Uglies Scott Westerfeld Analysis

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College Essay: Uglies Imagine if every day you woke up thinking you were ugly. Every time you look into the mirror you get a gross taste in your mouth from looking at your reflection. Could these thoughts even be possible? They are, and they are ugly. In the book Uglies by Scott Westerfeld, the main character Tally struggles with these thoughts every day until she becomes 16. In the world she lives in a person is considered ugly until his or her sixteenth birthday. It’s not like getting your license; it’s like getting an entire new life. You are whisked away to have a surgery that will turn you into a dream girl and live in a super high-tech society. Although from an outside perspective this world seems pretty, only those inside can see that it is ugly. In…show more content…
One example of bad criticism is from Infinity Book Reviews. Josh Barkman states, “ I really didn’t like the concept the author used for this series. He used the society’s (more specifically, the youth’s) desires to fit into their concept for ideal beauty, and created a world wherein turning “Pretty” was the ultimate achievement that can be attained in life. In this world, all of the “Uglies” undergo an operation when they come of age and turn into party-freak “Pretties” my feel is it down right degrading as a human being.” The reviewer shows he doesn’t like the way Westerfeld writes the novel by taking the concept of girl’s self-conscience and making a huge twist on it. Another bad critique of Uglies is from Imaginary Books. Natalie Altish says, “ by the end of the book the concept of this dystopia wasn't as fresh anymore, and I ended up disliking Tally even more than I did in the beginning.” She shows she didn’t agree with the writing styles of Westerfeld. The various critiques show that many people can like the novel but also dislike how Westerfeld used a dystopian society to solve some of today’s current
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