University:
University of New Orleans
Course:
ENGL 2341 | Intro to Literature
Academic year:

2024
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99

Pages:

1
Author:

Migel R.

Scott Westerfeld - Uglies Uglies is a story about a world where everyone is ugly. You have to be sixteen years old before you can become pretty. At the beginning of the book, a girl named Tally sneaks into a party in New Pretty Town to see her friend, who is three months older than her and has just had surgery to make him look better. She gets out of New Pretty Town without getting caught, but she makes a new friend named Shay who shares her birthday. Then Shay and Tally become best friends. But a week before their birthdays, Shay tells Tally that she doesn't want to become pretty. It was Shay's dream to visit a town called The Smoke, where everyone was treated the same and each person was beautiful in their own way. Shay also asked Tally to join her on the run, but she said no. After about a week, Tally is called to the hospital for her surgery. When she gets to the hospital, Dr. Cable tells her that she might not be able to have the surgery until she finds her friend and turns her in. She is told to find Shay in The Smoke and report her back. When she finally gets there, she meets a boy named David whose parents ran away to The Smoke when they were young adults. The big secret that David's parents told him was that the surgery changed more than just your face. It changed your mind too. You thought you were the most beautiful person in the world and everyone else was ugly. Tally's view changed a lot because of this. She decided one day to set fire to the pendant necklace that Dr. Cable had given her as a way to talk to him. The next morning, there were people all over the smoke capturing people who lived there and bringing them into the city. Without realizing it, Tally had shown The Smoke. Tally and David, on the other hand, got away and sneaked into the city to save their friends.