So I was rereading TMR and I noticed this
So, in the scene where Ben is exiled, (pages 92-95, The Maze Runner) he begs Alby to not. Alby ignores this, exiling (and in turn sentencing him to death) him anyway. Alby dies in that book.
In the scene with Newt,(pages 247-250, The Death Cure) he begs Thomas ‘please, Tommy, please’. Thomas doesn’t ignore this, and does what he’s asking. Thomas survives till the end.
Now, I’m probably grasping at straws here, but just look at the parallels!! Ben was begging not to die, to be given a second chance. Newt was begging to die, for his suffering to end. Alby takes no heed to Ben’s pleas or explanation, and and kills him anyway.
Thomas, while not wanting to kill Newt, does it, because he knows Newt doesn’t want to keep on going, and so he complies to his wishes, even though it hurts him.
Alby died in the first book, not long after he killed Ben despite his wishes. Thomas doesn’t get killed in the series at all, and even though he killed Newt, it was because of Newt’s wishes and it physically and mentally pained him to do it.
