Uglies Scott Westerfeld Essay

For example, David, an ugly from the smoke, says “ The lesions aren’t an accident , Tally. They're part of the operation, just like all the bone sculpting and skin scraping. It's part of the way being pretty changes you.” (Westerfeld 265). Another example to show this would be when Tally asks, “Becoming pretty doesn't just change the way you look…” ,and David responds with “No, it changes the way you think” (Westerfeld 268).

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

She had a healthy body, she was intelligent. She had an “abundant sexual drive and possessed strong arms and back,” (2, 8-9). She was herself blind to her own positive qualities as she was too busy trying to please others with her looks, “she went to and fro apologizing,” (2, 10). She apologized to everyone for her imperfections. The imagery of, “Everyone saw a fat nose on thick legs” (2, 11), portrays the indifference society felt towards her. She wanted to be appreciated, but she was only seen her for her looks and not her inner self. She had learned from the time she was a child her imperfections made her not good enough or socially

“In a world of extreme beauty, anyone normal is ugly”(Scott Westerfeld). In the future, everyone is considered ugly and live in imperfect Uglyville, until they turn 16. The magical age where you get The Operation. The Operation that turns you pretty, lets you live in perfect Pretty Town, and is considered the most important thing in life. In the novel Uglies, written by Scott Westerfeld, he features the dystopian archetypes of a dehumanized state and conformity showing the result of everyone looking and acting the same way so the government can control them and maintain a position of high anarchy.

Reference: Roger McMichaels. A Deeper Look at Beauty. New York: Graymark, 1995. The quoted material is taken from page

does not think of herself as pretty, but in fact she believes that she is ugly

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.

Hungerford’s famous quote typically means that each person sees beauty in a different fashion. Therefore, yes it’s true that a person’s appearance can be described as beautiful, but that is only part of the definition of beauty.

On her head, she donned a short, black, and slick bob. She cut her hair that way in order to look classy, even only at certain angles. This morning, it was a struggle to keep the stray hairs in place, so she skipped taking a selfie. She had many times proudly called herself ugly in front of her friends, but can't stand the ugliness she was seeing in her reflection. She wanted to be paler, skinnier, taller...

Introduction In the book the “Uglies” the author Scott Westerfeld. Which is a story that is set in the future where everyone has to get plastic surgery by 16 years old or else they’re considered ugly. The author probably created this book because they wanted to show they’re readers how people at a very young age get easily manipulated into thinking that something is better for them and that they have to be pretty do do stuff while if they’re ugly then they get less benefits. And also probably that you don’t have to be pretty to be happy just be yourselves.

The classmate in this poem is a metaphor for society and how through puberty both sexes go through changes and become more aware of one another as well as pass judgment between both sexes, particularly more in women. The girl realizes that standards have been set for her and she needs to look a certain way to be beautiful. However, according to society she is just a girl with “ a great big nose and fat legs” and thus affecting her emotionally which has negative effects on her self-esteem and putting pressure on her emotionally ( Piercy 791).

In the world that tally lives in everyone turns pretty at the age of sixteen. She thinks since there is a minimum amount time left before she turns there is no need to be worried about getting caught, she thought even if she did they would still turn get the operation.

“‘Im Dr. Cable and this is special circumstances’” (105). Dr. Cable is the mastermind of the pretty operation. She makes the society think they are just getting an operation to be pretty. Really, she is changing more than just the looks. She is programming all pretties to have the same personality. They are unaware they are giving her complete control of the society. ”‘Not long after our discovery, special circumstances paid us a visit, they took our data and told us not to look further or we’d lose our licence, so it was either run away, or forget everything we’d found’” (266).This is why the uglies and pretties live separate from one another and are not allowed to socialize together. They do not want the uglies to notice the real change that happens after the operation. “You don't believe that crap do you, that there's only one way to look, and everyone is programmed to agree on it?” (“Uglies quotes”). Do you think Tally will find this out before she gets the operation, or will it be too late?

Tally Youngblood can’t wait till she turns sixteen in three months. When she does, she will receive a life changing surgery transforming her into a pretty. Tally would then reunite with her best friend, Peris, in New Pretty Town. In the meantime, she decides to meet Peris earlier than planned. When Tally finally finds Peris in a party tower, it seems as though Peris’s personality had vanished. He appeared annoyed, wishing she had visited when she was a pretty. As Tally was leaving to Uglyville, she found another Ugly named Shay hiding inside the Pleasure Garden. They soon became best friends as Shay taught Tally how to hoverboard and eventually visited the Rusty Ruins alone. At the Rusty Ruins, Shay wanted Tally to meet the mysterious David

Beauty is pain. Isn’t it? From hair and nails to skin care and pedicures, a women wants to feel beautiful inside and out. Women would go through just about anything to have the perfect eyebrow, manicure, and much more. Often what women envy most in other women is the genes of long beautiful hair.