In my article Maggie Stiefvater says that dystopian fiction is an escape for teens not because they make a connection between the society they live in and the society the characters live in, but because they are wanting a simple story of good vs. evil in contrast to their own world where “evil” is hard to define. While I agree with Stiefvater’s idea, I believe this is because young readers are attracted to the stories because the character takes agency of their own lives when it seems impossible. I feel that young adult readers can identify with the common goal of these characters: To change their world and gain their freedom. From the discussion in class today we realized as adult readers, the society Lowry builds is a dystopian society, but it is difficult to place the blame on the people of the society. The black and white of the struggle for good vs evil is not as clear as contemporary novels, but the character’s general goal remains the same.