The Uglies distopic responce

In the novel The Uglies by Scott Westerfeild, there is many dystopic characteristics that shine through while reading. For example the people that live in ugly ville and pretty ville are not really told about the outside world they are kept sheltered, their society is perceived as perfect and the outside world is known as evil. The major thing i picked up on that i thought was very dystopic, was that they brain wash the young uglies into thinking there disgusting and worthless that everyone of them doesn't seem to question the surgery and is eager to have it happen as quick as possible because they can't stand being ugly and stuck in the wrong world. They are given games to show them how pretty they could be one day and the young uglies don't question what really happens to your brain or personality. "This whole game is just designed to make us hate ourselves". "Tally swallowed, because were so ugly and skinny thats why they hate us". The uglies are basically shunned from their original community called pretty ville and they have to live in dorms with other uglies untill they turn 16. Then they recieve a opperation that transforms them into stunning pretties and they become part of a life of partying and fun, yet none of them know their brains are being transformed and reprogramed to not question and live a life of supream happyness. I belive this is kinda happening in our "north american" society where hollywood is the backbone and the influence of alot of young womens minds, bodies and even actions, everyone wants to be thin and bueatiful and many are obseased with how they look. Its getting to the point in life where there is a line just like in the book; you are either extreamly beutiful or disgustingly ugly. You are treated for how you look and people are starting to ignore how smart you are and your personality just like in the book where all the pretties are the same. Another connection i made was that North America is kind of like pretty ville living in a fantasy world that is based on fun and goodlooking people and everyone wants to be like hollywood and does'nt want to focus on problems of the outside world and everyone whoes not in the north american bubble may seem like a terrorist or perhaps scarey if their not part of the shallow culture of buetiful people that we belong to. The book and our society are very much the same because as big as the choice is to become pretty and live a glamouros life that is shallow and leaves you empty, its harder to stand up for what you belive in a be seen as an outsider and ugly. But eventually everyone will have to choose in the end just like Tally had too.

Twelve Angry Men. The idea of justice.

"You have to lead people gently toward what they already know is right".

-Philip

In the short story/play Twelve angry men by Reginald Rose there is a crime committed that deals with a murder of a middle aged man. The mans son is labeled a suspect and the story follows his trial and the jurors who deal with finding him guilty or not guilty, they are gambling on his life because if the jurors find him guilty he will be sentenced to be executed. This young man is African American and lives on the "bad" side of town and is a categorized as a "troubled young man". People give false testimonies and fake evidence is pointed towards the young man. Justice is the main theme in this short story and it is shown through out the jurors contemplation over the case and how they will find him guilty or not guilty. Justice is shown in this story because the young man is troubled and he is the minority in society at the time, yet all but one of the jurors vote against him. The play goes on to show how this one juror uses evidence and stereo types to show the rest of the racist jurors that this young man was possibly framed just because he was an easy target. In the play they do not actually state that this Young man is African American, but by judging by the context used in the play, i figured he was. which makes this a very controversial play because right away these jurors assume he is guilty just because he is black and in the "wrong side of town" it just goes to show how someones image can persuade people into thinking something in a snap decision. In the end of the play the jurors finally agree they had been to hasty in the way they had first voted and they eventually agree to vote not guilty. This play is a great example of the racism and prejudice in our society and how we are so quick to judge even though we know we are doing the wrong thing, we just need to be constantly reminded of what is right, that is what justice is.

Chrysanthemum responce

In the short and complex story Chrysanthemums by John Steinbeck, there is a young woman named Eliza Allen who is a very dynamic character. She is a different women who lives to grow chrysanthemums, she seems timid and afraid of men and showing her feminine side. Eliza seems to be always challenging men, like she wants them to know that she is good enough and worth somthing. She is fickel and can't seem to make up her mind weather she wants to be timid and meek or strong and free willed. Both her personalitys contrast and she is given this weird personality, she seems to want freedom and is comptemplating wether she wants to get it. She does'nt seem to want to voice her views and dreams, yet when she does she feels surprised and becomes meek again. Through out the story Eliza leads us on a whorl wind roller coaster ride of her emotions, Eliza is a women who does'nt know what she wants and the only thing she knows is how to grow and raise crysanthemums. In the story Eliza in counters a tinker man who trys to persuade her to let him fix something for her. In a way both Eliza and the tinker are insinuating towards him fixing something other than her pots. Eliza is very firm on not having any thing for the man to fix until he takes notice of her precious Chrysanthemums then her bitter demeanor vanishes and she becomes a new lady, passionate and beautiful. The quote i chose to show the two meanings in this story was "I can show you what a women could do". Through out the story Eliza and the man seem to have a double take on everything they talk about. For example the tinker seems to refer to fixing pots a lot of the time, but a reader could easily interpreted that he was referring to fixing Eliza's needs. Eliza also makes a couple remarks and actions that give the reader another view of the story. For example this quote reflects how her words could be easily misinterpreted. "Elisa's voice grew husky. She broke in on him. "I've never lived as you do, but I know what you mean. When the night is dark--why, the stars are sharp-pointed, and there's quiet. Why, you rise up and up! Every pointed star gets driven into your body. It's like that. Hot and sharp and--lovely." Alot of the converstations in this short story have a double meaning and it gives the characters different characteristic and makes the story more intresting and compelling.

The Cat in the rain relationship crisis!

The short story Cat In The Rain By Ernest Hemingway the story explores the relationship of a American couple that are vactioning in Italy. The couple is a very different, the husband seems logical and mature and very unaware of his wifes needs and wants. The wife seems young and trapped in a realtionship that is dry and lacking passion, the story referes to the the american lady as a wife in the first part of the story and as the story goes on and we start to see the other side of this lady the author changes the phrasing to girl. This younge lady is in a marriage that is lacking an emotional and physical connection, so she wants to be rescued and feel loved and fullfilled by the itailan hotel owner/manager. The lady is the cat caught in the rain, she wants somone to come save her from the down pour that is her marriage. I think the husband is older and is very oblivious to her needs, FOR EXAMPLE their in a hotel room and its raining outside and their reading! common. The women wants to feel, she wants to be alive again and be able to feel a cat purring on her lap, she wants long hair that she can feel on the nape of her neck, she just wants to feel somthing. she feels numb and wants to be able to feel again, and she seems to think that the italian inn keeper can fufill this need and want for her. The wife defently had some conflict with herself and her feelings towards her marriage and the italian hotel manager. I think that she is dealing with issues with herself and is looking for a bandaid to cover up the problem, and shes useing the italian man to rescue help rescue her. This husband and wife need to be open with eachother and say how they feel, maybe they just are going through a dry spell, but whatever you do in life you have to work for it and i think their marriage is one of thoes cases. They need to figure it out instead of ignoring eachothers needs and covering it up with false bandaids.