Handout Maze Runner

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

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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