Run As If Your Life Depends On It

Author's Note: This piece is a written reflection upon the figurative language I found in The Maze Runner.

In the book, The Maze Runner, the author used extraordinary figurative language throughout the entire book.  James, the author, not only used similes and metaphors, but he also added onomatopoeias, hyperboles, and anaphoras.  Adding these examples of figurative language enforced me to make connect and visualize The Maze Runner as if I were the one who wrote it.

A form of figurative language that was used within the publication was an onomatopoeia.  An onomatopoeia is a sound that refer to action taking place.  The following sentence contains the onomatopoeia the author illustrated;  'The creature kept coming.  whirrrrrrrrrrrrrrr click-click-click whirrrrrrrrrrrrrrr click-click-click.'  Whirrrrrrrrrrrrrrr click-click-click are sounds added to allow the reader to better visualize the situation.

There were also hyperboles hidden in James's writing.  One that I found was, 'The anticipation of trying to guess its next move was killing Thomas.'  This can easily be deciphered as a hyperbole because, it is an exaggeration.  This is both the most dramatic exaggeration and the exaggeration used most when creating a piece.  This creates a stronger feeling of sadness towards Thomas.

An anaphora may be one of the harder particles of figurative language to use.  I give credit to the author for creating this tremendous anaphora; 'A horrible, terrible, awful idea. The worse idea in the history of horrible, terrible, awful ideas.'  The repetition of the words horrible, terrible, and awful makes the point clearer to the reader and enforces a mood of worry which makes the reader want to continue reading.

More commonly used figurative language such as, similes and metaphors were also added to The Maze Runner.  A simile I found somewhat intriguing was; 'Fear seemed to hover in the air like a blizzard of black snow.'  This simile is an astounding example of imagery because he compares something transparent, fear in the air, to something nonexistent, black snow, which lets the reader's imagination wander.  

The following metaphor I found influenced a frightful tone; 'A mechanized surge of machinery sounded from outside, followed by the familiar rolling clicks of a Griever on the stony ground, as if someone had scattered a handful of nails.'  The sound of a handful of nails being scattered is unpleasant and comparing it to a so called "creature" creates the frightful tone.

Overall I found that the author did a stupendous job of keeping the readers interest high by using a important aspect of writing.  You must realize that there was more loads of figurative language jammed in, The Maze Runner, that forces you to keep reading.