The Death Cure Book Response

Book Title: The Death Cure
Author: James Dashner
Year of Publication: 2011
Number of Pages: 325
I. Plot Summary- Thomas and his Friends who survived the Scorch Trials are back at the WICKED facilities and are given the choice to regain their memories from the past. Some refuse to get them back and Thomas, Minho, Newt, Brenda, and Jorge escape the WICKED facility and head to Denver. They meet Gally there with a plan to stop WICKED. Thomas is faced with a choice to go back to help WICKED finish the cure to the Flare or put an end to their experiments on people.
II. Literary Elements
A. Narrator-Third Person, "It was the smell that began to drive Thomas mad."p.1
B. Protagonist- Thomas- The boy who has been one of the big leaders of his friends since he was in the Glade with them and is WICKED's variable to the Flare. "Forget reloading!, Thomas shouted. Lets go!" p.89
C. Antagonist- WICKED. The group of people who have been putting Thomas and his friends through all of the challenges and is responsible for killing many of Thomas's friends. They want to cure the Flare even if it means torturing these kids. " Lets get it over with. The Rat Man smiled and said, follow me." p. 298
D. Setting- WICKED facility and the old worn out city of Denver. " Thomas was utterly wowed; he could not stop craning his neck to take in the large buildings around him" p. 110
E. Conflict- Man vs. Man. Man vs. Self: Thomas against WICKED trying to put an end to their experiments and fighting Cranks along the way. Thomas also had to fight against his own mind deciding whether he wants to finish the trials and find a cure or to put an end to WICKED." We will do whatever it takes to find a cure. With as little loss of life as possible. Nothing else needs to be said on the matter." p. 264
F. Theme- Sometimes things just seem to get worse and worse so you have to learn to roll with the punches and battle on. Do not let anything stop you and trust your gut most likely its the right thing. " This ends now" p. 310
III. Reflection- I most enjoyed the last book in this trilogy. It kept my attention the whole way through it and I wanted to keep reading to find out what happened. Full of twist and turns through the whole thing that you did not expect. Some tragedies happen and I think that is what makes the book really good because not every story needs to be happy the whole way through it because in real life that is not what happens. I would recommend this to anyone who likes to read a good story because it certainly has one.