![]() ![]() Uglies is set in Seattle, Washington three hundred years from now. After the operation, new “Pretties” cross a river that divides the city and lead new lives with no responsibilities or obligations, (like the Kardashians?) As Wiki notes, “There are actually three operations the first transforms people from “uglies” (unchanged teenagers), to “pretties.” Another one transforms “pretties” to “middle-pretties” (adults with a job), and the third transforms “middle-pretties” to “crumblies.” ![]() While the substory of Uglies is that this government provides for everything and condemns war and all its side effects, Westerfeld’s true message is that individual freedoms are far more important than the need for uniformity and the elimination of personal will. In a subplot in Uglies, author Scott Westerfeld lays out an in-your-face government that forces citizens to distrust it and its omnipresent Big Brother apparatus. Privileged Killers: A Criminologist Loses Faith in Lady Justice. ![]()
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