Uglies Scott Westerfeld Book Report

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 book Every Last Word by Tamara Ireland Stone is a relatistic fiction about a girl named Samantha Mcalllister who looks justlike the rest of the populars girls in her junior class. But hidden beneath the expertly applied makeup is a secret her friends would never understand. Samantha has a purley-obsessional OCD and is consumbed by a stream of dark thoughts and worries she cannot turn off. Later on, she gets introduced toa poet's group by her friend, and slowly begings to feel normal, until she finds a new reason to question her sanity and all she

One book that I would consider my favorite book is "Uglies by Devin Gryson, Scott Westerfeld, and Steven Cummings". The authors were so descriptive when writing the novel they made sure to give a vivid image of what was occurring and the give a visual image of each character. The main goal for the characters was to become "pretty" through a surgery they are required to go through when turning sixteen. The surgery changes their appearance as well as their personality to make sure everyone was equal. As for some character who don't want to go through the producers they plan to escape to a town called "The Smoke". The novel demonstrates a dystopia environment with the "Pretties", while the "Uglies" are seem less important in a sense. As I read

The novel looks by madeline George follwes the story of two girls who struggle with their body image, which in turn causes them to feel and be invisible. The story begins with the two girls not knowing each other, but silently observing each other from afar. Meghan Ball who struggles with being obese in the book, sees her high school as a puzzle that her piece will never fit in, while Aimee Zorn who struggles with being underweight also feels invisible, but enjoys writing her feelings and observations in poems. The two girls eventually come together in the book, so that they can get revenge on one of the characters, Cara, a popular girl who seemingly lives a perfect life, and managed to hurt them both. The girls motives for coming together,

The second book in the Uglies trilogy by Scott Westerfeld, Pretties, is about a girl named Tally Youngblood, who is the main character throughout all the books. Tally is a sixteen-year-old who has just undergone the operation that changed her from an Ugly to a Pretty. Tally has become a member of the most popular group in New Pretty Town, the Crims. After attending a costume party, she discovers that she gave her consent to take an untested drug made by one of the leaders of New Smoke, a group that lives outside of the cities, in order to heal the lesions in her brain left by the operation. Tally and her friend Zane find the hidden

In Scott Westerfeld’s Uglies, Tally’s change is reflected by her behavior, thoughts, and words and proves the theme that powerful people are not automatically right. In the beginning, Tally acts rebellious; however, she still spent most of her time imagining life as a pretty because it was what the government and society told her to do. In contrast, Tally continues to be rebellious but, she does not see the appeal that being pretty once held for her and no longer wishes to become one. This is shown when Westerfeld writes, “But somehow not being ugly at all… and threw the necklace into the center of the fire” (Westerfeld, 267).

The book of uglies speaks for its self.its about a teenage girl named tally youngblood who is in for a surprise when she thinks her birthday is going to be a good day, the main character of the uglies is tally she is tricky but also smart. As well as faithful to her friends she make4s promises to.

In the novel The Uglies by Scott Westerfeld, Special Circumstances is a futuristic faction of people who are determined to find “The Smoke”. They are very interested in finding them because of the advantages in doing so will help the “Special Circumstances,” in finding reasons to escapes and how to control them.

The article discussion the importance of beauty to make Conrad in today’s society. Growing up as a teenager, American girls get exposed cosmetic treatments. Any surgery can be dangerous and cause fatal deaths. Statistics proves teenager are more likely to receive nose jobs and breast implants before turning 21 of age. Sandra Boodman confirmed that girls tends to compare themselves to models image not knowing its plastic work. This article also outlines the safety guidelines of plastic surgery. This website provide me with great information and statistics that is helpful. I chose this article because it is a common topic growing up as a teenager.

The Uglies is a book where a 16 year old girl named Tally has a big adventure and discovers that being pretty is not what it seems. It takes place in the distant future and could actually happen if you do not play your cards right. In Uglies Tally’s character changes when she arrives at the Smoke, meets David, and sees Shay again. In Uglies Tally’s character changes when she fell in love with David and lost Shay as her friend when David gave her the gloves and she liked him even more: “I got you something” “she opened the handmade wrapping paper and pulled out a pair of gloves.”

“‘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?

As I read Uglies, I see pretties not being friends with the uglies because they are not like them. I think that this is wrong, you should be friends with everyone, no matter what they look like. In the book, Tally’s friend, Peris, stopped contacting her when he turned pretty. He did this because he felt that he should only be friends with people like him. If it was a real friendship he would have just stayed friends with her, no matter what. You should get to know a person before judging them. As Shay says in the book, “Your personality - the real you inside - was the price of

“Ugly” by Robert Hoge and illustrated by Keith Robinson is a memoir about a boy that was born with a tumor the size of a tennis ball in the middle of his face and short, twisted legs. Surgeons removed the tumor and made him a new nose. Robert survived many hard surgeries-only to discover that other kids and adults could be cruel about the way he looked. He had fights with his family and troubles with his teachers. But nothing stopped Robert. He refused to let the judgements of other people ruin him.

In this day and age, the epidemic of these so called ‘beauty’ standards is only getting worse and worse. Because of photo modification, low self esteem in regular everyday people is starting to become something that is nearly considered normal. Today, 42% of girls from age 5-8 want to be skinnier, 52% of girls aged 9 to 13 feel better when they are dieting and by the age of 17, 78% of girls are unhappy with their own bodies. Think about

You don’t have blue eyes or blonde hair, instead you have brown hair and brown eyes and you believe that you are ugly because in your head beauty is defined as having blonde hair and blue eyes. The depression will consume your body and eventually eat you up. As the girl grows up she will want to have plastic surgery to change her appearance at an early age. Heidi Montag, for example at only 23 years old underwent 10 procedures to look like Barbie. Montag underwent surgery on nearly every part of her body, such as neck liposuction, buttock augmentation, and mini brow lift, chin reduction and Botox on her forehead (The Hills, 2010). According to the Daily Telegraph Heidi stated that she wants to look like Barbie and that’s why she underwent so many surgeries. To this day she is still not satisfied with her appearance and wants to undergo more procedures. What these girls don’t understand is that we all come in shapes and sizes and there are some things that are genetic and can’t be changed. They grow up with this image of the ideal woman and will do anything to achieve it. Being a girl I know what it’s like to want to be perfect and have the perfect figure and wanting the attention but in reality it’s all about confidence and how one carries themselves to others. Self-esteem issues cannot be gained or lost because of a doll but it can help to discourage some girls. We live in a society that sexualizes woman and causes even young girls to