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Bernadette Basinger
Miss. Griffith
English 9-4
3 March 2016
The Specials Many people, today, judge others and separate themselves from each other. In the book, Specials by Scott Westerfeld, there is a society made of four different groups of people called pretties, uglies, specials and extras. Pretties, uglies, specials and extras are people who are special surgeries so they can change the way they look, their agility and other features of their body. Through the book the specials are trying to end the use of a drug that is given to the pretties to lessen their intelligence. Tally is a Cutter in their society. Cutters are a branch of Special Circumstances. The Cutters are led by Tally's friend, Shay. They are sent to an uglies party to
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Her bones were replaced aircraft ceramic, which made them lighter and indestructible and now her muscles repair themselves. Also, her hearing is improved and all of her senses are improved at a great amount. Smokies are sneaking in pills with nanos, which destroys the pretties brain cells and keeps them stupid and mellow. Tally tries to arrest the Smoky, who escape by flying into the air by using a bungee jacket. The criminal is saved by Smokies on hoverboards, including their leader David. Tally and the other Cutters get on their hoverboards and race to arrest the Smokies. Even with the Cutters' skills, they manage to get away. The Smokies had the advantage because the stole hover boards from the specials. Tally gets injured and separated from the rest of the group. When Tally reunites with Shay the Cutters, she learns the pills were to going delivered to the Crims. The Crims are a group of trouble makers. The Crim that it was supposed to be delivered is Zane. Tally and Shay go to see Zane, who is a pretty. He is still damaged from the nano pills. Yet, he's helping the Crims give out thousands of pills, which resulted in a new breed of smart pretties. Tally asked Zane to turn on his Smokey allies, and he agrees to do it for
In this society everyone is obsessed with beauty. And the Uglies are the people between the ages of 12 and 16 they live in a remote community far from the beautiful people. In this community the Uglies anxiously wait for their 16th birthday. At the age of 16 they go through a mandatory plastic surgery in order to live up to society’s standards. After they go through plastic surgery they will be known as pretties, and they will also live with all of the other gorgeous people.
Imagine a world where the government has finally made every induvial equal in every aspect of their lives. In the short story, “Harrison Bergeron” by Kurt Vonnegut Jr., this is a living reality. In this society, the strong, intelligent, and beautiful are required to wear handicaps of heavy weights, earphones, and masks, thus rendering their attributes equal to everyone. With a government constantly pushing for equality among all citizens, Vonnegut reveals a dystopia that society is slowly working toward. Vonnegut uses foreshadowing to reveal the future of society by using Harrison Bergeron and Diana Moon Glampers as mechanisms to reveal the horrors of allowing citizens to be too equal.
In today society, beauty in a woman seems to be the measured of her size, or the structure of her nose and lips. Plastic surgery has become a popular procedure for people, mostly for women, to fit in social class, race, or beauty. Most women are insecure about their body or face, wondering if they are perfect enough for the society to call the beautiful; this is when cosmetic surgery comes in. To fix what “needed” to be fixed. To begin with, there is no point in cutting your face or your body to add or remove something most people call ugly. “The Pitfalls of Plastic Surgery” explored the desire of human to become beyond perfection by the undergoing plastic surgery. The author, Camille Pagalia, took a look how now days how Americans are so obsessed
Despite fear, the risk of arrest, and the risk of dying for helping other people Raoul Wallenberg saved upwards of a hundred thousand Jewish lives from Nazis in Budapest, Hungary, earning the title “Angel of Budapest”. Wallenberg’s selfless actions defined him as an individual, not his noble, wealthy family’s actions. Without the work of Raoul Wallenberg about one hundred thousand lives would have ended in the Holocaust.
Now that I have read several chapters of my chosen book for Book Club, I have realized the significance of my book title. My book, Uglies takes place in a dystopian society where groups of people are separated based off of their looks. The Uglies are biased to think that they're not normal, and that they don't fit in. Their government gave them the opportunity to start anew by undergoing a procedure that makes you perfect. But, there are some Uglies that believe Pretties are too perfect. They don't have a creative thought in their heads, and all they care about is being pretty and partying. Uglies aren't unnatural parts of their society. Pretties are. You only think you're ugly when you're told there's someone who's prettier than you. Uglies
“More” is a touching, thought-provoking claymation film, directed by Mark Osborne, following the rise of a struggling inventor living in a colorless, monotonous society and working in a factory assembly line, building the same product day in and day out. In a short 6 minutes, the film explores the meaning of true happiness and questions the worth of success as a result of fame and wealth. Mark Osborne’s film proves that achieving innovation and success come at a high personal cost, and one must be willing to make sacrifices in order to catalyze positive change in a community. The films begins with colorful images of children playing on a merry-go-round, which represent memories of the protagonist's lively youth, contrasting the bleak reality
Scott Westfeld’s the uglies has some characteristics of Tally the main character in the story. Tally is a very faithful friend towards Shay. On a Different side of things ally is very sneaky she will tell her opinions in a heartbeat. Tally is the most charming person in the story. Her ventures ways with shay are dangerous Throughout the story. Tally’s character is very unique to others in the story. Tally’s character is charming and she is passionate about others.
The piece was set in 2081 and everyone was said to be equal. The government made people wear devices to make them equal to everyone else, for example if you were stronger than average you had to wear extra weights or if you were pretty you had to wear a mask like in this quote. “…They were burdened with sash weights and bags of birdshot, and their faces were masked, so that no one, seeing a free and graceful gesture or a pretty face would feel like something the cat drug in” (Vonnegut) Although people could not get a straight idea out before a mental handicap radio in their ear would buzz, it would be obviously whether or not a person was pretty or not depending on if the person is wearing a mask. Their attempt to make everyone equal could not be too affective, if everyone knew what each handicap device was to cover
...ind their little cousins wallet in Hoyt’s pocket. This is Hoyt’s ticket out of here, explaining to the men that earlier in the day he had saved her from being raped single-handedly, Alonzo standing close by lighting a cigarette. Later that night Alonzo is murdered by the Russian mafia because Hoyt tips them off as to where he is going, again the criminal taken down in street justice.
were springing up from the ground. Jason hid from them, but then came up with a plan for getting rid of
Society manifests its obsession with physical perfection by having surgical procedures done on daily basis. These surgeries allow for almost any cosmetic transformation. For example a person can have anything from removing a birthmark to inserting breast implants to having a tummy tuck done on their body. Society manifests their obsession with physical perfection by having these procedures done to them. These procedures enable society to achieve 'perfection';, much like Georgiana in the 'Birthmark';.
Maureen, her nanny, whose face is riddled with defects, still inspires Coralie to think that, “she [is] beautiful, despite her scars” (10), despite the imperfections she, herself, posses. Then I realized: Isn’t this the true nature of life? Don’t we often look at ourselves, picking out the flaws that we think others will notice? I do this too often, never once thinking that, in reality, people often don’t notice these imperfections or look down on us for them. For instance, Dove had created a commercial that placed women in a position where they had to describe themselves in front of an artist. Accordingly, other women with whom they had met previously were asked to describe them. Of course, the outcome is completely different, yet many women can’t see that. Due to this blind nature, people often try to remove their faults, alike to Coralie, who “attempted to rid herself of the webbing with a sharp knife…” (19), which seems extreme, however many nowadays go through cosmetic procedures to ‘fix’ themselves too. This struggle of accepting ourselves is by no means new—it is an eternal static that doesn’t seem to
Flipping through the pages of Vogue's latest edition, 23 year-old Susan seems quite upset. She struggles with the thought of lacking the perfect body and delicate features in order to be considered attractive. Surprisingly, Susan is not alone in this kind of an internal struggle. In contemporary society, every other woman aspires to have the lips of Angelina Jolie and the perfect jaw line of Keira Knightley. Society today looks down upon individuals that do not fit in, whether in terms of body shape or facial attractiveness. This forces them to consider the option of 'ordering beauty.' Since cosmetic surgery is no longer a social taboo in America given its widespread popularity, more people are promoting it which ultimately affects the rest of the world due to the unwavering influence of American culture. Cosmetic surgery should be deterred in the US because it promotes the idea of valuing appearance over ability, gives rise to unrealistic expectations, and brings with it high cost to society.
and that everyone would want to know them. Thus the boys decide to go forth and try to find the body. The boys pack their belongings up and all tell their parents that they are sleeping over one of the others house and the next day they are going to the drag races. So they meet up downtown and get ready to embark on their journey. Gordy and Chris meet up together first and Chris shows the .45 pistol that he borrowed from his old man, who was probably too drunk to notice. But while holding Gordy asks if its loaded and Chris tells him it isnt. But when he pulls the trigger it fires. They take off from behind the building where they were. They go to meet the other two guys and set off on their journey.
Craig and Smokey get into some trouble with the neighborhood dealer, Big Worm. Smokey sells pot for him, but can't pay him the money he owes because he and Craig smoked the pot.