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Narrative Essay On The Maze Runner

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Everyone went disappointed. The McDonald that supposed to serve our supper beside the street vanished. Not wanting to make everyone starve or dismiss to home earlier because of the missing McDonald, I quickly recalled all my memories of Beijing McDonalds. Finally, I remembered right beside the subway station, which my friends transfer to the bus, they had a mall that has McDonald within. A light bulb lighted in my head; we could take the subway after hanging out and get off at the station where they have McDonald. I quickly shared this awesome information with my friends to inquire their opinion about changing a McDonald for supper. Without hesitation, they agreed to my “Plan B” with joy, and we headed off to our lovely dinner. By having one resourceful person in the group, everyone ended up having nice dinner at McDonalds. The Oxford Dictionary of English defines resourcefulness as “Having the ability to find quick and …show more content…

To identify people with this character trait, they could solve problems or just spend some time together. In the famous fiction, The Maze Runner, people in the Glaze stood before the closing maze and watched Minho and injured Alby walking slowly towards the entrance, everyone knew they would not make it before the door closes by their own nor survive the night in the maze, but no one stood out to help them, except Thomas. He rushed out into the maze, breaking the rules, and save Alby and Minho. Even after getting locked inside the maze, Thomas did not give up on Alby like Minho did. Instead, he tied Alby up on the wall with the vines to prevent the grievers harming him. Thomas stayed calm and used his knowledge and bravery to thinks outside the box, which, in one word, resourceful attitude to save others by risking his life. Hence, resourceful people keep thinking up original ideas that others would not choose to solve small or great

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