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Amnesia In The Maze Runner

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One of the books that deals with amnesia is a book titled "the maze runner". The book is about a boy name Thomas who wakes up in an elevator box and finds himself in a place called the glade. Thomas doesn 't have any memory of who he is and how he ended up in the glade. The glade is run by two guys name Alby who is the head leader and another guy by the name of Newt. Each month, a new guy who has no memory of who he is ends up in the elevator box. Thomas suffers from what is called retrograde amnesia meaning that he 's not able to recall any events nor does not know who he is before his amnesia and waking up in a different world (Groome, 2014). A television show that dealt with amnesia or memory disorder is a show called grey 's anatomy.

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