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There are various similarities and differences between focuses of the two novels The Maze Runner and The Scorch Trials as far as theme structure. The main theme introduced and prevalent in The Maze Runner is the struggle of savagery vs. civilization. The attempt of creating a civil community in the Glade was always a clear necessity as the order of things had always been the same. Everyone had jobs and some role to play to fuel the efficiency and functionality of their makeshift civilization. The emergence of order is the natural and first logical step to any legitimate societal structure. However, no matter how hard they tried to keep the order and civil nature alive in the Glade, naturally the savage like-behavioral tendencies always found a way to seep in and corrupt the characters and thus the system of their society, and the grave circumstances the boys were in did not aid them to keep their sanity or rationality. Once the savage behavior came into prominence, the boys were divided and the moral ideologies of each of them are made evident.
The prevailing theme throughout The Scorch Trials is the mental battle of perceiving deception vs. reality. Thomas and his companions experience an abundance of relief once they escaped the maze only to realize that they are still under the complete control of W.I.C.K.E.D. and have been acting as their subject mice all along. On their journey through the Scorch, many things are revealed to them as far as their purpose and the past. Thomas, along with the other Gladers as well as Group B, are all the subjects of W.I.C.K.E.D.'s trials that test their behavioral tendencies and responses to their circumstances and "variables" set in place by the Creators. All of their minds are completely controlled by W.I.C.K.E.D. and thus are unaware of how to differentiate between what is reality and when they are being deceived by their minds. This causes much confusion and calculation but more than anything frustration. Thomas cannot believe that he can't know whether to trust those he has survived with or even arguably his closest friend Teresa. Anything that happens for any reason could just be a variable put in place as yet another part of the test, the test that W.I.C.K.E.D. claims is for the greater good of the survival of the human race, regardless of how many lives it costs at the end of the day.
The prevailing theme throughout The Scorch Trials is the mental battle of perceiving deception vs. reality. Thomas and his companions experience an abundance of relief once they escaped the maze only to realize that they are still under the complete control of W.I.C.K.E.D. and have been acting as their subject mice all along. On their journey through the Scorch, many things are revealed to them as far as their purpose and the past. Thomas, along with the other Gladers as well as Group B, are all the subjects of W.I.C.K.E.D.'s trials that test their behavioral tendencies and responses to their circumstances and "variables" set in place by the Creators. All of their minds are completely controlled by W.I.C.K.E.D. and thus are unaware of how to differentiate between what is reality and when they are being deceived by their minds. This causes much confusion and calculation but more than anything frustration. Thomas cannot believe that he can't know whether to trust those he has survived with or even arguably his closest friend Teresa. Anything that happens for any reason could just be a variable put in place as yet another part of the test, the test that W.I.C.K.E.D. claims is for the greater good of the survival of the human race, regardless of how many lives it costs at the end of the day.