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hey, it's Eli. This is a message to my amazing devoted followers(who have given me almost 350 views so far :) lets see if we can hit 500!!!) and Ms Rear:
I'm thinking of partnering with google's advertising program and making some $ on this blog but if i do, there will be ads everywhere, and so I'm basically asking
followers) would u guys be ok w/ this (i know how annoying ads are)?
Ms Rear) am i allowed to do this


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thanks 4 reading. i love u guys
-Eli

Maze Runner Book #2 THEME: $wealth imbalance$

In the scorch trials (the second book in the maze runner trilogy) a boy named Thomas along with a group of kids known as the galders are put into the middle of earth some time n the future, except earth is a barren wasteland. Earth has been destroyed from hectic and unpredictable sun flares and most of the survivors are sick with a fatal disease called he flare.  Only the very rich and powerful can afford medication and, everyone else is outcast and left to die. I believe this is a symbolism of how imbalanced the wealth is in the world; only 1% of the population can afford meds.

         A great realization I once had was about water parks. You know, splish splash, mountain creek, and all those. They’re places you go to play in water. In some countries they don’t have any clean water. People die every day of either dehydration or diseases gotten from dirty water. We play around in a thing that in some parts of the world can be the difference between life and death. We pay $59.95 to spend a day playing around in something that some people don’t even have as a necessity (not a luxury). This imbalance of wealth is exaggerated (in the book) but in many ways but still holds the same essence.

         In this world, and Thomas’s there is an imbalance of wealth and power. This has been a problem ever since the idea of capitalism ever took shape. I believe this book is making a statement: “this is what could happen if nothing changes,”

hey guys. no excuse 4 not posting in a while. lot going on. but my b-mitzvah was last weekend so im a lot less stressed out and will start posting regularly

         In the maze runner, a boy named Thomas is dumped In the middle of a giant maze and made to compete in levels of difficult trials for a company he knows nothing about. On top of that, his memory has been wiped and all he knows is his first name. He is greeted by a few dozen kids in the same scenario.  Thomas has no idea who these kids are, but learns to trust them and together they make it through these awful tests.

Thomas is a natural leader, but he is not very strong and doesn’t possess too many survival skills, something essential for the maze. Thomas learns the power of teamwork when he uses his skills combined with that of his friends’ to escape the treachery of the maze.

         Thomas starts out alone and rejecting all contact with anyone. He is in shock about what has happened. Thomas, however, quickly learns that that is not an option. To survive in the maze is to work together. Everyone has a role: Ably the leader, Minho the mapper of the maze, Frypan the cook, Winston the farmer and a lot of others. No one “fends for them self” and turn they get the support of all the other people in the maze.

          Thomas quickly learns this and becomes one of the mappers. Thomas is contributing to the community in his own way, which means he gets Frypan’s meat, Minho’s knowledge, Winston’s harvest, and so on. Thomas learns he is much better off with an arsenal of friends backing him.

         In the end Thomas realizes that it’s better to use teamwork than to work alone. Thomas ends up escaping the maze with the help of his friends, something he could have never done alone