In the books, the brain needs to be checked, which requires the brain to be removed. According to Ava (The head bitch in charge), the enzyme can not be synthetically reproduced. The purpose of the whole research is essentially using human lab rats as a medicine factory. The harder they think, as in life-or-death split second thinking, the more of the immune enzyme is produced. The key part of the trials is that the Flare eats away at the brain faster when the brain works harder. WICKED tries to use the patterns in the Killzone of those immune to the Flare to develop a cure, so they send a number of immune 'subjects' into the Trials to obtain these patterns. The disease slowly eats away the Killzone, turning the infected (known as Cranks) into madmen. This name is adopted after the Flare starts infecting people. Killzone is the part of the brain affected by the Flare. Many more are seen being harvested for the enzyme. There are multiple Mazes and groups of gladers, numbering in the 50~100. Note that the second movie events have diverged from the books very much. The events of the Maze are set up to induce the Immune's brain in producing an enzyme which can be used as an injectable treatment to prevent or slow down the Flare in non-immunes. All the Gladers were found to be immune prior to being sent to the Maze. A small percentage of the population is immune to the Flare, and the younger the more immune they are. The Purpose of the Maze and the other trials are to find a cure for the Flare, an infectious disease that causes madness and cannibalism (think Rage Zombies). The purpose of whole research was to analyse potential of all boys or just Thomas? 'The purpose of whole research was to analyze potential of all boys or just Thomas?'īy the words of Ava Paige in the end, it should be to analyze potential of all boys including Thomas. It's not only Thomas had flashbacks but whoever is infected with the poison injected by the Griever. 'Once sent he had no previous memory like others then how is he to able witness flash backs of his past?'

So, it sounds like it's part of Ava's plan to send Thomas to the maze and manipulate others to complete Phase One. So, they wanted to test whether Thomas can do it or not and he does that.

'Thomas is part of the organization that created maze, then why was he sent to the Glade?'Īccording to this conversation, It is not stated in the movie why Thomas and Teresa is sent to the maze even though they worked as the part of organization.īut as per my understanding, sporadically you keep hearing that Thomas was one of the creators favorites and for years others were failed to complete the maze.

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