“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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“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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In Uglies by Scott Westerfeld‚ it takes us hundreds of years into the future to talk about what bad will come to us and in actuality how good we have it now. It talks about the negative side of basically our biggest dreams. It all starts with the young 15 year old Tally in Uglyville‚ and her quest to see her "best friend" Peris. After sneaking into Prettyville Tally encounters a new friend‚ Shay. They share tricks and late night adventures into the forbidden outskirts of town. They
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Both me and Tally have a lot of hesitation when doing things out of our comfort circle‚ but our friends push us to the limit allowing us to have the time of our lives. In the book uglies there are multiple unique characters with various characteristics which portray them from one to the other‚ I feel that Tally is most similar to me in traits and characteristics. One of Tally’s fears that I also have in common with her is the fear
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Title: THE UGLY DUCKLING Author: Kristine Arenas Setting: Countryside Characters: Mother Duck‚ 4 Ducklings‚ Ugly duckling‚ Farmer’s Hunters Summary: Once upon a time‚ there lived a duck that grew up in the countryside. The duck had been sitting on her nest watching for her eggs to hatch. From each egg came a cute duckling that lifted its head and cried. Four ducklings had come out from their shell but there was still one that would not break. The mother was tired sitting on the eggs
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Hans Christian Andersen – The Ugly Duckling “The Ugly Duckling” has been described as Andersen’s most “confessional” work. Read the story and then research his life. Afterward‚ write how you feel that “The Ugly Duckling” is a metaphor for Hans’ life? In your analysis‚ make sure to include common characteristics between the author and the story’s central character and how you think Andersen decided to use the “ugly duckling” to tell his story. In the story The Ugly Duckling describes the eternal
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THE UGLY DUCKLING Casts: Alif Auzy Yoana Khalisha Desti Kumalasari Fina Salsabila Gita Permata Aryati Nur Atmi Pertiwi Rani Nuraini The Ugly Duckling Cast : * Alif as Father Duck / Hunter * Auzy Yoana Khalisha as Child 3 / “Beautiful” Ugly Duckling * Desti Kumalasari as Mother Duck / Old Lady * Fina Salsabila as Animal 2 / Child 2 / Swan 1 * Gita Permata Aryati as Narrator * Nur Atmi Pertiwi as Animal 1 / Child 1 / Swan 2 * Rani Nuraini
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Group Essay on Uglies By Claire‚ Tara‚ Tarah‚ Genevieve‚ and Soojin Introduction: “A perfection of means‚ and confusion of aims seems to be our main problem” (Einstein). As humans‚ we try to achieve perfection‚ and fail often. We know how to achieve what we want‚ but when it comes to what we want to achieve‚ we get very confused. We have been told by sci-fi authors repeatedly that striving for perfection will be the downfall of the human race. In Uglies by Scott Westerfeld‚ the government strives
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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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Scott Westerfeld’s book‚ Uglies takes place in a dystopian version of earth with advanced technology. Tally‚ the main character‚ is an average ‘Ugly’‚ a name for children/teenagers under the age of 16. Once a teenager turns 16‚ they go through a procedure that makes them impossibly pretty‚ which is the new ‘average’ look. Tally wants to be a pretty‚ but her friend Shay does not‚ due to many reasons. Shay unknowingly ruins Tally’s chance to turn pretty after escaping the city‚ managing to avoid the
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