It's more than a maze.

Lolita 2022-03-22 09:01:12

i don't wanna compare this film with HG or Insurgent like some people do.Here i just wanna talk about what i get from this film.
what does the maze mean?is it a prison? a cage for a ridiculous test? or it is something, maybe i can say, to trap us.
we are Thomas,Alby,Newt,Gally,and everyone in this film.we are trapped in the society,and we are living in a vast maze.the maze,like a huge and powerful man, watches us every day.he create Grivers to make us product a terrible thing, so that we are willing to stay there.and that, is fear.
someone like Gally were beaten by him since they followed his rules. in other words,they lost themsevles,because they lost hope,the most important and greatest thing in the world.
i learnt a great idea from The Shawshank Redemption, which goes like this,REMEMBER,RED.HOPE IS A GOOD THING,AND NO GOOD THINGS EVER DIE.as an another anti-utopia film,V claims a similar idea.the very London is like the maze,and people there are all like Gally.but there is still someone like Thmas,who has boldness to explore the exit and dignity to get out of trick.

i don't wanna be another Gally,but i have to say i am,at least now.WHATEVER,like Newt said,it doesn't matter,any of it.BUT WHAT DOES MATTER IS WHO WE ARE NOW,AND WHAT WE DO RIGHT NOW.just PICK YOUR ASS UP AND FINISH WHAT YOU STARTED.

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The Maze Runner quotes

  • Gally: Things are changing. There's no denying that. First Ben gets stung in broad daylight, and then Alby, and now our Greenie here has taken it upon himself to go into the maze, which is a clear violation of our rules here.

    Frypan: Yeah... but he saved Alby's life.

    Gally: Did he? For three years, we have coexisted with these things, and now you've killed one of them. Who knows what that could mean for us.

    Newt: Well, what do you suggest we do?

    Gally: He has to be punished.

    Newt: Minho. You were there with him. What do you think?

    Minho: I think in all the time we've been here, no one's ever killed a Griever before. When I turned tail and ran, this dumb shank stayed behind to help Alby. Look, I don't know if he's brave or stupid, but whatever it is, we need more of it. I say we make him a Runner.

    Frypan: A Runner? What? Minho, let's not jump the gun, here, all right? All right?

    Chuck: [trying to raise a chant] Thom-as! Thom-as! Thom-as! Thom-as...

    Gally: Look, if you want to throw the newbie a parade, that's fine. Go ahead, but if there is one thing I know about the maze, it is that you do not...

    [Alarm Sounds]

  • Frypan: Newt, what do you see?

    Newt: It's a girl. I think she's dead.

    Gally: What's in her hand?

    Newt: [Newt takes note from Teresa's hand] "She's the last one... ever." What the hell does that mean?

    Teresa: [Wakes up, gasping] Thomas...!