Personal Growth In Ughes By Rudyard Kipling's Uglies

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“Growth is painful. Change is painful. But , nothing is as painful as staying stuck where you do not belong.” Narayana Murphy. To grow and find your place in the world you have to go through numerous changes in you life. Uglies is a book by Scott Westerfeild which dealt with personal growth and being confident in yourself. The poem “If” by Rudyard KIpling is a list of rules to help the reader be successful and find your place in the world. “The Third and Final Continent is a passage that described a man’s voyage to find his place in the world whilst living on three different continents. A theme shown throughout the texts is finding your place in the world and growing up, the thesis is developed through symbolism, plot, and conflict.
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For some on event can change their life forever, yet for others it takes many events to surface where they fit in. Tally has grown up a lot during the story as show in the text. “The pictures had made her sick the first day, and now here she was ready to save them.” (Westerfeild 277) Tally learned to love herself as an ugly and realised that being a Pretty does not symbolize growing up. The plot of the story sends the characters along a path of adventure and learning. The narrator found his place in the world through many trials and tribulations. “ We are American citizens now- we have decided to grow old here,” (The Third and Final Continent).After living in three different countries he and his wife felt happy and successful in the third and final continent. Through plot, the text describes “growing up” as harder than it seems. Often, people must change their surroundings to “grow up”. For example, in Uglies Tally did not grow up till she went to “The Smoke” and saw how life could be. Similarly, the narrator of “The Third and Final Continent” did not find his place till he moved to America. Moreover, various totems can symbolize growing

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