The Scorch Trials: Thoughts I

For those that haven't read up to chapter 19, here's the just:

Thomas and the other surviving Gladers end up being stuck within the building they were taken to at the end of the previous book. They encounter some strange things, such as these zombie-like people that call themselves the Cranks, and the people who rescued them the other night were hung to death for them to see. They also seem to meet an unknown boy named Aris who apparently was in a similar maze to that of Thomas yet was with all girls, and was the only boy and had telepathic powers to speak with another girl; just like Thomas and Teresa. Speaking of which, Teresa is missing and will not reply to Thomas. Later this strange business man comes and tells everyone what is really happening.

Imagine this happening to us. Not a great day. Wouldn't it?

 

 

Here's what I believe is going on: the world is mostly in ruins due to dangerous solar flares penetrating the Earth's atmosphere. These "Flares" as they are referenced to, bring destruction and disease to the world. All hope there is lies in an organization to study and then solve this dilemma. And they do all this through teenage guinea pigs (there kids, not actual guinea pigs, alright, OK). So, the Gladers went through a Maze for the lead researchers to get an idea of how people would react to certain situations and now a new experiment lies before them: The Scorch Trials (Hey! That's the title of the book!) Now this is mostly inferring, but this is my best estimate. So now with the wide-spread disease called the Flare, the Gladers must travel north to a safe haven before the Flare makes them go insane; just like the Cranks. And I'm sure it won't be easy...