wake up, since the helicopter they are in is about to land. When they arrive, Thomas grabs Chuck's Relic, and the Gladers are sent to a facility run by Janson. While they are medically tested, Teresa gets separated from the group. In the canteen, the Gladers meet other children from...
In the opening scene of the film adaptation of The Death Cure, Thomas, along with Vince, get on board a train that transports Aris, Sonya, and the Immunes to the WCKD main complex, while Brenda and Jorge distract the berg which came to aid the guards. Thomas manages to decouple the wagon while Brenda and Jorge hijack the berg. With the help of Newt and Frypan, they use the berg to lift the container with the Immunes off the wagon and fly to a place near the sea. They intend to finally leave a...
In The Maze Runner, Chuck tells Thomas that he was around five foot nine and also describes him jokingly as being as "ugly as fried liver on a stick". He tells Thomas that he looks sixteen years old. Thomas is shocked because he feels older than that. He is, however, younger than Newt, who is repeatedly referred to as "the older boy". In The Kill O...
Powers
1. Enhanced Antibiotic System: Thomas was shown to be immune to the effects of the deadly Flare virus. In the film adaptation of The Maze Runner, he stabbed himself in the thigh with a Griever's tail that stored an enhanced version of the Flare and was injected with the last syringe of serum used to help Alby, then afterwards, he was shown to have not lost control over his humanity. And in the film adaptation of The Scorch Trials, Dr. Mary Cooper ordered Vince to spare Brenda, for she knew th...
Abilities
1. Gifted Intelligence: Thomas is curious and a quick-thinker, able to solve puzzles and problems, and improvise his way out of sticky situations where possible, anyway. He is the one who figured out how to find the code for the Maze, for example, and he was able to talk his way out of several dangerous moments as well as found out where WCKD was transferring the cargo train with Minho and the other 28 immunes to the Last City based on the railway Aris tells him and maps it out as few 100 mil...
"If you want to throw me in jail for trying to save someone's life, then go ahead. Next time I promise I'll point at them and laugh, then go eat some of Frypan's dinner.” The Maze Runner (Book)
While Chuck and Thomas watch, four boys run in through the doors and enter a concrete building in the Glade. Shortly afterward, the giant stone walls slide into a locked position, sealing the Glade off from the Maze. Chuck tells Thomas that the boys are called Maze Runners.
The Glade was large, according to Thomas, who said it was several football fields in length. It consisted of many sections: Homestead (North-West): A double story building where some of the Gladers slept. It also contained the kitchen described as havining a refirigerator, dishwasher and other appliances run on electricity.
Though Thomas is inherently brave, he also shows a penchant for impulsivity and a lack of reverence for the hierarchy and order that are crucial for survival in the Glade. In his decision to dash through the Doors to save Alby and Minho, he not only breaks the Glade’s number one rule and illustrates his willingness to flout authority, but he ...
The novel’s protagonist, Thomas is a teenaged boy who enters the Glade with no memories other than of his first name. Although Thomas comes to the Glade scared and confused, he shows himself to be brave, resourceful, and strong-willed when he saves the lives of the Gladers Alby and Minho.
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After his unexpected return to the Glade, the Gladers’ views of Thomas fall somewhere on a spectrum between distrust and hero worship. Thomas has broken the Glade’s number one rule: No one but the Runners are allowed into the Maze.
