High Standards Of Beauty In The Uglies By Scott Westerfeld

Pretties is the second book in the Uglies trilogy by Scott Westerfeld, taking place soon after the first book. I was fascinated by the idea of a society where everyone got an operation at the age of 16 to make them beautiful and then segregate them into another world . I really enjoyed the book, and the concept is good but the execution was not as great as it could have been. The Pretty world and the Ugly world are extremely contrastive and Tally’s character has changed from Uglies along with her look. One of the prime features of the novel is that it makes you reflect about identity and what affects who we are. We get to take a glimpse inside New Pretty Town, and experience all the futuristic technology they are given access to. On the other

The new technology in particular, influences most people to look more beautiful, for them to be attractive. It is for that reason that Tally, at the age of 15 years, cannot wait for her 16th birthday for her to be transformed (Emma, n.p). It seems the new technology and the world in general, have corrupted the minds of young girls to the point where they desire to look more beautiful. Those who have not yet been transformed through undergoing a series of surgeries to become beautiful, are considered ugly. This basically makes young girls to view themselves as being ugly, until they undergo the surgery at the age of 16 years.

In the book Uglies by Scott Westerfeld, the author believes that betraying your friends after making a promise only leads to disaster. In the beginning of the book, the main character Tally and her best friend Shay live in a city where everyone is given an operation to turn “pretty” at the age of 16 . Shay and Tally have a strong relationship and hoverboarding is one of the main links between the two. But when Shay tells Tally that she is leaving because she doesn’t want to turn pretty, Tally refuses to leave with her because of her lifelong dream to turn pretty.

Throughout his novel, Perfect Peace, Daniel Black focuses on the idea of feminine beauty and what it means to be a beautiful black woman or a pretty black girl. Black highlights the problematic nature that rigid internalized beauty standards can have on women well into their elderly years. Black uses both Emma Jean and Perfect’s characters, as well as addition characters such as Caroline and Eva Mae, to show the negativity associated with black beauty standards.

In life, making decisions isn’t easy. We make them every single day. Which shirt are you going to wear? What do you want for lunch? How are you going to respond to this text? But, for some people, they have bigger decisions to make, such as picking a college or choosing to get married. In the book Little Monsters by Kara Thomas, Bailey and Jade have always been best friends. But, when Kacey moves into town, the 3 of them easily became a group. One morning, Bailey was said to be missing. Nobody knew if she ran away, was kidnapped, or just staying at a friends house, which made everyone unsure of what happened to her. The book Uglies by Scott Westerfeld is very similar to Little Monsters. In this dystopian society, everyone has a label. When you turn 16, you go under the knife to transform any ugly features on yourself into a perfect figure. Once you turn pretty, you live a luxurious life where your only job is to have fun. Tally is about to turn 16 and she is more than beyond excited to start her new life filled with exciting moments. Along the way, she meets a girl named Shay. But, she quickly finds out that Shay is very different and has other thoughts about this choice- she doesn’t want to become pretty. Later on in the story, Tally learns the other side that was hidden and changes her aspect on life as an ugly. In both of these books, someone goes missing, but only one of them makes it out alive.

Have you ever wanted to be perfect? Have you ever wanted a perfect society? Imagine a place where everyone was equally beautiful, and there were no responsibilities or worries. A place where you were given everything you could’ve ever asked for. If you had a place this luxurious, would you still want it? Sometimes we think our lives would be fulfilled if we were smarter, or prettier, or more athletic. It is these times that we neglect to see how great our lives already are. This is the theme of Scott Westerfeld’s novel, Uglies. Like all great writers, Scott Westerfeld supports the theme of his novel with symbolism that is hidden in every character and event.

For the science fiction unit, I read the book Uglies by Scott Westerfeld. This story is the first part of a 4-book series. The authors writes mostly young adult books and also a lot of science fiction.

Tally Youngblood lives in a futuristic society where all the citizens are considered ugly until age 16. At that time, they all have an operation that will make them perfect and beautiful, and they will go on to live with the other “pretties” where their top priority is to have fun.

They were so… Pretty.” The author is commenting on a common social situation seen today. The people in the lower classes (Uglies) often look up to and want to please the people in the upper classes (pretties). Suppliers want to please their takers. Relating to this topic, in the society we live in today, it is assumed that everyone wants to be cured and in fact cures are often forced upon us, just like the operation in Uglies.

One of the main themes in Scott Westerfield’s text Uglies is the conflict teenagers have with where they stand in society and learning to respect and value themselves. Using examples from the text compare them with today’s world for teenagers.

Gazing at beauty does inexplicable things to the human mind, it is uncontrollable and difficult to maintain stability. In the story A&P by John Updike, Sam and his co-workers are engrossed by the three girls in the grocery store. One could say, the opposite sex holds the power of desire.

Madison Hicks Mrs. Warwick Language Arts 8-4 16 March 2015 Do you have to have Plastic surgery to be pretty? Discussion of appearance in UGLIES. Tally Youngblood is very excited to finally get plastic surgery which will make her become beautiful, but she gets caught in a defiance against society and comes to appreciate a world where not everyone is pretty. This book is about a girl named Tally Youngblood, who is supposed to turn pretty, but instead meets a new friend named Shay. Shay wants to run away to a place called the Smoke, which is a place where teens decide not to turn pretty.

Imagine living in a world where when you turn sixteen you have to change completely? Scott Westerfeld’s, the author of the book Uglies, purpose of writing the story is to teach us that no one needs to change in order to feel like they belong. Scott Westerfeld, I wonder how you came up with the world in which the characters live? I wonder if you were ever made fun of for being ugly? I wonder if you think our world will become this? As I read Uglies, I focused on the fact that the group who rebelled realized that they did not need to change to belong.

Recently over summer break I've read “Uglies” by Scott Westfield. My initial thoughts on the story was that it was about a ugly disfunction society, which ended up being true. After finishing ,the story the greater less on of inner beauty reflecting on the outside shown through. The wording of the story is tremendous in detailing the struggles of this dystopia. I truly love how easy it was to fall in love with the main character. However ,the story flaws by painting the society as narcissistic,cruel, and egotistical, and it's hard to imagine that the trends shown by the people carried on that long. But then I look at the trends in our society and saw that it wasn't much different.

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