Cummings Vs Uglies

As new genres in the world of novels fade out of the public eye, new ones arise just as fast. A genre that has taken the world by storm is the dystopian trope. Many new young adult novels have this new genre incorporated into the story, often weaving in themes of sadness or conformity being overcome by rebelliousness and hope. It is one of the newest genres, yet one of the most widely varied compared to older ones. Even novels from 70 years ago, such as Ayn Rand’s Anthem share similarities with the same types of stories from only 20 years ago, like The Giver by Lois Lowry.

I think the giver by Lois Lowry is interesting story about a world without the right to choose your jobs. They live in a dystopia like world. The world they live in is almost isolated, they don’t know about colors, music, or even some animals. My final reason on why the giver is a dystopia is because they don’t have any feelings, and if they do they have to get them taken away, I couldn’t imagine a world without feelings.

“Pretties” is the second book in the “Uglies” series written by Scott Westerfeld. The book starts back off when Tally, the main character, has just had the operation to turn pretty. She has a party to go to and must pick out her costume. She decided to go as a Smokie because she had to look “Bubbly” enough to get into the Crims. The Crims where a clique in New Pretty Town, they were the kids who pulled tricks and pulled stunts. After her and Shay, Shay is her best friend, pick out their costumes they go to the party. At the party Tally saw someone who she thought she recognized. The person she saw was Croy from the Smoke. He gave her instructions to follow. After her encounter she goes back to the party and the leader Zane, accepts her into

Don’t judge a book by it’s cover. A statement that reigns true no matter what book we are looking at. The characters, Boo Radley, from the novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, and Saul Indian Horse, from the novel Indian Horse by Richard Wagamese, have very little in common, yet their personalities are both used by the authors to convey a common theme. With little in common, Saul is passionate and youthful where Boo is isolated and aged; still, both are of them are unfairly judged, and are cardinal demonstrations of don’t judge a book by It’s cover. To start, these character’s differences can be seen in the way that they invest themselves. In Saul’s case, his open personality allows him to invest himself in something the moment he gets

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins has many characteristics of a dystopian society. Propaganda is used throughout the book to control the citizens of society. The people of the twelve districts have their Information, independent thought, and freedom restricted. The type of dystopian control present is corporate control.

A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess and Brave New World by Aldous Huxley are both novels that deal with the theme of dystopia. Both novels depict societies in which mind control is used to create social stability. There are also individuals who rebel against this loss of freedom and identity. However, these individuals lose their fight for freedom because of unsuccessful escape methods, acts of violence and effective conditioning.

Dystopian literature has been described as fiction that shows a negative perspective without the limits of society and mankind. Utopian works ordinarily sketch a future in which innovation enhances the regular life of people and advances human

In this day and age, society has built standards to how citizens should look, talk, wear, behave etc through social media, films, celebrities, friends and family. The youth has now taken place in this and now feel that if they did not meet society's standards, they aren’t beautiful or handsome. Some leaders and motivational speakers are good at telling others to love themselves and to accept how they look. Nevertheless there are still those who need to seek help and those who beat themselves up because of how they are. However is social conformity really the key to happiness? Social conformity is notoriously found in the book Uglies where turning 16 gives you the opportunity to undergo plastic surgery to change your appearance into a “pretty” look. Tally Youngblood is a rare example of a 16 year old girl who hasn’t undergo plastic surgery and was sent to the Smoke, a small town where those who don’t believe in plastic surgery or the society's ambitions go to live like the people of today. However Shay, a friends of Tally’s, is an example of an “ugly” who has a very strong opinion about the surgery, a very negative opinion about it.

It was a hot summer day on July 1, 1947. Mary Judith Jones, a dressmaker and her boyfriend James Robert Wright, a businessman, were enjoying the Canada Day festivities in “Jardins et le Parc Solaire” or “Gardens and Sun Park” in Montreal Quebec. Mary had her hair tied back in a high ponytail, and the bright sun made her silky, red hair shimmer. Her big, green eyes complimented her freckles perfectly. Mary was the only lady wearing a fitted yet sophisticated, moss green dress. Her uniqueness that day made her look like a rare gem. James was a 23 year old businessman making his way into the business world. James’s slick-back hair, brown linen trousers, white shirt with rolled up sleeves, and brown and red striped suspenders made him look truly classy.

Unpleasant and non-perfect societies are examples of what makes up a dystopia. In the film Pleasantville by Gary Ross two teenagers find themselves in a television show where their influence begins to profoundly change the complacent world. In Gary Ross’s film, Pleasantville, a town of equality, compliance, and perfection begins to transcend to a dystopia.

In response to the multiple school shootings in recent years, most of the left's common sense is to take away firearms all together or to make access to them extremely hard. Bernie Sanders is the candidate I've heard speak mostly about helping the mental ill so these incidents do not happen as often, however a great argument is made here and in other studies that mental health isn't necessarily the culprit. What scared me most about the "Granovetter Theory" is that in time people with higher threshold levels will become more inclined to commit heinous crimes, as well as attempting to one-up the last. In addition, the crimes could go from a 20-person school shooting to bombing of a hotel with 2,000 occupants. As long as we keep going down this

Thesis: The last resort for children without parents should be foster care. COUNTER ARGUMENT TS: Adaption gives the child a sense of belonging. CD1: Having a family that wants the child makes the child feel whole again.

Lizzie and Auggie both have similar problems, because of their condition. They are both made fun of and are laughed at because of their looks. They both were bullied by people who didn’t bother getting to know them. They also both had to get surgery often. Lizzie was made fun of on YouTube and people said mean stuff like “Why would her parents keep her” and “Kill it with fire”. She thought that the video ruined her life. Now, she is a star in a movie about bullying and is working with the U.S congress to stop bullying universally. Auggie was made fun of at school and people would try not to touch him, spread rumor about him. Everybody made fun of him and laughed at him. Auggie at the end of the year was treated nicely and had a lot of friends

A dystopian society, usually illusory, is the reverse of an idyllic utopia: it is generally tyrannical and inhibited. Dystopian societies mirror our future- they are usually a hyperbolic familiar society with satirical exaggeration. This kind of literature is written to amend other people 's idea of the kind of society they should thrive for. As well as that, they are written to express their concerns about the future and humanity. Societies of this nature appear in many works of fiction, predominantly in novels set in a speculative future. Dystopian culture is often mused by societal collapse, dehumanization, poverty, and deprivation.

Popular literature often reflects society’s beliefs and struggles, and dystopian fiction is once again gaining popularity. From Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro to Hulu’s reimagining of The Handmaid’s Tale, written by Margaret Atwood, and all the young adult dystopias in between, one does not have to search far to find a unique dystopian read. While every dystopia is different, these novels have similar characteristics that define their genre.