Based partly on Vizenor's own experiences as a visiting professor in China, the novel follows mixedblood Griever de Hocus as he takes up a teaching position in Tianjin.
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Along the way, Griever casts himself as a modern Monkey King, proclaiming liberation to the Chinese and joining up with modernized versions of the Monkey King's companions.
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The next day, he is attacked by Ben, a Runner delirious from being stung by a Griever deadly techno-organic creatures that roam the Maze at night.
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Nothing that can potentially be a nuisance to other grievers, blow away or hurt a lawnmower . ( talk ) 21 : 34, August 15, 2014 ( UTC)
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The grievers, perhaps with the same instinct that John John displayed with his salute, know reflexively by now what to do when a member of that haunted family is taken.
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The grievers began to arrive shortly after 9 a . m ., passing through intense security, and beneath sharpshooters positioned in the tower of the church and atop adjacent buildings.
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Thomas also discovers that the Cliff that they all thought was just a cliff turns out to be where the Grievers leave the Maze or " The Griever Hole " as he and Minho call it.
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Thomas also discovers that the Cliff that they all thought was just a cliff turns out to be where the Grievers leave the Maze or " The Griever Hole " as he and Minho call it.
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But grievers have expanded the room's role, coming to mourn children never born because of infertility, or those given up for adoption, abducted, hit by cars, or felled by disease.
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Gally claims Thomas has jeopardized the fragile peace between the youths and the Grievers and wants him punished, but Newt, the group's second-in-command, instead designates Thomas as a Runner.
