About two posts ago, I mentioned that I'll be raving about Teresa Agnes on the reason why she has always been my favourite character in The Maze Runner series!
So here it goes!
I just watched The Scorch Trials film yesterday! I honestly really liked the movie, but I was also disappointed at the same time because it was literally nothing like the books! I'd still give the movie a rate of 85/100 since it had really stunning visuals displayed and it was very interesting too!
For those who have read the books and are about to watch the film soon, my advice to you is that you should watch the film with an open mind! AND, FORGET ABOUT THE BOOKS AS YOU WATCH THE FILM. Because IT'S SERIOUSLY NOTHING LIKE THE BOOKS. Hence, you'll be able to enjoy watching the film with a piece of mind!
By the way, I do notice that most TMR book readers/fans seem to grudgingly look down on Teresa Agnes. Look, as much as I understand their point of view, all I can say is that Teresa has made a really terrible decision, which she definitely must have deeply regretted it, BUT IT WAS DONE OUT OF GOOD & SELFLESS INTENTIONS.
ALLOW ME TO BEGRUDGINGLY EXPLAIN TO Y'ALL,
Based on what I read in the books with my limited understanding, Teresa Agnes was labelled by WICKED (World In Catastrophe, Killzone Experiment Department) as GROUP A, SUBJECT A1, THE BETRAYER.
Since WICKED's main objective was to find a cure for the man-made Flare virus through the study of the IMMUNES' (+ few non-immunes) brain chemistry, they made these subjects undergo many ruthless trials.
And one of the "ruthless trials" that Thomas (the central protagonist) had to face, was being betrayed by someone who meant so much to him, AKA his one and only best friend who probably was also his love interest, AKA Teresa's Betrayal.
The betrayal scenario was already planned before Thomas' & Teresa's memories were wiped & also before they were sent to the maze.
The whole purpose of this betrayal scenario was for WICKED to see significant results in Thomas' brain chemistry, such as all the hurt & emotions Thomas was going to experience throughout this betrayal which was DEFINITELY GOING TO AFFECT HIS BRAIN PATTERNS.
After Group A escaped their maze, and when they eventually went on to Phase 2, both Aris & Teresa were assigned to carry out this betrayal scenario AGAINST THEIR WILL. In other words, TERESA WAS FORCED TO BETRAY THOMAS FOR THIS PURPOSE.
Obviously Teresa kept refusing when she was asked to carry out such a ruthless task, but she was threatened that if she does not carry out this betrayal scenario, Thomas will die.
Sadly, no matter how smart Teresa was, she was not necessarily wise. I mean, honestly, after all the efforts WICKED put to ensure that Thomas is alive, why would they just kill him for such a thing? But Teresa fell for it anyway, so both her & Aris went on with their tasks & did all kind of things to ensure that Thomas feels extremely betrayed.
In conclusion, Teresa could have fought WICKED back. But at the very same time, Thomas had always meant so much to her. Let alone he was her love interest too, he was her one & only best friend that she made after her 2-years stay in WICKED without any friends.
Teresa never really betrayed Thomas, she was an actress throughout this betrayal scenario. She pretended to betray Thomas. But of course, Thomas did felt extremely betrayed & found it really hard to forgive her. He could no longer trust her either.
As much as I know how Thomas feels, it still saddens me because Teresa made this terrible decision for Thomas himself; she didn't want Thomas to be killed, so she went for it.
Well, the betrayal in the film was so much more different than in the books though.
The betrayal in the film was an actual one. An actual betrayal. Done by her own will, but her reasons was still reasonable though.
In the film, Thomas never trusted WICKED ever since his memories were taken from him, which left him to his new thinking, so his ultimate goal was to redeem himself & free the Immunes & non-Immunes from being under WICKED's control. Ever since Teresa received her memories back in the film, her conscience told her that Thomas was not doing the right thing by turning his back on WICKED & that they should return back to WICKED headquarters to finish their mission on finding the cure to the Flare virus, but Thomas was not on her side. Teresa went on betraying him eventually, no matter how much Thomas meant so much to her as she knew that her priority was saving the human race.
I've always loved Teresa Agnes because I can relate so much to her. She's been in so many situations that people tend to always misunderstand her. Sure, she's really beautiful, but she was not that pretty flower that people would look upon to.
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