Reading Response to Uglies by Scott Westerfeld

The book Uglies by Scott Westfield is a science fiction book about a young teenager named Tally who lives in a world in which by the time she turns 16, she gets the chance to get surgery to become completely gorgeous, eliminating any type of eating disorder or jealousy.I have read many times that beauty is usually defined by media, by the society. I have read how beauty is considered differently in this time period and how was considered to be in previous time periods. We can also see through the different fashion styles from different decades and we can see how they changed throughout time.

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