Uglies Scott Westerfeld Summary

In Scott Westerfeld's dystopian novel Uglies, chapter thirteen is one of the most important chapters and where the conflict begins. This chapter, Special Circumstances, stood out to me because this is where the action starts and Tally begins to realize that the pretty life might not be the best life.
This chapter fits into the story as a whole because this is where the specials start getting involved and this is where the conflict begins. In this chapter, Tally starts to to question being pretty when the specials threatened to keep her pretty just because she kept a promise to her friend. This chapter adds to the plot of the story because it begins the conflict between Tally and the society. The conflict is whether or not Tally would expose …show more content…
The author had done this so that the reader could experience the same fear and curiosity that Tally was going through. For example, “They were all dressed in formals, raw silks in black and gray, and their faces had the same cold, hawkish look.” Here the specials were being described, which lead to the reader imagining the specials are scary and hawk like. Another example, “ Her voice had the same slow, neutral cadence as a bedtime book. But it hardly made Tally sleepy. An edge was hidden in the voice, like a piece of metal slowly marking glass.” In this example, the author is using descriptions to help the reader understand the voice of the specials and how that could have affected Tally’s outlook. These examples show that the overall style of the author makes it so that the reader can share these experiences with Tally. The author makes this possible by using a very descriptive style as shown in this chapter. The authors descriptive style sets a mood or tone throughout the book because he has a certain style that includes the readers in the journey. By including the readers in the journey, the readers feel curious throughout the book because they feel as if they are in the journey and don’t know what would happen