Sarah and Bryson are both key to Michael’s experiences in the narrative. How are they characterized? How are they different or similar to one another?

Dashner’s novel is from 2013. How does it predict or interact with conversations about AI in the mid 2020s?

Dashner’s novel is from 2013. How does it predict or interact with conversations about AI in the mid 2020s?

How does the text create tensions between “real” and “unreal?” How does the characters’ understanding of what is “real” shift with the revelation that Michael has been living in the VirtNet all along?

Explore the role of violence in the text. What forms of violence appear in the VirtNet? How does the virtual violence reflect real-world violence, and what is the wider significance of these parallels?

Friendship and human connection are deeply important to Michael in the VirtNet. How does the novel examine the experience of loneliness and connection, both in the Wake and in virtual reality?

How does The Eye of Minds conform to, or diverge from, common tropes in the YA genre? How does it compare to other science fiction YA novels that explore similar themes and situations, such as Samira Ahmed’s The Singular Life of Aria Patel?

Unlike Dashner’s Maze Runner series, The Mortality Doctrine is presented as science fiction, not dystopian. Does the novel contain elements of dystopia? If so, how and why?