Vocabulary
Rant
Talking on and on about something that upsets you.
The Keepers meet to do this.
Try to figure out what to do with Thomas after he broke the rule about not going into the Maze.
A boy who hated Thomas from the first time he met him and still does in Chapter 24.
Gally
This happened in a room with only chairs and one table that made Thomas feel anxious.
The Gathering
Minho recommends this to the Council.
Make Thomas the Keeper of the Runners.
Empathy
To be able to relate to how another person feels.
The boy who hates Thomas says he should be locked up for a month for this reason.
He might be a spy sent from the Creators.
The leader now that Alby is injured.
Newt
The Council meets in this building.
The Homestead
Minho does this after he tells Gally to shut his mouth.
Pushes him in his face.
Interject
To interrupt someone with your own comment.
One boy knows he has seen Thomas before for this reason.
Gally went through The Changing.
This character looks over the Gardens.
Zart the Fart
The place in the Maze where Thomas kept Alby safe from the Grievers.
High up in the vines on the wall.
Gally says this in Ch. 25 as he leaves the room in anger.
He has seen Thomas before (in the Changing) and he will stop him even if he has to kill him.
Hypocrisy
Saying one thing and doing another.
Thomas kept silent, even though he had a lot to say, for this reason.
He didn't want to get into more trouble than he was already in.
The only Runner on the Council.
Minho
The name of the jail.
The Slammer
Thomas will receive this as his punishment for breaking the #1 Rule.
One day in the slammer.
Taut
Stretched tightly
The Changing does this for the boys.
Brings back memories.
Minho showed that he is clever when he did this.
Asked for Thomas to be Keeper of the Runners knowing that Newt would go for the lesser job of Runner...which is what Thomas wanted to do.
The place where Thomas was when he received his sentence.
Sitting on a chair in the room in the Homestead.
Thomas will now have this job in the Glade.
He will be a Runner.