Thomas' true character is most prevalent during 2 times in The Death Cure. One of these times is when Thomas' friend Newt who is infected with the flare (A disease that over time leads to insanity and death) gives him a note when they are running away from the captivity of the testing facility. "You swear to me that you wont read whats inside that bloody envelope until the time is right? Newt said. Fine I swear I wont read it until the times right " (Dashner 74). Thomas did not read the note even when him and Newt were separated and he knew he could take a peek at it. This shows that a very big part of Thomas' personality is that he is a man of his word and that he can be trusted.
Another time where Thomas' true character is revealed is after Newt is taken to the crank palace where all of the people infected with the flare go after they have lost control of themselves. This place is very beat up and very unsafe and is dangerous for immunes because the infected hate them. Thomas and his friends hire guards and go there after they heard that Newt's condition has gotten rapidly worse. Even when advised not to, they go into he torn up city to look for Newt. When they find them he tells them to leave and wants nothing to do with them and Thomas, his friends and the guards are chased away by a swarm of cranks (another name for the infected). Thomas and his friends get away into the berg (an aircraft) and fly away. When Thomas is on the Berg he reads the note "Kill me. If you have ever been my friend, Kill me"(Dasher 196). After reading this Thomas realized he had let Newt down and he was mad that he had not done the one thing he friend wanted. This shows that Thomas is selfless because even after his friend had been taken away he had gone to look for him and he felt bad that he did not help his friend out.
