Uglies

one of the most fascinating riddles of philosophy” (Borghini). A person 's concept of beauty changes many times during the course of his/her life. Scott Westerfeld demonstrates how a person’s concept of beauty is continually changing in the book The Uglies. To come of age a person should go through three main stages of beauty, which includes innocent beauty, experimental beauty, and mature beauty. In the beginning of the book, Tally has an innocent outlook on beauty and illustrates that in order to

sentence at the end of the first book in the Uglies series, written by Scott Westerfeld. The Uglies is set in a futuristic time, where everyone is considered “ugly” until they have an operation to make them “pretty” at the age of sixteen. In many ways, the book connects to modern time. Scott Westerfeld is trying to give a message about vanity, being yourself, and having flaws, because of the connections between our current world today and the world of the Uglies. The author was giving a message about vanity

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

ingredients of a book that hailed a new approach toward writing, trailblazing a whole subgenre of fictitious works. This book, a book which will stand the test of time, embodies the female struggle in an oppressive society. This book, Scott Westerfeld’s Uglies, will survive as it became a beacon in the new style of young adult dystopian novels with female protagonists. This book, much in the same way that Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre inspired writers like Jean Rhys to write Wide Sargasso Sea and Gilbert

Youngblood cannot wait to turn sixteen and get the operation that will turn her from an ugly into a pretty, where she can move into Pretty Town and worry only about having fun. However, her friend Shay decides she would rather stay ugly and runs away before she gets the operation herself. The authorities – known as Specials and led by Dr. Cable – tell Tally that she can either find Shay and bring her back or stay ugly forever. Initially choosing to bring Shay in, Tally realizes that she was sent not just

individual and retaining personal ideals which may ultimately result in a connection. This is explored in Emily Dickinson’s selected poetry I died for beauty, but was scarce and I had been hungry all the years , as well as Scott Westerfeld’s novel Uglies. These texts all depict a struggle between being recognised and accepted in society and the desire to remain true to one’s self, exploring the paradoxical nature of belonging which, on one hand, provides fulfilment, but also removes a sense of personal

Discrimination based on physical appearance, or lookism, has had a heavy impact throughout history. For example, it is a common belief that John F. Kennedy’s more favorable looks were a contributing factor in his 1960 presidential win against Richard Nixon. To a lot of people, it may appear that beautiful people have an unfair advantage in life. As a result of this belief, a world where becoming beautiful is a rite of passage for all people seems to have an almost utopia-like quality, but that is

To begin the new millennium, David McNally produced the #4 ranking movie in the nation--Coyote Ugly. Due to the charming nature of Piper Perabo, who plays the main character Violet Sanford, there was a definite draw from its start and its message said, “the party never ends.”. The first thing to notice about Coyote Ugly is the small-town-girl plot. David McNally, an English director of film and television, brilliantly directed this movie in a way that made you want to learn more about the small-town-girl

reading of my chosen novel, Uglies, I have noticed a theme emerging in the story. I think a theme that is surfacing in the story is, "Even the most fundamental beliefs about reality are not true in themselves. Our thinking makes them true in our experience." I think that works perfectly with the story so far because the main character, Tally, always had these beliefs about being an Ugly, and turning into a Pretty. After being in the Smoke, she's learned things about Uglies and Pretties that not many

Rudyard Kipling, and Uglies by Scott Westerfeld. Although all the texts have a similar theme, all of them have different ways of expressing them. In Uglies, the theme is revealed through plot, setting, and characterization. It is revealed through characterization in “If”, and plot and setting in “Interpreter of Maladies”. Through these literary devices, the theme of Uglies, “If”, and “Interpreter of Maladies”,that in order to be happy, people must accept themselves for who they