the Bad and the Ugly

experienced. Scott Westerfeld—in his novel Uglies—illustrates this commonality of human experience through that of Tally Youngblood, his societally divergent protagonist. The pivotal moments that signify her gradual, yet distinct moral development are clearly defined in specific segments of text. Moreover, the actual structure of the novel concretely separates the definitive changes in Tally’s moral worldview. It is through these phases that the Uglies protagonist’s character develops from being

We have evolved greatly over thousands of years, however we remain as a society with some bad habits. This is shown in the novel Uglies, model’s participating in annual Victoria’s Secret fashion shows, and the hit T.V show Botched. In today’s modern society, individuals or the majority of people will alter the way they appear or act in order to fit in with present day “Beauty”. In the fictional novel Uglies, set in a future where society now is close behind, society is different than present days

word against a black man's, the white man always wins. They're ugly, but those are the facts of life” (Lee 23.38-40). In To Kill a mockingbird there’s the subject of discrimination. To present, there is Atticus Finch and there is Tom Robinson. Atticus is a white man, a lawyer. And Tom is a black man, who was accused of raping a white woman. Atticus is most often called an n-word lover and teacher his mother-less children there’s ugly things in this world and he can’t hide them from them all the time

in the play. The three witches often appear in bad weather that affect the mood in the play. At the outset of the play, the witches are evil as they make ominous appearances. Shakespeare uses vivid language to represent the

not like them back then they must just be to ugly, or they are not good enough. I think that people also just judge what others think by the impression they give off. Colin always jumped to conclusions and thought the worst, that may be one of the main reasons people were not very interested. In my opinion self pity is very annoying because the person thinks the worst and looks down on themselves. People should not be worried about if they are to ugly, or not smart enough because that does not matter

it’s like for the “bad guys”. A great example of that type of person is Gregory Maguire, the author of Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West. The book which is told in the perspective of the Witches of Oz. But was later turned into a musical created by Stephen

Is beauty purely subjective or objective? Is it only white or black with no shades of gray? Both philosophers I am going to discuss would say yes, albeit on opposite ends of the spectrum. Ducasse defines beauty as “the capacity of an object aesthetically contemplated to yield feelings that are pleasant” (Ducasse, 1966). In summary, he means this to say that beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Frankly, this is a hard stance to counter because all it says is that if one thinks something is beautiful

others, wether one notices or not, greatly affect his or her life. In Toni Morrison’s novel The Bluest Eye, Pecola Breedlove, a young black girl with dark brown eyes, is deemed ugly. Although she does not possess ugliness; she “put it on, so to speak, although it did not belong to [her]” (Morrison 38). Pecola believes she is ugly because she does not meet the societal beauty standard. Pecola convinces herself that all her struggles are rooted in the fact that she not beautiful. If Pecola was white, blond

rid of both his sides so that he only has one. Henry Jekyll is a large man that is middleaged man. He was born into a very good family and had a good education. When he was young he started thinking that everyone has two sides. A good side and a bad side. So he didn’t want two sides, he just wanted a evil side. Edward hyde was alittle younger than henry jekyll. He was

the novel Uglies, written by Scott Westerfield, talks about how a society from the future resist the urge from anyone feeling left out of how they look. It also promotes peace among its recipients, with the idea that being beautiful trumps all forms of inequality,like race and orientation, because everyone is ugly at one point in their lives, than pretty in another. Tally’s society is controlled in an environment