Hey you, yes... YOU! Would you like to live in a society where you live in a box your whole life and mean absolutely nothing to anyone? For science, right? NO! Of course, societies collapse due to corrupt government, failed social structure, and disease. It is because of these factors that many large societies such as Greece, Rome, and the society described in the book Maze Runner fall. Corrupt leaders and government laws are a major factor in why societies fall. The society depicted in Maze Runner was very heavy in and out of the maze, and mainly controlled by this association called WICKED Nazi Germany fell to almost the same thing, their leader Hitler was hungry for power and basically made it. so whatever he said was law. Evidence of a collapsing social system is very evident throughout the story of Maze Runner. For example “'Gardens-where we grow crops...House of Blood-Where we raise and slaughter animals...'The mourners will kill you all, one every night until it's over!'” (Page 43 and 256) This shows that they need people to do their jobs, and that the society within the Glade was very dependent on whether or not they had people working in places like the blood house, and that without enough people to support everyone the others doing their jobs the society will collapse very quickly. Almost the same thing was happening in Germany. For example, the German leader made everything seem fine but ended up taking extreme measures for "peace" that led to his downfall, and he also only did things that primarily benefited himself and his followers. "During this era, the leaders of this society and their collaborators have killed nearly two out of three 'minorities' as part... half of the paper... fall. Mostly societies fall because of those who lead them, such as in Athens they were told to retreat within the walls, which led to an epidemic that killed ⅓ of the city's population. Although the attempt to create a "perfect" society never ends up working, we can learn from our mistakes and always try to improve our As I once said, “You cannot create a perfect society for imperfect beings.” Works Cited Dashner, James. docs.google.com/a/foresthills.edu/document/d/1Fm43mwjCKo5jdk5Kk0AaHwkIII3HFgYCNAcJEBqxR9k/edit https://docs.google.com/a/foresthills.edu/document/d /147l6iSXNYLT-iG4eDVls editors of the Encyclopædia Britannica." Peloponnesian War (History of Ancient Greece)." Encyclopedia Britannica Online. Encyclopedia Britannica, 24 December 2013. Web. 05 April. 2014