I Rewatched The Maze Runner The Other Day And I Made A Connection I Hadn’t Before. So A Common Motif

i rewatched the maze runner the other day and i made a connection i hadn’t before. so a common motif in that movie is people suddenly remembering thomas. each time this happens it’s bad; ben attacks him and says that everything is his fault, teresa remembers him and immediately everything changes, and alby attacks and remembers him after the changing. newt is aware of all of this and probably noticed how it ate away at thomas’ psyche to be remembered in all of these negative ways. he helps calm that nerve with his speech in the maze runner but it also leads to the importance of the line “and i remember you” from his letter. newt makes it a point to tell thomas that he remembers him, not the person from before the maze but the person he is now, who is good, and strong, and impulsive and brave and a leader. newt is so happy to have memories of thomas that he would get the flare all over again just to have known him. the fact that newt makes it a point to tell thomas this knowing how people hated remembering him in the glade is so so important to me. thank you for your time