UGLIES

The beginning is a free thinking and hopeful individual….

The desired results is a obedient and compliant subject

Uglies• Excited for change• Led to believe that

the future is better than the present

• Constantly made to feel inadequate

• Treated like they are less than human but allowed to hope they will be equals soon

Pretties

• Compliant• Docile• No further

goals or expectations

• Predictable

Specials• Enforcers• Doctors• Anyone involved in

important roles where judgment and quick thinking is paramount

• Not under mind control

The different kinds of people IN-Town

Who is Tally? Our hero is a young girl named Tally. She starts this journey very much a part of the

society and believing in its methods and values. A free-spirited and somewhat mischievous teen. Smart and passionate. Physically and mentally tough. Willing to do anything for the people she cares about.

The “Smokies”A free living society of people that choose to leave their communites and live in the wilderness.

Tally joins this group against her will because the Specials won’t let her be made “pretty” unless she finds and betrays them.

These people pride themselves on living off the land and working as a community

Tally comes to love this lifestyle and decides to fight for it

What is Tally going to do? At the end of this book

our hero decides to risk sacrificing her individuality and freedom to think for herself in hopes of finding a cure for the mindlessness caused by the surgery.

Tally will allow herself to be turned “pretty” and thus have her brain scarred.

She will become just another drone-like follower.

Her friends will then kidnap her to test their cure

Today's ParallelsMedia Pressure Peer Pressure

Magazines and TV glamorize looks, but is there another underlying agenda more targeted at control?

From very early on in life we are encouraged to fit in and not be too different from our peers.

Today's ParallelsSocieties expectations that we never seem to question but maybe we should

Tools to keep you distracted

Work 40 hours a week Pay Taxes on….everything Everyone should have Children Drive a car Own a home

TV Internet Sports Money

Today’s Parallels

Good intentions taken to far Good intentions… so far

In the text we find that leadership imposes rules in the interest of safety.

All avenues of individual thought and value have been erased for the greater good.

In our own society we find that we do the same.

By law you must wear a seatbelt and in many states a helmet if on a motorcycle.

You can have your rights ignored if you’re a terrorist.

You may soon have to endure a cavity search to board a plane…..

The Moral of the Story In this book the leaders of society have chosen control as a

means to an end. Safety and security are assured by this.

We also note that safety and security do not make up a full life. A persons right to choose is more important to them than the

promise of their safety.

I feel this book is warning that if we keep allowing ridiculous laws to be passed under the guise of security, we risk loosing our rights to individuality all together.