PLOT
Exposition (Beginning)
At the beginning of the novel, Thomas arrives at a strange place called the Glade. His memory is wiped and the only thing he can remember is his name. He begins his new life in a metal box surrounded by teenage boys who are calling him shank.
Rising Action #1
The first Rising Action event that happens is when a girl arrives the day after Thomas comes. But she's not alive, the Gladers think she's dead but she was actually in a coma.
Rising Action #2
The second rising action event that happens is when Minho finds a dead Griever. It is rare to find a dead Griever because they are so strong it is almost impossible for them to die.
Rising action #3
The third rising action event that happens is when Thomas risks his life to go out into the maze with Minho and Alby. He does this because he wanted to save their lives. Plus he survives this terrible night in the maze with Minho and Alby, which no one has ever done before.
Rising action #4
The fourth rising action event is when the girl in the coma, Teresa wakes up and triggers something called the ending. The sky goes grey, there is no sunrise or sunset and freakiest of all the doors don't close so Grievers get in and steal one kid a night.
Rising action #5
The fifth rising action event is when Thomas gets stung by a Griever on purpose and goes through the Changing on purpose to get memories back. He remembers how all of them are named after famous really smart people because they were told that they were really smart and he and Teresa were forced to help create the maze and do this to each and every Glader.
Climax
The climax of the novel is when Alby burns down the Map Room but the maps are still safe, the climax is also when they figure out the code to escaping FLOAT BLEED CATCH STIFF PUSH. Later that day a large percentage of the Gladers go out into the Griever Hole and escape.
Falling ACTION #1
The first falling action event of the novel is when they meet a lady from WICKED who is holding a boy in a hood who is Gally and then he mumbles something about how they can control him.
Falling Action #2
The second falling action event is when Gally steps forward with a gun right in front of Thomas. Thomas felt like his feet were implanted to the ground like he couldn't move. Just at that moment, Chuck dives in front of Thomas and risks his life for Thomas.
Falling Action #3
The third falling action event happens when a whole bunch of men barge in the door and they shoot the lady from WICKED down and take all the Gladers away.
Denoument (Ending)
At the end of the novel, the men take the gladers on a 3 hour road trip to a weird looking house to live in a place called the scorch.