Scene Analysis: Pretty World Vs Uglies

In the article, “Appearances Are Destructive” by Mark Mathabane argues about how students in school do not focus on learning anymore, but mostly focus on their outfits. He agrees that by providing dress codes will be an effective way to maintain safety in schools. According to Mathabane, dress codes is a solution for students to get on track on their studies, but rather it will not be against freedom. In addition to that, Mathabane claims, that girls pay a lot of attention to their clothing because it gives them respect, to look more attractive, and they feel, they look cool. Mathabane disagree that outfits should be the primary goal for many students, instead of achieving academic success; therefore, dress code will be a solution to have

Tally Youngblood is an adventurous girl who wants to be pretty so she can live in New Pretty Town where her best friend Peris Lives. Tally meets a new friend named Shay while she was trying to run away from New Pretty Town. Tally is an adventurous, smart, and faithful friend making her a complex character.

Over the course of the book, Tally grows into a strong willed, independent, and responsible girl. She learned to think on her own and not believe everything she is told; from always being lied to by the city. Being forced to travel to the Smoke alone helped Tally grow her independence from the city. When Tally said she would have the operation so Maddy could test out the pills since Shay didn’t want to be the test subject, it showed that she was taking responsibility for her actions because it was her fault that Shay had the operation. Tally changed from an immature Ugly to a beautiful girl who didn’t need an operation to feel

The two main female characters, Zeena and Mattie differ in appearance quite a bit. Zeena is displayed as a prematurely aged woman that has, “grayish ting skin and false teeth” and her voice is like a “flat whine”. Making Zeena out to be unattractive in pretty

The short documentary Crooked Beauty, directed by Ken Paul Rosenthal, narrates Jacks Ashley McNamara’s experience in a psychiatric ward and how her time in the facility shapes her new appreciation for her mental illness. One controversial issue has been trying to identify the true cause of mental illness. On the one hand, most people may think mental illness is simply a biological disorder that can be cured with a combination of medication and doctors demanding appropriate behavior until it sticks in the patient’s mind. On the other, McNamara contends that mental illness is a misconception with a patient’s oversensitivity, where it is harder for the patient to ignore certain events than “normal” people, and their doctor’s textbook knowledge. In McNamara’s mental institution, the psychiatrists simply trap her in a padded room and prescribe many different pills to suppress her mental illness instead of embracing her differences or showing her how to use those differences to her advantage. In attempt to prevent those who are mentally ill from feeling the same anger and frustration she felt, she demands a change in the line psychiatric treatment when she says:

We all have friends that we would give up everything to save or be with. In “Pretties,” by Scott Westerfeld, Tally has to sacrifice her new life as a Pretty(which she has always wanted to become) in order to save not only herself, but her friends and the whole city. “Uglies,” also written by Scott Westerfeld(the first book of the series) Tally has to sacrifice her life in order to turn pretty to be with Peris, her old friend from Uglyville who turned pretty before her. Both of these stories are teaching us to sacrifice our lives for our friends, but the author teaches this in different ways.

Towards the beginning of the book, Tally goes and meets a friend of hers named Peris, He had just recently turned pretty and Tally and hasn’t seen him since. But when Tally meets with Peris, his personality and motivation to be Tally’s friend changes, this is described by the way he treats Tally. In the text on page 17, Peris’ actions are described showing his negative motivation towards Tally,”Peris took a step back, his eyebrows rising. He looked down at her clothes”. Peris has a disgusted feeling toward Tally, he clearly thinks that something is wrong with her and

Westerfield perfectly portrays how we, as a society, see beauty. We see beauty as perfection, not a line out of place, and this judgement came about due to our desire for perfection. When picking up any magazine the front page is bound to be altered to show us how we should look. Gone are the days where voluptuous, well rounded women are considered to be goddesses. People in today’s society see models and movie stars starve themselves until they believe they are beautiful and Westerfield plays on this throughout the entire text. Tally sees herself as ugly because she does not notice anything good about her, until she meets David. When anyone compliments Tally she refuses to believe it as the truth, and it is unlikely that she has ever felt attractive in her whole life. Westerfield only describes Tally the way she sees herself and although it is in the third person the reader is given certain knowledge about what goes on through Tally’s mind which the reader does not have for any other character. At the beginning of the text the reader is led to believe that Pretties have the idealistic life; beautiful with not a care in the world but the reader may feel discomfort with how superficial it all seems. Nothing is wrong with the way Tally looks and the reader can presume that she is quite naturally attractive after receiving several compliments from two

Being pretty is a strange thing; some love you, and others will despise you. Being ugly is an even stranger thing; most days you probably go unnoticed. Many people may like the privacy of being ugly and do not mind being ugly. Tally Youngblood, from the novel Uglies by Scott Westerfeld, is definitely not okay with being ugly. She will do anything to be pretty, even betray her friends. “‘But I can’t help them,’ Tally said. ‘I promised Shay I wouldn't tell her plans’” (Westerfeld 113). Once she finds out the truth, will she change her mind or regret her decisions?

Tally was blinded from the government's false inputs about right from wrong . They blinded them from the truth so that nobody can have their own thoughts and opinions. In beginning Tally is the person who is being blinded and manipulated . The reader can see how the government is giving them false information through what Tally thinks and what her actions are. The author says, “Never having anyone look her eyes and be simply overwhelmed. I wished I got to see what you looked like pretty,”( Westerfield 91) One of the government's lies and manipulations is that being pretty is the best thing happening to the people in uglyville. The government distracted the kids by this so much that they don't realize what's really happening in the real World. They make their peers believe that anything said that is true. They dismiss or disbelieve their thoughts because a bigger and greater power is telling them something else. Anyone that opposes what the government seems crazy and unbelievable, even though

As I read Uglies, I consider the topic of acceptance because the message the author is trying to get across is that everyone should just be accepted for who they are. When I read this book, I see a society that needs to change. The place the characters live in forces them to get a surgery to change into what society considers “attractive”. You are called “ugly” or a “pretty” and treated differently based on your looks. In my opinion, this is very wrong. No one should be judged based on the way they look. Everyone should just be accepted for who they are and not be judged by who they are on the outside. Tally says in the book, “What’s inside you, matters more.” I think the author had Tally say that to prove his point even more; that

In the article Appearances Are Destructive by Mark Mathabane, “the author claims that public school children are more familiar with Nike, Calvin Klein, Adidas, Reebok, and Gucci than Zora Neale Hurston, Shakespeare, and Faulkner.” Mathabane states that students are more focused on what is on their bodies than what is in their minds. I agree with what the author claims on how public school children are not focusing on what is important. For example, if someone was to compare Calvin Klein and Gucci the one that would be the best would be Gucci, because it is more expensive than Calvin Klein. During my years of high school, I would notice students focusing allot of their time on their appearances than what they could be learning in class. Students

The version of Beauty and the Beast by Jeanne- Marie LePrince De Beaumont tells a compelling story of a young women making sacrifices for her family, and finding love through these sacrifices. Beauty and the Beast is a fairytale meant to educate young children on the importance of family, and that life is full of making sacrifices; while also teaching children to appreciate what is on the inside, and not just on the outside. The protagonist of the tale is Beauty. Beauty is a caring, family- oriented, strong, loyal girl whom everyone in the town adores. She kept to herself, but would do anything for anyone, especially her father. With many opportunities to get married, Beauty stayed loyal to her father, until she realized she was in love with Beast. When the family lot their fortune men still proposed to Beauty, even though she did not have money. Beauty politely turned them down; “She told them that she could not bring herself to abandon her poor father in his distress and that she would go with him to the country in order to comfort him and help him with his work.” (32)

Beauty has been a word that people use to described objects, things and most important people. Beauty can be defined in so many ways. The play “Beauty” written by Jane Martin has more than just one meaning. The author uses beauty to be her main objective that makes almost every situation in the play revolve around “beauty.” Being that beauty is considered something almost all women want and it can lead to devastation when you get greedy and envious about it, as it did to both Carla and Bethany.

Aesthetics is the branch of philosophy that asks questions about the nature of art and beauty. The Classical definition of art is the good, the true, the beautiful. Art equals something that is beautiful then it is true and leads the person experiencing it, to the good. While this may be the classical definition of art it is not quite accurate. To think that something is true and good just because it is beautiful is not right. There are three critiques of this definition which define art in a different light. Leo Tolstoy defines one as romantic art; “The essence of a work of art is the emotion it causes to an audience.” It makes everyone feel as one because they are all feeling the same emotion. Malcolm Bradbury defines modern art as a