Thomas was first Introduced into the story when he was in a cargo elevator (1). While on the elevator waiting he realized that he couldn't remember anything about his past life, but he knew how the world worked (1). The only personal detail he remembered was that his name was Thomas (1). After getting out of the elevator, and after he gets told some basics he gets shown around by a kid named Chuck(14) Chuck is a younger chubby kid, that only wants to find his parents(13, 194-195) After Chuck gets Thomas through the basics he kinda explains to Thomas that they are inside of a giant maze (24-26). Teresa is the only girl to be introduced to the glade and arrives shortly after Thomas, with a note saying that she is the last one ever (54-57). After she arrives Thomas becomes a runner after being nominated by Newt to be the keeper of the runners because he went out into the maze to try to help some people that got stuck out there (112, 158). A little bit after Teresa woke up from her coma, the glade turned dark (218) While the glad was dark Teresa told Thomas that the maze was a code (232). The night that Teresa told Thomas that the maze was the night that the walls didn't close (239) After figuring out what the code was they made a plan to go punch it into a computer to shut down the grievers (290, 309) After punching in the code and shutting down the griever they made their way out of the maze (344-346, 362). From there they met a woman that was incharge of the whole “test” (353). After speaking with her an unknown force moved in killed her and brought the remaining gladers onto a bus (360, 362). One of the best life facts that this book is trying to convey is that no matter how hard you try you can't always do what you want. This can be seen when Thomas promises Chuck that he will bring Chuck to his parents, but near the end of the book Chuck sacrifices himself to safe Thomas and dies as a consequence(194-195, 356)