CHAPTER ONE
The book starts by describing a male confined within "cold darkness and stale, dusty air" (Dashner, page 1) and the confined space begins to move rapidly and forces the man, Thomas, to sit in the corner afraid until finally a loud sound and bright light marks the beginning of his new life in the Glade
CHAPTER TWO
Thomas is forced to get accustomed to the routine of the Gladers where the first day is meant to be confusing and answers are hard to come by.
CHAPTER THREE
Thomas is exposed to a beetle blade for the first time and hears a "long and nerve-grinding"(14) scream from Ben who was stung by a griever. Thomas also learns that he looks about sixteen years old but feels much older than that. Gally is introduced where he announces that he is the actual leader of the group who then encourages Thomas to go upstairs where Ben is going through "The Changing"(19).
CHAPTER FOUR
Thomas and Chuck have an early supper and Thomas feels the urge to go explore. Chuck stops Thomas from going near the big openings, and describes how the doors close every night as well as how the maze shifts. Thomas also sees the Runners for the first time when they come back to the Glade before the doors begin closing.
CHAPTER FIVE
Chuck and Thomas play a harmless prank on Gally, who gets angry and threatens Thomas. While laying in bed, Thomas tells Chuck that he also wants to be a Runner.
CHAPTER SIX
Newt, the second in command, wakes Thomas up before everyone else to give him an unofficial tour. Before Alby joins them, Thomas and Newt encounter the mystery of the maze and all it withholds: a griever, and the shifting of the wall.
CHAPTER SEVEN
Alby gives Thomas the official tour where they visit the Box, and the four sectors of the Glade (Gardens, Blood House, Homestead, Deadheads). After a loud alarm, the boys of the Glade learn that a new newbie will be joining them only two days after Thomas emerged from the Box.
CHAPTER EIGHT
The members of the glade think about the abnormality of a new greenie, and how it's weird that a new person will be joining them only two days after Thomas came. Once the Box came to the surface, Newt announces that a girl has joined them and she comes with a note that says "she's the last one. ever".
CHAPTER NINE
Thomas feels a connection with the girl that joins the Glade but can not seem to place a specific moment in his memory. Thomas talks to Chuck more about how he wants to join the Runners, and Chucks shuts him down again.
CHAPTER TEN
Thomas runs after the spy beetle that enters the Glade and chases it deep into the forest until they reach a graveyard.Thomas is caught up in looking at the graves of previous Glade members until Ben bites him in the shoulder.
CHAPTER ELEVEN
Alby orders Ben to control himself and Ben says that he "saw [Thomas and] he's ....he's bad"(73). Thomas, after going on a small yet boring tour with Winston (the keeper), sees one of the Runners arrive back early and eagerly goes to ask him questions but the Runner collapses.
CHAPTER TWELVE
The Runner, identified as Minho, speaks rudely to Alby and Thomas showcasing his clear frustration with his run. After Alby returns with the water that Minho orders him to bring, Minho tells the boys that he saw a dead griever.
CHAPTER THIRTEEN
Alby finally interrogates Thomas since peculiar things have been happening ever since Thomas popped up from The Box. Ben has been locked into The Slammer (a jail) and is later going to be banished for trying to kill Thomas.
CHAPTER FOURTEEN
Ben, attached to a collar, was sent outside of the Glade moments before the gates were to shut.
CHAPTER FIFTEEN
Days after Ben's banishing, Thomas still feels remorse of it and the boys decide to take it easy on him. Newt also promises to keep Thomas on the wait-list of potential Runner prospects, as long as he keeps his curiosity and enthusiasm to himself.
CHAPTER SIXTEEN
Alby and Newt were out in the maze, saying that they'd be back by noon while Thomas got to know more about the Keepers. Minho was dragging Alby by the shoulder two minutes before the gates were to close but they were too far away. Thomas runs out to help them and as a result the gate closes and those three are left in the mysterious maze.
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
Minho condemns Thomas for being foolish enough to run out "low, haunting sound"(118), Minho offers that they split up since that might be their only chance at survival.
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN
Thomas didn't want to leave Alby unconscious and alone so he used the vines against the maze walls to support Alby. While doing this, Thomas sees a beetle blade with the word WICKED on its torso and a few moments later, he sees a griever,
CHAPTER NINETEEN
Thomas is incredibly terrified of the griever and hopes that it won't notice him or Alby. As the half-animal-half-machine makes its way toward Thomas, he learns that grievers are blind and have the ability of climbing walls.
CHAPTER TWENTY
Thomas tries to alter the grievers course by distracting it so it won't go towards Alby. Successfully gaining the attention of the grievers, Thomas runs through the maze, later encountering three more grievers up ahead.
CHAPTER TWENTY ONE
Thomas runs into Minho and the two boys come up with a plan to save themselves from the grievers. The run all the way to the Cliff deep in the maze and trick the grievers into jumping over it, falling to their death.
CHAPTER TWENTY TWO
Minho and Thomas cannot believe that they're alive and go back to check on Alby who's still hanging from the wall. Everyone back in the Glade is surprised to see them still alive and Alby receives the serum that starts the Changing.
CHAPTER TWENTY THREE
Alby's screams are heard all through the Glade as he goes through the Changing while Chuck and Thomas catch up. At the end of the chapter, Newt announces that there will be a Gathering held to talk about Thomas.
CHAPTER TWENTY FOUR
The Keepers of the glade meet up with Thomas and discuss the possible consequences for Thomas' reckless decision to run out into the Maze. The chapter ends when Minho announces that he thinks Thomas should replace him as the Keeper of the Runners.
CHAPTER TWENTY FIVE
Minho defends his reasoning behind his recommendation of letting Thomas join the leaders while Gally protests against it. Gally threatens Thomas saying that he's also been through the Changing and knows Thomas from before and what he might be up to.
CHAPTER TWENTY SIX
The members of the Gathering vote and let Thomas train to become a Runner once he spends a day in the Slammer. At the end of the chapter, Chuck runs in to get Thomas because Alby keeps asking for him.
CHAPTER TWENTY SEVEN
Alby talks to Thomas about what he saw whilst he was going through the changing. Alby brings up The Flare, the girl and something about protecting the maps, which seem to foreshadow a possible event.
CHAPTER TWENTY EIGHT
Thomas visits the girl since Newt hopes that staring at her will spark something in Thomas. Thomas feels a connection to the girl and learns her name (Teresa) along with other messages as if she was talking in his head.
CHAPTER TWENTY NINE
While eating breakfast, Chuck informs Thomas that Gally stormed off into the Maze after the Gathering.
CHAPTER THIRTY
Thomas endures his punishment as he is locked into the Slammer. Chuck and Thomas discuss the possibility of Chuck having a real family sneakily.
CHAPTER THIRTY ONE
Alby is the one that lets Thomas out of the Slammer, surprisingly, and they talk more about what Alby saw during his Changing. After an amazing dinner, Thomas went to sleep hopeful since he would begin his Runner- training the next day.
CHAPTER THIRTY TWO
Thomas gets new shoes, a new wristwatch and a backpack full of essentials. Thomas also gets a tour of the weapons room and the map room, where he gets a quick orientation as to how the Runners conduct their business.
CHAPTER THIRTY THREE
Thomas and Minho go out into the Maze and start the daily run, but they meet a dead end which frustrates Thomas because he thinks there might be a loophole. Also, Thomas hears Teresa's voice in his head again saying that she's "triggered the ending"(217).
CHAPTER THIRTY FOUR
There's a change in the scenery of the Glade where the ceiling has gone grey and the sun has disappeared. Thomas and Minho still went on their daily exploration of the Maze and encounter a griever running off the cliff but notice that the griever doesn't fall, it simply disappears "into the gray abyss"(223).
CHAPTER THIRTY FIVE
Minho and Thomas discover the griever hole, where the griever in CH34 disappears into, and begin to throw rocks in that area to experiment. When they get back to the Glade, they learn that the girl is awake and she sends Thomas more messages in his head.
CHAPTER THIRTY SIX
Thomas finally speaks to Teresa in person in lieu of her just getting into his head. They talk about their weird sense of Deja Vu until Alby exclaims that there is something off. The doors of the Glade have not closed for the night.
CHAPTER THIRTY SEVEN
Due to the unforeseen circumstances, Alby orders that Teresa should be sent to the Slammer. However, Thomas still goes to see Teresa at night just to talk.
CHAPTER THIRTY EIGHT
The Gladers decide to come up with a plan since the doors closing is not an option. In the map room, an unknown shadow lingers over Thomas and when he turns around it ends up being Gally.
CHAPTER THIRTY NINE
Gally returns to finally carry out his threat to Thomas, until a griever enters the Glade and captures Gally. Minho also disappears into the Maze.
CHAPTER FOURTY
Minho ran out to confirm that the griever was taking Gally through the griever hole. The Gladers also learn that somebody burned all the maps in the map room so if there was even a code, its impossible to crack it down.
CHAPTER FOURTY ONE
Thomas orders that Teresa should be let out of the Slammer since she could help solve the code. Minho and Newt inform Thomas that they moved the location of the maps after Alby warned them.
CHAPTER FOURTY TWO
The Gladers begin analyzing the maps and conclude in solving for the letter F.
CHAPTER FOURTY THREE
They continue to solve for additional letters and end up with the words FLOAT and CATCH. Minho and Thomas also leave the Maze to go on their daily run thinking that this might answer all their questions.
CHAPTER FOURTY FOUR
Thomas tries to speak to Teresa through his mind again but this time it worked! Through the run, Minho and Thomas didn't find anything out of the ordinary and run back to the Glade.
CHAPTER FOURTY FIVE
Teresa and the rest of the Gladers ended up solving the rest of the code whilst the Runners went on their daily exploration. The words they found were FLOAT, CATCH, BLEED, DEATH, STIFF, and PUSH.
CHAPTER FOURTY SIX
Another member of the Glade gets captured by the grievers, making Gally's words a reality. Thomas tries to save Dave but he purposefully gets stung by the griever.
CHAPTER FOURTY SEVEN
Thomas goes through the Changing.
CHAPTER FOURTY EIGHT
Thomas wakes and wants to call a Gathering so he can talk about what memories came to him during the Changing.
CHAPTER FOURTY NINE
Thomas talks about how the Maze isn't meant to be solved, how its just a test, and how their names aren't really their names. The Maze is actually a trial for the fittest individuals who will then go on to another experiment.
CHAPTER FIFTY
During the Changing, Thomas learned that he and Teresa also helped design the map which would explain Gally and Ben's hatred for Thomas. Thomas informs the Gladers of his telepathic ability and announces that they all must go through the griever hole if they want to escape.
CHAPTER FIFTY ONE
Alby is resentful towards Thomas and exclaims that he is the one that burned the map room. The gladers decide that one member should sacrifice themselves so that the rest of them can reach the griever hole.
CHAPTER FIFTY TWO
Thomas declares that he will be the one to sacrifice himself but it quickly shot down by Newt for being fake heroic and narrow-minded. Thomas and Teresa talk about how they're scared of the plan.
CHAPTER FIFTY THREE
The keepers vote and they all agree that the griever hole is their best option. The Runners do one last exploration to make sure that the grievers keep to their daily schedule and don't come out during the day.
CHAPTER FIFTY FOUR
Some of the Gladers get ready to leave for the griever hole, with one last semi-pep talk.
CHAPTER FIFTY FIVE
Once the Gladers get near the cliff, they're awaited by a group of Grievers. Alby ends up sacrificing himself but it wasn't successful because the grievers still wanted to attack.
CHAPTER FIFTY SIX
Gladers that opted to go out into the Maze were now left to fend themselves against the grievers. While fighting, they're also making way for Thomas, Teresa and Chuck to reach the end of the cliff and jump into the griever hole.
CHAPTER FIFTY SEVEN
The three Gladers enter the griever hole and start typing the code words they solved for earlier. The griever keep coming until finally they 'PUSH' a button, then a door slides open.
CHAPTER FIFTY EIGHT
The rest of the Gladers catch up and they all go through the opened door. They go "down an oily chute"(350) and find the Creators at the bottom.
CHAPTER FIFTY NINE
One of the Creators identifies Gally, whom they have been controlling, and he aims a knife at Thomas. Chuck throws himself in front of Thomas, taking the dagger, and ultimately dies.
CHAPTER SIXTY
As they walk through more doors, the Gladers forcefully get put on a bus and they have no idea what their destination is.
CHAPTER SIXTY ONE
While on the bus, a women explains how The Flare is a horrible disease that occupies ones mind and became prominent after the sun flares. As the bus stopped, the Gladers enter a colourful area where they have dinner.
CHAPTER SIXTY TWO
Thomas and other nineteen survivors decide that they are finally safe.
Thomas endures his punishment as he is locked into the Slammer. Chuck and Thomas discuss the possibility of Chuck having a real family sneakily.
CHAPTER THIRTY ONE
Alby is the one that lets Thomas out of the Slammer, surprisingly, and they talk more about what Alby saw during his Changing. After an amazing dinner, Thomas went to sleep hopeful since he would begin his Runner- training the next day.
CHAPTER THIRTY TWO
Thomas gets new shoes, a new wristwatch and a backpack full of essentials. Thomas also gets a tour of the weapons room and the map room, where he gets a quick orientation as to how the Runners conduct their business.
CHAPTER THIRTY THREE
Thomas and Minho go out into the Maze and start the daily run, but they meet a dead end which frustrates Thomas because he thinks there might be a loophole. Also, Thomas hears Teresa's voice in his head again saying that she's "triggered the ending"(217).
CHAPTER THIRTY FOUR
There's a change in the scenery of the Glade where the ceiling has gone grey and the sun has disappeared. Thomas and Minho still went on their daily exploration of the Maze and encounter a griever running off the cliff but notice that the griever doesn't fall, it simply disappears "into the gray abyss"(223).
CHAPTER THIRTY FIVE
Minho and Thomas discover the griever hole, where the griever in CH34 disappears into, and begin to throw rocks in that area to experiment. When they get back to the Glade, they learn that the girl is awake and she sends Thomas more messages in his head.
CHAPTER THIRTY SIX
Thomas finally speaks to Teresa in person in lieu of her just getting into his head. They talk about their weird sense of Deja Vu until Alby exclaims that there is something off. The doors of the Glade have not closed for the night.
CHAPTER THIRTY SEVEN
Due to the unforeseen circumstances, Alby orders that Teresa should be sent to the Slammer. However, Thomas still goes to see Teresa at night just to talk.
CHAPTER THIRTY EIGHT
The Gladers decide to come up with a plan since the doors closing is not an option. In the map room, an unknown shadow lingers over Thomas and when he turns around it ends up being Gally.
CHAPTER THIRTY NINE
Gally returns to finally carry out his threat to Thomas, until a griever enters the Glade and captures Gally. Minho also disappears into the Maze.
CHAPTER FOURTY
Minho ran out to confirm that the griever was taking Gally through the griever hole. The Gladers also learn that somebody burned all the maps in the map room so if there was even a code, its impossible to crack it down.
CHAPTER FOURTY ONE
Thomas orders that Teresa should be let out of the Slammer since she could help solve the code. Minho and Newt inform Thomas that they moved the location of the maps after Alby warned them.
CHAPTER FOURTY TWO
The Gladers begin analyzing the maps and conclude in solving for the letter F.
CHAPTER FOURTY THREE
They continue to solve for additional letters and end up with the words FLOAT and CATCH. Minho and Thomas also leave the Maze to go on their daily run thinking that this might answer all their questions.
CHAPTER FOURTY FOUR
Thomas tries to speak to Teresa through his mind again but this time it worked! Through the run, Minho and Thomas didn't find anything out of the ordinary and run back to the Glade.
CHAPTER FOURTY FIVE
Teresa and the rest of the Gladers ended up solving the rest of the code whilst the Runners went on their daily exploration. The words they found were FLOAT, CATCH, BLEED, DEATH, STIFF, and PUSH.
CHAPTER FOURTY SIX
Another member of the Glade gets captured by the grievers, making Gally's words a reality. Thomas tries to save Dave but he purposefully gets stung by the griever.
CHAPTER FOURTY SEVEN
Thomas goes through the Changing.
CHAPTER FOURTY EIGHT
Thomas wakes and wants to call a Gathering so he can talk about what memories came to him during the Changing.
CHAPTER FOURTY NINE
Thomas talks about how the Maze isn't meant to be solved, how its just a test, and how their names aren't really their names. The Maze is actually a trial for the fittest individuals who will then go on to another experiment.
CHAPTER FIFTY
During the Changing, Thomas learned that he and Teresa also helped design the map which would explain Gally and Ben's hatred for Thomas. Thomas informs the Gladers of his telepathic ability and announces that they all must go through the griever hole if they want to escape.
CHAPTER FIFTY ONE
Alby is resentful towards Thomas and exclaims that he is the one that burned the map room. The gladers decide that one member should sacrifice themselves so that the rest of them can reach the griever hole.
CHAPTER FIFTY TWO
Thomas declares that he will be the one to sacrifice himself but it quickly shot down by Newt for being fake heroic and narrow-minded. Thomas and Teresa talk about how they're scared of the plan.
CHAPTER FIFTY THREE
The keepers vote and they all agree that the griever hole is their best option. The Runners do one last exploration to make sure that the grievers keep to their daily schedule and don't come out during the day.
CHAPTER FIFTY FOUR
Some of the Gladers get ready to leave for the griever hole, with one last semi-pep talk.
CHAPTER FIFTY FIVE
Once the Gladers get near the cliff, they're awaited by a group of Grievers. Alby ends up sacrificing himself but it wasn't successful because the grievers still wanted to attack.
CHAPTER FIFTY SIX
Gladers that opted to go out into the Maze were now left to fend themselves against the grievers. While fighting, they're also making way for Thomas, Teresa and Chuck to reach the end of the cliff and jump into the griever hole.
CHAPTER FIFTY SEVEN
The three Gladers enter the griever hole and start typing the code words they solved for earlier. The griever keep coming until finally they 'PUSH' a button, then a door slides open.
CHAPTER FIFTY EIGHT
The rest of the Gladers catch up and they all go through the opened door. They go "down an oily chute"(350) and find the Creators at the bottom.
CHAPTER FIFTY NINE
One of the Creators identifies Gally, whom they have been controlling, and he aims a knife at Thomas. Chuck throws himself in front of Thomas, taking the dagger, and ultimately dies.
CHAPTER SIXTY
As they walk through more doors, the Gladers forcefully get put on a bus and they have no idea what their destination is.
CHAPTER SIXTY ONE
While on the bus, a women explains how The Flare is a horrible disease that occupies ones mind and became prominent after the sun flares. As the bus stopped, the Gladers enter a colourful area where they have dinner.
CHAPTER SIXTY TWO
Thomas and other nineteen survivors decide that they are finally safe.
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