102Īgain, the narrator speaks Mark's thoughts here. He tried to save himself the only way he knows how.honesty. All Mark cares about is surviving with his friends, so the last thing he wants to have is weakness or fear. When he is scared, he makes himself weak, and enemies look for the slightest hint of weakness to attack and guarantee success. His main fear was to be scared from what he faced, because if he got scared, he could ruin everything and end up being killed.

Here the narrator is talking about Mark, who suffered a lot since the Sun Flares. Combining these two features, Alec has a strong character that cannot be defeated. He is also not heartless, meaning that he is merciful and he respects all those who respect him. Alec is mean, meaning that he is tough when it comes to tough times that need serious people and fast reactions. 95Īlec describes himself in two characteristics: mean, but not heartless.

I may look like I was chewed up and spit out by the meanest beast in the jungle, but I'm not heartless. That doesn't necessarily mean that the person who chooses survival doesn't like the other person rather, this is a feature of human nature that is inevitable. It is unlikely that we find a person who will sacrifice himself to save a very close person. Humans tend to care first about themselves in the case of a catastrophe then, once their survival is secured, they start thinking about their loved ones. Not for the first time, James Dashner includes an important human nature: survival. And as selfish as it sounds, we need to protect ourselves first.

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