Imagine living in the future, and having society being sectioned off by being beautiful and ugly. Imagine on your sixteenth birthday having to take the risk of a life changing surgery JUST to be pretty. Would you change who you are, just to meet society's beauty standards. In Uglies by Scott Westerfeld, Tally Youngblood thinks having supermodel looks are the key to life, but when realizing the hard truth, everything she believed became one big lie. A significant passage of the book occurs when “One new legend towered above all the rest. Maddy had decided that the brain lesions couldn’t be kept a secret anymore; every ugly had the right to know what the operation really entailed. Tally and the others spread the rumor among their city friends:
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First was Uglyville, the futuristic, segregated setting. Uglyville, brainwashed Tally, and many others who were “ugly”, by telling them the message, if you want to be beautiful then you got to change who you are. The Second was the Smoke, the rustic, hardworking setting. The Smoke wasn't as wealthy and high tech as Uglyville, but it allowed the Uglies who had run away, to live staying who they are and able to not follow the foolish rules Uglyville had established. For example, when Tally argued with her friend, Shay, about leaving the city to live at the Smoke, “We don't have to look like everyone else, Tally, and act like everyone. We’ve got a choice. We can grow up any way we want.” (Westerfeld, 86). These two locations in Uglies represent symbols of the plot. Uglyville, Special Circumstances, and New Pretty Town is like our (the reader's) self doubts and troubles, whereas the Smoke is us, the society. Given these facts, the setting connects and has a meaning in Uglies, and is also the reason why Tally went against Uglyville and its …show more content…
This book teaches teens who are either insecure or are struggling with appearance valuable lessons. Also, this book would be highly recommended for readers who enjoy sci fi and futuristic genres. Next, I would rate this book at a high eight. Uglies had a inspirational moral to the story, and shocking turns and twists, as in David’s father being dead, or when Tally thought she escaped her problems by destroying the necklace with a tracker in it, but little did she know it was going to backfire on her,“The next morning she awoke to chaos, the sounds of running, shouting, and the scream of machines invading her dreams. Out the bunkhouse window, the sky was full of hover cars. Special circumstances had arrived.” (Westerfeld, 268). I didn't rate this book at the highest of ten, because when reading the ending I was expecting a more exciting or breathtaking end. But all in all, this book was relatable, taught me to love who I am, and was an enjoyable
First was Uglyville, the futuristic, segregated setting. Uglyville, brainwashed Tally, and many others who were “ugly”, by telling them the message, if you want to be beautiful then you got to change who you are. The Second was the Smoke, the rustic, hardworking setting. The Smoke wasn't as wealthy and high tech as Uglyville, but it allowed the Uglies who had run away, to live staying who they are and able to not follow the foolish rules Uglyville had established. For example, when Tally argued with her friend, Shay, about leaving the city to live at the Smoke, “We don't have to look like everyone else, Tally, and act like everyone. We’ve got a choice. We can grow up any way we want.” (Westerfeld, 86). These two locations in Uglies represent symbols of the plot. Uglyville, Special Circumstances, and New Pretty Town is like our (the reader's) self doubts and troubles, whereas the Smoke is us, the society. Given these facts, the setting connects and has a meaning in Uglies, and is also the reason why Tally went against Uglyville and its …show more content…
This book teaches teens who are either insecure or are struggling with appearance valuable lessons. Also, this book would be highly recommended for readers who enjoy sci fi and futuristic genres. Next, I would rate this book at a high eight. Uglies had a inspirational moral to the story, and shocking turns and twists, as in David’s father being dead, or when Tally thought she escaped her problems by destroying the necklace with a tracker in it, but little did she know it was going to backfire on her,“The next morning she awoke to chaos, the sounds of running, shouting, and the scream of machines invading her dreams. Out the bunkhouse window, the sky was full of hover cars. Special circumstances had arrived.” (Westerfeld, 268). I didn't rate this book at the highest of ten, because when reading the ending I was expecting a more exciting or breathtaking end. But all in all, this book was relatable, taught me to love who I am, and was an enjoyable