Authors Purpose
During the author's life, he had many things that would change how he wrote and the things he would write about. One thing that would have helped him write so well was that he took AP English during high school. (yalsa.ala.org) This would have made his writing levels increase leading to better stories and clearer writing. He also like to read Stephen King and watch movies which during an interview he said "Stephen King for sure. And any movie, every movie. I saw them all and all of those movies have certainly influenced how I tell stories" (yalsa.ala.org). These movies impacted how he wrote and Stephen King can sometimes be seen in his writing. James Dashner has said that the maze runner series was heavily influenced by William Golding’s The Lord of the Flies and Orson Scoot Card’s Enders game. (Gradesaver)
Also during high school his grandpa died unexpectedly. This made it easier for him to deal with his father's premature death in his mid twenties. With all the death in his life at younger ages it is very easily shown in his books through all the death. The Kill Order is a world that has been engulfed by sun flares killing off most of the earth followed by tsunamis killing even more people. Then throughout the book people are dying from the virus and being killed by Mark, Alec, and Lana. Clearly these early deaths affected how he wrote about death in the book. (yalsa.ala.org)
The author, James Dashner, most definitely sees himself as the main character Mark. This is most likely because he is surviving while all the people around him are dying. Just like his grandpa and father. Also most authors tend to correlate the main character with themselves in their writings.
During the author's life, he had many things that would change how he wrote and the things he would write about. One thing that would have helped him write so well was that he took AP English during high school. (yalsa.ala.org) This would have made his writing levels increase leading to better stories and clearer writing. He also like to read Stephen King and watch movies which during an interview he said "Stephen King for sure. And any movie, every movie. I saw them all and all of those movies have certainly influenced how I tell stories" (yalsa.ala.org). These movies impacted how he wrote and Stephen King can sometimes be seen in his writing. James Dashner has said that the maze runner series was heavily influenced by William Golding’s The Lord of the Flies and Orson Scoot Card’s Enders game. (Gradesaver)
Also during high school his grandpa died unexpectedly. This made it easier for him to deal with his father's premature death in his mid twenties. With all the death in his life at younger ages it is very easily shown in his books through all the death. The Kill Order is a world that has been engulfed by sun flares killing off most of the earth followed by tsunamis killing even more people. Then throughout the book people are dying from the virus and being killed by Mark, Alec, and Lana. Clearly these early deaths affected how he wrote about death in the book. (yalsa.ala.org)
The author, James Dashner, most definitely sees himself as the main character Mark. This is most likely because he is surviving while all the people around him are dying. Just like his grandpa and father. Also most authors tend to correlate the main character with themselves in their writings.