No different opinions, no objections, no questions, no
disagreements, a society where everyone is happy and looks the same. Do you
really think that the operation is the only way to be happy? Do you believe
that having big eyes, having full lips, having a smooth clear skin (Westerfeld,
16) is the best thing that could happen to you? Becoming pretty will only give
you a pretty face and an empty mind.
This is the idea of perfection in Uglies' mind
My name is David and unlike you I was born
in the Smoke. I didn’t take the operation and I am trying to persuade other
Uglies to come to Smoke.
This is where I born, the Smoke
I am definitely against this operation. The government
brainwashed everyone by convincing them that they are ugly and the operation is
the best thing that could happen to them. People feel obligatory in order to be
operated. They always show the best side of the operation to have a positive
effect on Uglies’ mind. They try to make the society perfect by the idealism
that they created in their minds. As I always say, “That’s the worst thing they
do to you. Whatever those brain lesions are all about, the worst damage is done
before they even pick up the knife, you are all brainwashed into believing
you’re ugly” (262).
This is me
Also the government makes you feel that if you don’t take
the operation everybody will ignore you and you will be left out from the
society. My parents, Maddy and Az, discovered the fact that the operation has a
damage on brain. Maddy (my mother) said that while they were making a research
they found that almost everyone had tiny lesions in their brain, exactly in the
same spot. She said “If there were a health hazard, ninety-nine percent of the
population would show same kind of symptoms (251). You can trust me because my
parents are Doctors and they have a great knowledge about this operation.
These are the brain lesions which occured after the operation in Pretties
The
government intentionally creates a misperception among Uglies, to make them
believe that they need the operation in order to become pretty. Although I told
Tally many times that the operation is useless and she’s already beautiful. She
still insists on thinking that she needs to take the operation. Well, I know I
can’t hold her responsible for what she thinks, but I’d rather she could see
the beauty in herself. However, we can’t always have our druthers. For all of
these reasons I am definitely against this operation. The government misleads
people in order to achieve their inacceptable goals. “Becoming pretty doesn’t
just change the way you look, it changes the way you think” (254).
