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What Was The Point Of The Maze In Maze Runner
The maze’s purpose felt unclear after the final reveal. Why design such an elaborate trial for the Gladers if WICKED’s goal was finding a cure? It seemed unnecessarily cruel.
2025-08-01 09:29:01
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Kaseem Adesina
As an experiment, the maze was used to test the Gladers in a high-pressure situation in order to find immune individuals to save the world from the Flare virus. The Gladers were trapped in a hostile environment, locked in a maze created by enemies of the Gladers, in a scenario akin to ‘Don’t Lock Me In Again’. In this story, a young woman wakes up to find herself locked in a luxurious yet ever-changing apartment. The story focuses on her struggle to survive within the confines of her locked environment and to figure out the rules of her prison as well as the mysterious Architect who created it.
2026-08-06
Nathan
The Runners created the maze in order to test theGladers in a brutal yet calculated experiment. The test of the Gladers’ ability to survive under stress, to think in crisis situations and to work together as a team is of utmost importance for WICKED. In order to test these qualities the boys have to adapt quickly to the constantly changing paths and to protect themselves from the deadly Grievers.
The maze further embodies the idea of control. By studying the Gladers in this area, WICKED can study their reactions and harvest their brain signals for future use in finding a cure for the Flare virus. The unsolvable nature of the maze at first seems to mirror the Gladers’ search for control of their world, which has been thrown into chaos by the Flare. Solving the maze is a symbol for the group to find their way to freedom from oppression.
The maze further embodies the idea of control. By studying the Gladers in this area, WICKED can study their reactions and harvest their brain signals for future use in finding a cure for the Flare virus. The unsolvable nature of the maze at first seems to mirror the Gladers’ search for control of their world, which has been thrown into chaos by the Flare. Solving the maze is a symbol for the group to find their way to freedom from oppression.
2025-08-02
Jade
The maze in The Maze Runner is a test to see if the Gladers have what it takes to survive. WICKED created the maze to test their abilities to think and survive in a world trying to recover from the Flare. As the Gladers struggle to find a way out of the ever changing maze and solve mind boggling riddles, they are pushed to work together in order to survive. Their actions will hopefully bring to light some of the world’s greatest minds in order to help save the world from destruction, regardless of how they were obtained.
2025-08-02
Ellie
The maze was an enormous experiment, a test of survival. A means for WICKED to identify children who were greater than average, who could think outside of the box, in the face of the atrocities caused by the Flare. The Grievers in the Maze simply added another layer to the experiment by testing the children’s fear responses. The Maze was also a trap, designed by the (often flawed) society we live in today. Traps set up by flawed systems that claim to give the inhabitants of said society freedom. But in reality, they are mere prisons. The actions of Thomas and the Gladers turned the test of the Maze into a rebellion against said experiment.
2025-08-03
Madison
The maze set by WICKED for the teens to complete is a twisted job interview. In order to determine which of the teens have what it takes to survive and in which way, they are tested in dealing with fear, leadership, and sacrifice. In order to pass the test of the Grievers, the teens are tested in a final and cruel way: fail and you’re dead, pass and you “graduate” to the next phase of the hellish world of WICKED. The Maze represents an unsolvable task of life, in which the underdogs of Glader vs. WICKED are fighting against all odds.
2025-08-07
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