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In the Death Cure the main antagonist (aside from what he represents in WICKED) is A.D. Janson, Chancellor Paige’s polar opposite counterpart. His role in The Death Cure as the enemy has drastically progressed from his considerably minor role in The Scorch Trials. Janson portrays the characteristics of vampires that encompass deceit, lies and hypocritical nature.
· Exploitation: Janson filled the Gladers with false fear and thus false hope that if they completed the Scorch trials that they would have a hope of finding a cure to the Flare, which he told them they were infected by. Only at the end of their journey through the Scorch and the beginning of this novel, does he admit his false declarations and reveal some of them are immune and other not. He claimed that the safe haven would be their finish line in the fight for survival and search for the cure. However, it proved to be only another stepping-stone in WICKED’s series of tests. Janson allowed his own selfish personal agenda to exploit his own integrity, unapologetically, and thus brought upon himself as well as WICKED, the rebellion that they faced.
· Refusal to heed others the autonomy they deserve: WICKED was built upon the ideal of sacrifice for the greater good, which proves to be unrealistic and flawed. Janson allowed his own twisted vision to not only get in the way of the main objective of the trials, but to consume his ideologies and methods. The maze trials began with the idea that taking a select few individuals to find the cure, and allowing the prime subject to present him/herself was the best method to suppress a death toll of immunes around the world. Chancellor Paige soon realized the potential for corruption in the plan and drifted from it, developing a way she thought best for the survival of the human race. Janson on the other hand firmly believed in the projects legitimacy and was determined to see it through to the end. Once it became clear after their escape from WICKED headquarters, Janson commenced to take matters into his own hands. Through WICKED’s funding he arranged to paid off police organizations and even bounty hunters to round up immunes and bring them in to serve as the subjects of further trials. His refusal to end the trials and tests subsequently stripped the basic moral right to self-governance of not only the group of Gladers and company, but also that of immunes the world over.
· Exploitation: Janson filled the Gladers with false fear and thus false hope that if they completed the Scorch trials that they would have a hope of finding a cure to the Flare, which he told them they were infected by. Only at the end of their journey through the Scorch and the beginning of this novel, does he admit his false declarations and reveal some of them are immune and other not. He claimed that the safe haven would be their finish line in the fight for survival and search for the cure. However, it proved to be only another stepping-stone in WICKED’s series of tests. Janson allowed his own selfish personal agenda to exploit his own integrity, unapologetically, and thus brought upon himself as well as WICKED, the rebellion that they faced.
· Refusal to heed others the autonomy they deserve: WICKED was built upon the ideal of sacrifice for the greater good, which proves to be unrealistic and flawed. Janson allowed his own twisted vision to not only get in the way of the main objective of the trials, but to consume his ideologies and methods. The maze trials began with the idea that taking a select few individuals to find the cure, and allowing the prime subject to present him/herself was the best method to suppress a death toll of immunes around the world. Chancellor Paige soon realized the potential for corruption in the plan and drifted from it, developing a way she thought best for the survival of the human race. Janson on the other hand firmly believed in the projects legitimacy and was determined to see it through to the end. Once it became clear after their escape from WICKED headquarters, Janson commenced to take matters into his own hands. Through WICKED’s funding he arranged to paid off police organizations and even bounty hunters to round up immunes and bring them in to serve as the subjects of further trials. His refusal to end the trials and tests subsequently stripped the basic moral right to self-governance of not only the group of Gladers and company, but also that of immunes the world over.