This book starts out with Thomas
being trapped in this elevator. He doesn't remember how he got there, or why
he's there. The elevator/box delivered him to this room where a bunch of boys
were at. They all stared and made fun of him for being the new
"Newbie". This freaked Thomas out more because he felt like he
recognized some of the boys, although he'd never seen any of them before in his
life.
All of the boys were teenagers and their
leaders Alby and Newt introduced themselves to Thomas. Thomas kept asking
bunches of questions about "The Glade" which is where he has
supposedly arrived at. The boys kept laughing because Thomas was freaking out,
he couldn't remember his past at all and somehow he ended up in this foreign
place with a bunch of strangers (or so he thinks they are strangers).
Thomas's guide is this little kid
named Chuck. Whenever they are walking back to their room they both hear a
scream and Chuck says something about Benny being taken. Of course Thomas has
no idea what any of them are saying half of the time. He keeps questioning what
that means, and Chuck mentions that a beetle blade got Benny but doesn't
describe what that is. He keeps questioning things further and further until
Thomas walks up to the building he hears the screaming from and goes inside.
He meets Gally who says he is the actual
leader of The Glade and argues with him about wanting to see this kid. Gally
gets mad and tells him to go see Ben even though Newbies aren't allowed to see
"the changing". Whenever he sees Ben he almost throws up, Ben is
covered in green and his veins are all green as well, like something got inside
of him. He gets thrown out of the room and leaves the house that all of them
were in and meets back up with Chuck. It was then he realized that at each edge
of The Glade there are big openings with closing doors at night. And beyond
those openings are tons of walls and pathways. Thomas was trapped inside of a
maze.
The photo below shows a poster of
the movie, but it also demonstrates what the entrance of the maze looks like.
