Throughout the book, I noticed that the world Lowry creates is similar to George Orwell's '1984' in the way that both books forbade anyone from having independent thinking. Although the book is directed at children, I thought, overall, the book was extremely well written and engrossing! I was glued to each word from start to finish. Page by page Lowry draws the reader into Jonas' world where he is becoming an adult in his dark society.