DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE MAZE RUNNER BOOK AND MOVIE

 

IN THE BOOK	IN THE MOVIE
Thomas can only remember is name when entering the Glade	He can't even remember when he first gets there.
Thomas is aloof with the others. He is accepted eventually.	After the first night, the other Glades accept him and celebrate.
Theresa is unconscious for several days after arriving.	She wakes up shortly after arriving.
Thomas and Theresa can communicate via telepathy.	They do not
There is no difference in weather in the Glade. It is always sunny during the day.	Weather changes in the Glade -- it's cloudy and rains.
There are plaques in the maze that say "World In Catastrophe Kill zone Experiment Department"	There are no plaques in the maze
Newt calls Thomas, "Tommy" throughout the book	Newt does not call Thomas, "Tommy" at all in the movie
When they escape the maze, Thomas and Teresa are holding hands and had to run up stairs and down hallways and ran into the pouring rain where they were then ushered onto a bus	When they escape the maze, Thomas and Teresa do not hold hands, they run down a long short straight corridor into the hot sun and ushered onto a helicopter
When the walls started not closing at night, grievers get one glader at a time	When the walls started not closing at night, grievers attack them all and killed as many as they can
Alby was not so nice.	Alby was too nice.
Greivers roll with bright colored lights and blades retract	No colored lights and no rolling
There were 30 original gladers	Ably was the one original glader
Chuck is killed with a sword	Chuck is killed with a gun
Teresa comes a day and a half later then Thomas	Teresa doesn't come until a week after Thomas gets into the Glade
Alby sacrifices himself to the greivers to try to save the others.	Alby died before they tried to escape the glade.
The Gladers are 'rescued' by a group who puts them on a bus.	The Gladers are 'rescued' by a group who puts them in a helicopter.
The Gladers meet the Creators at the end before the 'rescuers' kill the Creators.	The Creators have already been killed when the Gladers exit the maze.