Then, a fter they have a little conversation with each other, Thomas‘ curiosity
appears again as can be seen when Thomas asks Minho about what Minho finds while he enters the Maze.
After a long pause, Thomas decided to take a chance. ―So…,‖ he asked cautiously,
―did you find anything today?‖ Minho‘s eyes opened wide; he focused on Thomas. ―You know what,
Greenie?‖ That‘s usually dumbest shuck-faced thing you could ask a Runner.‖ He closed his again. ―But not today‖ Dashner, 2009: 83.
Thomas who looks not satisfied asks Minho once more with the hope that Minho will give him an answer
―What do you mean?‖ Thomas dared to hope information. An answer, he thought. Please just give me an answer Dashner, 2009: 83
Based on Thomas‘ conversation with Minho, it can be seen that he always wants to know every single thing that has been told by Minho. He forces Minho to
answer his questions even though Minho annoyed about it.
2. Smart
Thomas is a smart person. His intelligence is shown in the way he deals with his problem during the story. According to Hornby, the meaning of smart is
the same with the meaning of intelligent. Intelligent means good at learning, understanding and thinking in logical way about things; showing this ability
2007: 1119. When Thomas comes to the Glade at the first time, he does not have
background knowledge and experience about the Glade itself. Thomas does not know anything at all because all of his memories have been wiped. However,
Thomas surprises all of the Gladers when he decides to enter the Maze and PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI
successfully saves Alby and Minho. It is really surprising because nobody can survive inside the Maze in the night.
He thought of the wall, the ivy. Minho hadn‘t explained, but he had made it sound as if climbing the walls was impossible. Still…
A plan formed in his mind. It all depended on the unknown abilities of the Grievers, but it was the best thing he could come up with Dashner, 2009:
121.
Thomas‘s thought in the novel is enough to shows that he is a smart person. Thomas does not have any background knowledge and experience about
the Maze, but he can quickly find a solution to survive inside the Maze. While he is trapped in the Maze, he uses vines to tie Alby off the ground. Thomas quickly
thinks a plan, so that it can prevent his friend from being taken away and killed by the Grievers. A Griever is a creature that lives in the Maze and comes out after
dark. Its purpose is to harass and even kill the Gladers who venture into the Maze. Then, in order to avoid from the Grievers, he uses the resources around him. He
uses vine of ivy to hung Alby and himself, so that the Grievers cannot see them. He does not let the unfamiliarity of being in the Maze for the first time disturbs
his intention to save his friends. Even though his idea fails because the Grievers can climb the wall, he
does not give up. He then comes face to face with three more Grievers. Thomas‘ quick-thinking works once more, he makes a dive maneuver move to avoid the
Grievers. After Minho sees what Thomas do, he gets an idea to make the Grievers go away from them.
As they rounded the next corner, Minho attempted to speak. Between heaving breaths, he gasped, ―I just saw… the dive move you did… back
there… gave me an idea… we only have to last… a little while longer Dashner, 2009:135.
Thomas still runs with Minho even though he does not know what the idea was. Minho said that he must go to the Cliff as fast as possible. Minho still does not
explain what the idea is and it makes Thomas feels confused and wonder why they should go to the Cliff. Suddenly he remembered about the Cliff because
Minho said the word, then he already know what is Minho‘s idea Thomas remembered hearing the word Cliff before, but couldn‘t place it at
the moment. Seeing the vast, open sky in front of and below him had put him into some kind of hypnotized stupor. He shook himself back to reality
and turned to face the oncoming Grievers. They were now only dozens of yards away, single file, charging in with a vengeance, moving surprisingly
fast. Everything clicked, then, even before Minho explained what they were
going to do Dashner, 2009: 137.
This idea shows that Thomas is a smart person because he can think quickly about the idea to escape from the Grievers. It helps Thomas make a new way to escape
from the Grievers in a short time even though he does not know about the Grievers very well. The quick-thinking allows him to perform this clever
maneuver. Thomas tricks a Griever into the Cliff by running at it and diving at the last second, so that it has too much momentum to stop.
3. Brave
