Uglies by Scott Westerfeld
I started reading this series of books a few years ago, but like most things I just never finished them. So I decided to start over from the beginning. There are four books, and the first is Uglies. It is a book based in the future. This is clear due to the crazy technology and this society's totally new way of thinking about how our humankind looks. People that look like how normal people look today are considered “ugly”, and on everyone’s 16th birthday they get an operation to become “pretty”. Basically the operation makes everyone perfect, it takes away human flaw, and gives everyone the best life they could imagine. After getting the operation teenagers are moved to a new town to party and be pretty with other pretty people.
I started reading this series of books a few years ago, but like most things I just never finished them. So I decided to start over from the beginning. There are four books, and the first is Uglies. It is a book based in the future. This is clear due to the crazy technology and this society's totally new way of thinking about how our humankind looks. People that look like how normal people look today are considered “ugly”, and on everyone’s 16th birthday they get an operation to become “pretty”. Basically the operation makes everyone perfect, it takes away human flaw, and gives everyone the best life they could imagine. After getting the operation teenagers are moved to a new town to party and be pretty with other pretty people.
Tally, the main character has just lost her best friend, Peris, to New Pretty Town, because he is three months older than her and has been turned pretty. Tally, wants nothing more than to become pretty and be with Peris. She feels like a young gross child, still having all her impurities. Through the book Tally starts to realize there is more to life than just partying and being pretty, and she values her three months as an ugly more than she would have originally thought. There is a good deal of excitement in this book, as Tally and a new friend have a few adventures. The whole pot and idea of the book is quite interesting.
Right off the bat Westerfeld uses an odd style, and describes the surroundings in different way, “The early summer sky was the color of cat vomit.” This statement is off putting and kind of gross, but it paints a picture. It says something about both Westerfeld’s writing style but also ties into the character of Tally. At the beginning of the book Tally has very a negative outlook on being ugly, and really a negative outlook on her whole life. She thinks all her problems will be solved by this big operation.
The image shows how even though Tally thinks she is an "ugly", she is what we would think today is normal. Just an average girl, but because of the world she lives in she is thought to be ugly. I think it's interesting to think about what it would be like if we all looked perfect. Even our pretty people today would still be considered ugly until they got the operation.
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