Ugly‚ Pretty‚ or Reality? Imagine a society of extreme beauty that anyone normal is considered ugly. Although the two classifications of‚ ugly and pretty are viewed as immensely different‚ they have one thing in common. Being in either one these categories causes not only domination of physical appearance‚ but also steals the identity of an individual. The only way out is sacrifice. Westerfield’s dystopian fiction novel‚ Uglies tells the story of an adolescent girl‚ Tally Youngblood‚ who is trapped
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Within the riveting science-fiction book “Uglies”‚ Scott Westerfeld not only keeps the reader entertained‚ but also reveals the negative aspects of conformity. He relays this information while using events and actions throughout the storyline. Tally‚ the protagonist‚ rebels against the submissive tradition’s of her customs. Although many other themes are also conveyed in this book‚ the main message is clear: Fear of alienation in society causes one to suppress to conformity. Being just like
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Generous David is a character in the book the Uglies by Scott Westerfield who is both hardworking and generous. In the book there are two different types of people such as the pretties and the uglies. Also when you turn sixteen years old you have the surgery to become pretty‚ but some people like David‚ Shay‚ and Tally don’t get the surgery and go to a town called Smoke that David’s parents created. David was an ugly with a nice smile and his face held a kind of confidence. David
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“Uglies” is about a place that separated two towns called Uglyville and Pretty Town. People who are ugly lived in Uglyville and people who were pretty lived in Pretty Town. A girl named Tally Youngblood had been waiting all her life to turn 16 because that is the age where she is able to turn pretty. To become pretty you have to go through plastic surgery and they will fix up everything to make you picture perfect. When you have become a pretty‚ your whole lifestyle changes. You live with no regrets
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started a frenzy among movie goers. After the film‚ many people rushed to their local Goodwill store. Ugly sweaters have made a comeback. The film is hilarious‚ and the recent sweater craze has started a new trend at holiday parties. The characters in the movie wear ugly sweaters on Christmas Eve‚ and they have a plan to make their Christmas Eve a memorable night. A Bit of Nostalgia The ugly sweater trend comes with a bit of nostalgia. Christmas sweaters were popular gifts in the 1980’s. Once
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Three hundred years from now‚ one girl by the name of Tally must decide from being surgically beautiful‚ and living the rest of her life being ugly but with her friend. In the book Uglies by Scott Westerfeld‚ Tally begins as a 15-year-old girl who eagerly awaits her 16th birthday where she will turn pretty. On the day of her “Sweet 16”‚ the Special Circumstances people pick her up rather than the doctors. Everybody receives the surgery in which doctors basically cosmetically reconstruct him or her
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Travis R. Drakeford 09/21/2014 EN1420 ITT Technical Institute Elizabeth Hermans The Ugly Canadian An article from Amir Attaran called “The Ugly Canadian” is an article have Mr. Attaran fighting for Canadian rights. Attaran studied law and decided to become a Canadian despite learning its disappointing flaws throughout his educational career. Amir Attaran really was aim to convince Canadians that the government is disgracing their image and that they are not living up to the
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Valerie College Composition I Autobiography Essay / Ugly‚ Beautiful Shoes February 1‚ 2014 “I’m tired of this motherf!*%ing place‚” was the explicit profanity that echoed down the five-star hotel’s corridors. The yelling abruptly interrupted my own silent screams from within. It was Jackie‚ my loud‚ obnoxious co-worker‚ furiously stampeding out of the kitchen towards me as if she were a bull charging after a matador. I was unaware that this anarchic scene was created by
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“The sky was the color of cat vomit” is the first sentence of the book Uglies by Scott Westerfeld. The hook sentence of Uglies already shows Tally’s pessimistic view of things. Uglies is set in the future because it is a dystopian book‚ also because it is a negative way of seeing the future. In this book characters are born looking “ugly” until their 16th birthday where they get mandatory plastic surgery. After the surgery they are called “pretty” and will live somewhere called New Pretty Land where
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The Good‚ The Better‚ and The Ugly As a foreign student I have confronted many difficulties specially when writing English because it is not my first language. In addition‚ once classes started I felt uneasy in English 1301 to be taught by Professor Belz; however‚ once in class I noticed several points‚ for instance‚ the good‚ the better‚ and the ugly facts from taking a college level class for English. First of all‚ while I was taking the English 1301 class I noticed good quality points in the
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