Special Circumstance Sparknotes
The Antagonist in Uglies is Special Circumstance The group leader, . They are the ones that take part in doing the operations to turn the uglies into pretties. They feel that the uglies are lower quality based on their looks and feel that by creating an operation where people can all look and have the same mind that everything will by peacefully. During the operation, they change out the uglies so that everyone has the perfect body. But what the new pretty don’t know is they install lesion, which allow the pretties to think the way Special Circumstance want them to. So, not only does the operation change the way they look but also their personalities and thoughts. Special Circumstance are people that are an upgrade from the pretties, having
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An example of this theme in the novel was when Tally went to Peris, who was a pretty. “There was a certain kind of beauty, a prettiness that everyone could see. Big eyes and full lips like a kid’s; smooth, clear skin; symmetrical features; and a thousand other little clues. Somewhere in the backs of their minds, people were always looking for these markers. No one could help seeing them, no matter how they were brought up. A million years of evolution had made it part of the human brain.” This proves that the characters in the novel are mainly only looking at people’s looks compared to their personality, which is what they should be looking at instead. In their society, the characters are mainly only looking at people’s looks compared to their personality, which is what they should be looking at instead of what you look like. Another piece of evidence was when Shay and Tally were hanging out in the pool. “Shay splashed a handful of water at her. ‘You don’t believe in that crap, do you - that there’s only one way to look and everyone’s programmed to agree on it?’ ‘It’s not about believing, Shay. You just know it…’” This conversation between Shay and Tally shows that everyone in their community think you have to look a certain way and if you were different, you were called an ugly. Shay believes that we have the choice to choose who is ugly and
An example of this theme in the novel was when Tally went to Peris, who was a pretty. “There was a certain kind of beauty, a prettiness that everyone could see. Big eyes and full lips like a kid’s; smooth, clear skin; symmetrical features; and a thousand other little clues. Somewhere in the backs of their minds, people were always looking for these markers. No one could help seeing them, no matter how they were brought up. A million years of evolution had made it part of the human brain.” This proves that the characters in the novel are mainly only looking at people’s looks compared to their personality, which is what they should be looking at instead. In their society, the characters are mainly only looking at people’s looks compared to their personality, which is what they should be looking at instead of what you look like. Another piece of evidence was when Shay and Tally were hanging out in the pool. “Shay splashed a handful of water at her. ‘You don’t believe in that crap, do you - that there’s only one way to look and everyone’s programmed to agree on it?’ ‘It’s not about believing, Shay. You just know it…’” This conversation between Shay and Tally shows that everyone in their community think you have to look a certain way and if you were different, you were called an ugly. Shay believes that we have the choice to choose who is ugly and