Tag: HCB

What it means to be human…

Humans need to be able to communicate

Humans need to interact with others

Humans look for happiness

Humans want to express their feelings

Humans like to help others in need

Humans like to communicate in order to share and gain knowledge

Humans need others to support

Humans are violent and mean and even greedy

Humans hurt other populations because humans are discriminatory

Humans are vengeful

Humans are sympathetic and are able to share and help others

Humans are oblivious when it is not happening to us

Humans can be united by the simplist of things

Humans can find joy

The first novel in the seriesĀ The UgliesĀ is one of my favourite novels because it showed me the affects of beauty standards and how the fixation of being “Barbie doll” perfect can take over our lives and control our every move. This series is set in the future and follows a young girl Tally. In this distopia beauty is everything and before the age of 16 you are considered ugly. Once you turn 16 you get a surgery that turns your features porcelain perfect. When Tallys friend runs away escaping the surgery she must find her in order to become “pretty”. In this adventure Tally finds the truth behind the surgery and realizes that being “pretty” is not all that it’s been worked up to be. This book taught me that looks may seem like they key to the happiness but in the end you control your destiny and your happiness.