The Uglies Essay
I think that the book The Uglies is very similar to our generation now. In the book you are judged by your appearances, teens consider themselves awkward and ugly. They also think that the adults do not understand what they go through as kids, and everything is different from when they were that age. This is exactly how our generation is now. The book takes place in the future, they have hover boards, and their whole life is based around “the operation”, but besides all of that there isn’t a huge difference between our world now and The Uglies.
I think that The Uglies is similar to our generation now because people only care about their appearance and how others see them. The only thing our generation is worried about is our physical appearance; it is all superficial, similar to how the pretties are viewed.
“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…” (16)
I think that they created the operation based on a belief that without it they were ugly.
“She thought of the orchids spreading across the plains below, choking the life out of other plants, out of the soil itself, selfish and unstoppable. Tally Youngblood was a weed. And, unlike the orchids, she wasn't even a pretty one.” (232)
Tally is battling what all teenagers today are facing, and that is low self esteem. I think the only reason she feels this way is due to how her society’s view of outer beauty. No one in this book valued inner beauty.
“She'd been an ugly for four years, but a few extra days had brought home to her exactly what the word really meant. Tally peered into her mirror all day, noting every flaw, every deformity. Her thin lips pursed with unhappiness. Her hair grew even frizzier because she kept running her hands through it in frustration. A trio of zits
I think that The Uglies is similar to our generation now because people only care about their appearance and how others see them. The only thing our generation is worried about is our physical appearance; it is all superficial, similar to how the pretties are viewed.
“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…” (16)
I think that they created the operation based on a belief that without it they were ugly.
“She thought of the orchids spreading across the plains below, choking the life out of other plants, out of the soil itself, selfish and unstoppable. Tally Youngblood was a weed. And, unlike the orchids, she wasn't even a pretty one.” (232)
Tally is battling what all teenagers today are facing, and that is low self esteem. I think the only reason she feels this way is due to how her society’s view of outer beauty. No one in this book valued inner beauty.
“She'd been an ugly for four years, but a few extra days had brought home to her exactly what the word really meant. Tally peered into her mirror all day, noting every flaw, every deformity. Her thin lips pursed with unhappiness. Her hair grew even frizzier because she kept running her hands through it in frustration. A trio of zits