Handout Maze Runner
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Created on May 15, 2022
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Transcript
How much are we being monitored?
"Think about what we were all like in the beginning[...] disoriented, not trusting anybody [...] till we had no choice but to live."
- protagonist (Thomas) wakes up in a lift ("the Box") with no memory of his past
- he is immersed in a community of about thirty teenage boys
- they learned to survive self-sufficiently under their own set of rules in an enclosed environment
- live in a square called "the Glade" for three years already
- they try to escapef the maze.
- elected boys, ("runners"),explore the maze daily
- labyrinth has four entrances, opening early in the morning and closing in the evening
- it shifts every night and cruel creatures ("Grievers") lurk in
Plot
MAZE RUNNER
Character-Minho
Author
- American writer James Smith Dashner
- born November 26, 1972 in Austell, Georgia
- the dense forest at his birthplace provided him with ideas for his later stories
- his series "Maze Runner - The Chosen" conquered the bestseller lists worldwide and has now sold more than 25 million copies
1990
2009
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1972
2003
born in Austell, Georgia
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Studied at Brigham Young University in Utah, where he obtained his master's degree in accounting
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first book written (Door in the Woods)
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wrote Maze Runner
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today
James Dashner has written over 39 books to date
- guardian of the Runners
- fast, both mentally and physically
- smart and strong-minded
- arcastic sense of humor
- acts based on his deep knowledge of the Maze: ideal guide and mentor for Thomas
- helper of protagonist, trusted loyal friend
- demonstrates a quick temper
- trusts his intuition -> sometimes leads to dangerous situation
- ultimately believes in following the rules
- state surveillance without much protection
- only methods: protection of privacy by encrypting data or avoidance of critical content creation digitally
- almost impossible not to be monitored
- digitalisation expanded surveillance
- where previously defined areas of privacy applied, these are now being eroded further and further
- apps with unknown providers and developershave have access to our phone contacts, photos and location data
- data collection penetrates even into children's bedrooms
- data is used to find out what our lives are like
Maze Runner as an example for and warning against surveillance
-never stop running-
age: 17
highly recommended, especially for the target group of teenagers to young adults